1 00:02:41,579 --> 00:02:43,240 Robin Williger. 2 00:02:43,347 --> 00:02:46,942 He is a 15-year-old freshman from Racine, Wisconsin. 3 00:02:47,051 --> 00:02:48,746 He enjoys studying history. 4 00:02:48,852 --> 00:02:50,479 He's on the debate team. 5 00:02:50,588 --> 00:02:53,853 Robin's future looked very, very bright, 6 00:02:53,958 --> 00:02:55,789 but recently he was diagnosed with cancer, 7 00:02:55,893 --> 00:02:58,499 a very tough kind of cancer. 8 00:02:58,609 --> 00:03:01,122 Robin tells me he has quit smoking, though, 9 00:03:01,232 --> 00:03:04,463 and he no longer thinks that cigarettes are cool. 10 00:03:08,606 --> 00:03:10,904 Whoo! 11 00:03:11,008 --> 00:03:14,273 And our final guest today is Nick Naylor. 12 00:03:14,378 --> 00:03:18,940 Mr. Naylor is the vice president of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. 13 00:03:19,049 --> 00:03:22,075 Now, they are the tobacco industry's main lobby 14 00:03:22,186 --> 00:03:23,483 in Washington, D.C. 15 00:03:23,587 --> 00:03:26,647 and Mr. Naylor is their chief spokesman. 16 00:03:44,642 --> 00:03:46,439 Few people on this planet know 17 00:03:46,543 --> 00:03:48,670 what it is to be truly despised. 18 00:03:48,779 --> 00:03:51,009 Can you blame them? 19 00:03:51,115 --> 00:03:53,481 I earn a living fronting an organization 20 00:03:53,584 --> 00:03:56,849 that kills 1,200 human beings a day. 21 00:03:56,954 --> 00:03:58,148 1,200 people. 22 00:03:58,255 --> 00:04:00,746 We're talking two jumbojet plane loads 23 00:04:00,858 --> 00:04:03,554 of men, women and children. 24 00:04:03,661 --> 00:04:04,685 I mean, there's Attila, 25 00:04:04,795 --> 00:04:06,319 Genghis, 26 00:04:06,430 --> 00:04:07,328 and me, 27 00:04:07,431 --> 00:04:08,693 Nick Naylor, 28 00:04:08,799 --> 00:04:09,823 the face of cigarettes... 29 00:04:09,933 --> 00:04:12,697 the Colonel Sanders of nicotine. 30 00:04:12,803 --> 00:04:14,270 This is where I work, 31 00:04:14,371 --> 00:04:16,896 the Academy of Tobacco Studies. 32 00:04:17,007 --> 00:04:19,168 It was established by seven gentlemen 33 00:04:19,276 --> 00:04:20,868 you may recognize from C-SPAN. 34 00:04:20,978 --> 00:04:23,606 These guys realized quick if they were going to claim 35 00:04:23,714 --> 00:04:24,806 that cigarettes were not addictive, 36 00:04:24,915 --> 00:04:27,076 they better have proof. 37 00:04:27,184 --> 00:04:29,015 This is the man they rely on, 38 00:04:29,119 --> 00:04:31,246 Erhardt Von Grupten Mundt. 39 00:04:31,355 --> 00:04:33,619 They found him in Germany. 40 00:04:33,724 --> 00:04:35,248 I won't go into the details. 41 00:04:35,359 --> 00:04:36,519 He's been testing the link 42 00:04:36,627 --> 00:04:37,855 between nicotine and lung cancer 43 00:04:37,961 --> 00:04:41,226 for 30 years and hasn't found any conclusive results. 44 00:04:41,332 --> 00:04:42,230 The man's a genius. 45 00:04:42,333 --> 00:04:43,994 He could disprove gravity. 46 00:04:44,101 --> 00:04:45,762 Then we've got our sharks. 47 00:04:45,869 --> 00:04:47,632 We draft them out of Ivy League law schools 48 00:04:47,738 --> 00:04:50,036 and give them time-shares and sports cars. 49 00:04:50,140 --> 00:04:51,698 It's just like a John Grisham novel- 50 00:04:51,809 --> 00:04:54,369 you know, without all the espionage. 51 00:04:54,478 --> 00:04:57,709 Most importantly, we've got spin control. 52 00:04:57,815 --> 00:04:59,646 That's where I come in. 53 00:04:59,750 --> 00:05:01,115 I get paid to talk. 54 00:05:01,218 --> 00:05:02,776 I don't have an MD or law degree. 55 00:05:05,222 --> 00:05:08,385 I have a bachelor's in kicking ass and taking names. 56 00:05:08,492 --> 00:05:10,926 You know that guy who can pick up any girl? 57 00:05:11,028 --> 00:05:12,086 I'm him 58 00:05:12,196 --> 00:05:13,288 on crack. 59 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,591 This is obviously a heated issue 60 00:05:18,702 --> 00:05:21,398 and we do have a lot that we want to cover today. 61 00:05:22,339 --> 00:05:23,601 Nick, do you have a question? 62 00:05:23,707 --> 00:05:24,799 Joan, 63 00:05:24,908 --> 00:05:28,708 how on earth would Big Tobacco profit 64 00:05:28,812 --> 00:05:31,246 off of the loss of this young man? 65 00:05:31,348 --> 00:05:33,543 Now, I hate to think in such callous terms, 66 00:05:33,650 --> 00:05:36,744 but, if anything, we'd be losing a customer. 67 00:05:36,854 --> 00:05:39,948 It's not only our hope, it's in our best interest 68 00:05:40,057 --> 00:05:42,287 to keep Robin alive and smoking. 69 00:05:42,393 --> 00:05:44,054 - That's ludicrous. - Let me tell you something, 70 00:05:44,161 --> 00:05:45,992 Joan, and please, let me share something 71 00:05:46,096 --> 00:05:49,725 with the fine, concerned people in the audience today. 72 00:05:49,833 --> 00:05:53,394 The Ron Goodes of this world... 73 00:05:53,504 --> 00:05:56,064 want the Robin Willigers to die. 74 00:05:56,173 --> 00:05:57,265 - What? You know why? 75 00:05:57,374 --> 00:05:58,966 So that their budgets will go up. 76 00:05:59,076 --> 00:06:01,943 This is nothing less than trafficking in human misery, 77 00:06:02,045 --> 00:06:03,808 and you, sir, ought to be ashamed of yourself. 78 00:06:03,914 --> 00:06:05,404 I ought to be ashamed of myself? 79 00:06:05,516 --> 00:06:08,644 As a matter of fact, we're about to launch... 80 00:06:08,752 --> 00:06:11,744 a $50 million campaign 81 00:06:11,855 --> 00:06:16,019 aimed at persuading kids not to smoke. 82 00:06:16,126 --> 00:06:18,287 Because I think that we can all agree 83 00:06:18,395 --> 00:06:20,522 that there is nothing more important 84 00:06:20,631 --> 00:06:21,962 than America's children. 85 00:06:22,065 --> 00:06:23,430 All right, now, that's something that 86 00:06:23,534 --> 00:06:25,297 we're going to want to know more about. 87 00:06:25,402 --> 00:06:26,562 but I have to take a short break. 88 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:28,763 Hang on, a lot more coming. 89 00:06:31,742 --> 00:06:34,677 $50 million?! Are you out of your fucking mind?! 90 00:06:34,778 --> 00:06:35,676 Everyone has a boss. 91 00:06:35,779 --> 00:06:36,677 BR just happens 92 00:06:36,780 --> 00:06:38,304 to be mine. 93 00:06:38,415 --> 00:06:40,280 He came from the vending machine world. 94 00:06:40,384 --> 00:06:42,045 This made him tough. 95 00:06:43,420 --> 00:06:46,617 The name BR came from his tour in Vietnam. 96 00:06:46,723 --> 00:06:49,817 The people who know its meaning are all dead. 97 00:06:49,927 --> 00:06:51,360 The deal was five million! 98 00:06:51,462 --> 00:06:54,226 $5 million will get you a couple of subway posters. 99 00:06:54,331 --> 00:06:55,263 It's not going to impress anyone. 100 00:06:55,365 --> 00:06:56,525 That's the idea, Nick. 101 00:06:56,633 --> 00:06:57,565 You'll be thanking me soon. 102 00:06:57,668 --> 00:06:58,828 This'll probably get you great press. 103 00:06:58,936 --> 00:07:01,302 I gotta call the captain and see if this is gonna fly. 104 00:07:01,405 --> 00:07:03,498 Get your ass back to D.C. 105 00:07:17,321 --> 00:07:19,289 Thank you so much for coming. 106 00:07:21,124 --> 00:07:22,022 Mr. Naylor? 107 00:07:22,125 --> 00:07:23,114 It's your turn. 108 00:07:23,227 --> 00:07:25,559 Ah. 109 00:07:25,662 --> 00:07:27,721 Joey is such a bright young man. 110 00:07:27,831 --> 00:07:28,798 We all look forward 111 00:07:28,899 --> 00:07:30,662 to his coming out of his shell a little. 112 00:07:30,767 --> 00:07:31,995 He's a bit shy. 113 00:07:32,102 --> 00:07:33,899 Yeah, he gets that from his mother. 114 00:07:43,046 --> 00:07:45,810 Hey, Joey. 115 00:07:45,916 --> 00:07:48,282 Please don't ruin my childhood. 116 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:50,444 Come on, Joey. Trust me. 117 00:07:58,362 --> 00:08:01,422 How many of you want to be lawyers when you grow up? 118 00:08:01,532 --> 00:08:02,521 Right. 119 00:08:02,633 --> 00:08:04,123 How about... 120 00:08:04,234 --> 00:08:05,963 movie stars? 121 00:08:07,404 --> 00:08:08,530 How about lobbyists? 122 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:09,571 What's that? 123 00:08:09,673 --> 00:08:11,607 It's kind of like being a movie star. 124 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:13,471 It's what I do. I talk for a living. 125 00:08:13,577 --> 00:08:14,737 What do you talk about? 126 00:08:14,845 --> 00:08:16,904 I speak on behalf of cigarettes. 127 00:08:17,014 --> 00:08:18,242 My mom used to smoke. 128 00:08:18,348 --> 00:08:20,976 She says that cigarettes kill. 129 00:08:21,084 --> 00:08:23,484 Really? Now, is your mommy a doctor? 130 00:08:23,587 --> 00:08:24,485 No. 131 00:08:24,588 --> 00:08:26,317 A scientific researcher of some kind? 132 00:08:26,423 --> 00:08:27,651 No. 133 00:08:27,758 --> 00:08:28,690 Well, she doesn't exactly sound 134 00:08:28,792 --> 00:08:30,191 like a credible expert, now, does she? 135 00:08:31,728 --> 00:08:32,626 Don't feel bad. 136 00:08:32,729 --> 00:08:34,629 It's okay to listen to your mom. 137 00:08:34,731 --> 00:08:37,097 I mean, it's good to listen to your parents... Joey. 138 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,498 All I'm suggesting 139 00:08:39,603 --> 00:08:42,003 is that there will always be people trying to tell you 140 00:08:42,105 --> 00:08:44,266 what to do and what to think. 141 00:08:44,374 --> 00:08:45,739 There probably already are people doing that. 142 00:08:45,842 --> 00:08:46,740 Am I right? 143 00:08:46,843 --> 00:08:47,775 Yes. 144 00:08:47,878 --> 00:08:49,641 I'm here to say 145 00:08:49,746 --> 00:08:53,182 that when someone tries to act like some sort of an expert, 146 00:08:53,283 --> 00:08:56,775 you can respond, "Who says?" 147 00:08:56,887 --> 00:08:58,582 So, cigarettes are good for you? 148 00:08:58,689 --> 00:09:00,589 - No! - No, that's not... 149 00:09:00,691 --> 00:09:01,851 That's not what I'm getting at. 150 00:09:01,959 --> 00:09:04,291 My point is that you have to think for yourself. 151 00:09:04,394 --> 00:09:06,123 You have to challenge authority. 152 00:09:06,229 --> 00:09:08,493 If your parents told you that chocolate was dangerous, 153 00:09:08,599 --> 00:09:10,123 would you just take their word for it? 154 00:09:10,233 --> 00:09:11,325 No. 155 00:09:11,435 --> 00:09:12,424 Exactly. 156 00:09:12,536 --> 00:09:14,367 So perhaps instead of acting like sheep 157 00:09:14,471 --> 00:09:15,438 when it comes to cigarettes, 158 00:09:15,539 --> 00:09:16,972 you should find out for yourself. 159 00:09:17,074 --> 00:09:18,200 Okay, then. 160 00:09:18,308 --> 00:09:20,674 Thank you, Mr. Naylor, for joining us. 161 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:32,713 Every week we meet here at Bert's. 162 00:09:32,823 --> 00:09:34,814 Together, we represent the chief spokespeople 163 00:09:34,925 --> 00:09:37,894 for the tobacco, alcohol and firearms industries. 164 00:09:37,995 --> 00:09:39,121 We call ourselves the MOD Squad. 165 00:09:39,229 --> 00:09:40,127 All right. 166 00:09:40,230 --> 00:09:42,892 M-O-D, Merchants of Death. 167 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,160 So, my day's ruined. 168 00:09:44,267 --> 00:09:45,165 Why? 169 00:09:45,268 --> 00:09:46,496 Dateline's doing a segment 170 00:09:46,603 --> 00:09:48,195 on fetal alcohol syndrome. Thank you. 171 00:09:48,305 --> 00:09:50,239 Polly works for the Moderation Council. 172 00:09:50,340 --> 00:09:52,638 A casual drinker by the age of 14, 173 00:09:52,743 --> 00:09:54,005 Polly quickly developed 174 00:09:54,111 --> 00:09:57,512 a tolerance usually reserved for Irish dockworkers. 175 00:09:57,614 --> 00:09:59,445 In our world, she's the woman 176 00:09:59,549 --> 00:10:01,710 that got the pope to endorse red wine. 177 00:10:04,688 --> 00:10:05,620 We're gonna get creamed. 178 00:10:05,722 --> 00:10:06,984 Any ideas? 179 00:10:07,090 --> 00:10:08,387 I don't know. 180 00:10:08,492 --> 00:10:10,824 Deformed kids are tough. 181 00:10:10,927 --> 00:10:13,191 I'm lucky my product only makes them bald before it kills them. 182 00:10:13,296 --> 00:10:15,196 You could hug the kids. 183 00:10:15,298 --> 00:10:17,266 They're not going to let me hug the kids. 184 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:18,925 Who's doing the segment, Donaldson or Sawyer? 185 00:10:19,036 --> 00:10:19,934 Sawyer, probably. 186 00:10:20,037 --> 00:10:20,935 You're fucked. 187 00:10:21,038 --> 00:10:21,936 Why? 188 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:23,165 Cause she's gonna hug them. 189 00:10:23,273 --> 00:10:25,468 Look, if you see her going in for a hug, 190 00:10:25,575 --> 00:10:28,408 maybe just box her out, get in there before she does. 191 00:10:28,512 --> 00:10:30,104 BobbyJay works for SAFETY, 192 00:10:30,213 --> 00:10:32,443 - the Society for the Advancement of Firearms 193 00:10:32,549 --> 00:10:34,346 and Effective Training for Youth. 194 00:10:34,451 --> 00:10:36,749 You want me to smile? 195 00:10:38,522 --> 00:10:40,922 After watching the footage of the Kent State shootings, 196 00:10:41,024 --> 00:10:43,857 BobbyJay, then 17, signed up for the National Guard 197 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,053 so he, too, could shoot college students. 198 00:10:46,163 --> 00:10:48,631 But the National Guard recruiter was out to lunch, 199 00:10:48,732 --> 00:10:51,895 so BobbyJay ended up shooting Panamanians instead, 200 00:10:52,002 --> 00:10:53,663 which was almost as good as college students. 201 00:10:54,905 --> 00:10:56,702 Only they shoot back. 202 00:10:56,807 --> 00:10:58,468 You know, you can beat a Breathalyzer 203 00:10:58,575 --> 00:11:01,567 - by sucking on activated charcoal tablets? - Really? 204 00:11:01,678 --> 00:11:03,236 Maybe we should change our campaign to 205 00:11:03,346 --> 00:11:05,314 "If You Must Drink and Drive, Suck Charcoal." 206 00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:06,473 Yeah, but don't the police wonder 207 00:11:06,583 --> 00:11:07,481 why you're sucking on charcoal? 208 00:11:07,584 --> 00:11:09,381 There's no law against charcoal. 209 00:11:09,486 --> 00:11:10,976 - Yet. - Yet. 210 00:11:15,859 --> 00:11:18,851 Dad, why is the American government the best government? 211 00:11:18,962 --> 00:11:20,486 Because of our endless appeals system. 212 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,125 Joe, you're not writing down what I just said are you? 213 00:11:26,236 --> 00:11:27,396 Mm-hmm. 214 00:11:27,504 --> 00:11:29,495 Joey, stop for a second. 215 00:11:29,606 --> 00:11:31,096 What is the subject of your essay? 216 00:11:31,208 --> 00:11:34,006 Why is American government the best government in the world. 217 00:11:34,111 --> 00:11:35,738 Your teacher crafted that question? 218 00:11:35,846 --> 00:11:37,609 Yeah. Why? 219 00:11:37,714 --> 00:11:40,512 Well... I'll look past the obvious problems 220 00:11:40,617 --> 00:11:41,914 in syntax for a moment, 221 00:11:42,018 --> 00:11:44,111 and I'll focus more on the core of the question. 222 00:11:44,221 --> 00:11:45,415 I mean, "A," 223 00:11:45,522 --> 00:11:48,150 does America have the best government in the world? 224 00:11:48,258 --> 00:11:49,919 And "B," what constitutes a "best government"? 225 00:11:50,026 --> 00:11:52,460 Is it crime, is it poverty, literacy? 226 00:11:52,562 --> 00:11:53,995 Hmm? 227 00:11:54,097 --> 00:11:55,029 And America- definitely not best. 228 00:11:55,132 --> 00:11:56,326 Perhaps not even better than most. 229 00:11:56,433 --> 00:11:57,798 We do have a very entertaining government... 230 00:11:57,901 --> 00:11:59,198 Dad. 231 00:11:59,302 --> 00:12:01,133 I'm sorry. 232 00:12:02,439 --> 00:12:04,873 Are you familiar with the term "B.S."? 233 00:12:04,975 --> 00:12:06,533 Bullshit. 234 00:12:06,643 --> 00:12:07,905 Yes, exactly. 235 00:12:08,011 --> 00:12:10,912 B.S., if I may, is what questions like the one 236 00:12:11,014 --> 00:12:12,914 your teacher posed are made for. 237 00:12:13,016 --> 00:12:14,950 Because even if America had the best government, 238 00:12:15,051 --> 00:12:16,575 there'd be no way to prove it. 239 00:12:16,686 --> 00:12:18,017 And how many pages are you writing? 240 00:12:18,121 --> 00:12:19,019 Two pages. 241 00:12:19,122 --> 00:12:20,714 Two pages... 242 00:12:20,824 --> 00:12:22,382 Definitely not in two pages. 243 00:12:22,492 --> 00:12:24,653 So what am I supposed to write? 244 00:12:24,761 --> 00:12:26,456 You can write whatever you want. 245 00:12:26,563 --> 00:12:27,962 Okay. 246 00:12:28,064 --> 00:12:29,053 Write about... 247 00:12:29,166 --> 00:12:31,566 write about America's amazing ability 248 00:12:31,668 --> 00:12:34,660 to make profit by breaking down trading tariffs 249 00:12:34,771 --> 00:12:37,137 and bringing American jobs to Third World countries. 250 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,174 Or how good we are at executing felons. 251 00:12:39,276 --> 00:12:40,903 They're all correct answers. 252 00:12:41,011 --> 00:12:42,979 I can do that? 253 00:12:43,079 --> 00:12:44,603 See, Joey, that's the beauty of argument. 254 00:12:44,714 --> 00:12:47,114 'Cause if you argue correctly, you're never wrong. 255 00:12:54,825 --> 00:12:57,726 Dad, if I finish this essay within an hour, 256 00:12:57,828 --> 00:12:59,591 can we stay up all night? 257 00:12:59,696 --> 00:13:04,360 That's a negotiation, not an argument. 258 00:13:04,467 --> 00:13:07,197 Well, Conway, see you made it. 259 00:13:07,304 --> 00:13:09,329 Yeah, I guess that little voice was wrong. 260 00:13:09,439 --> 00:13:10,531 I feel better. 261 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:11,800 I feel a lot better, too. 262 00:13:11,908 --> 00:13:14,468 As a matter of fact, I never felt so good in my life. 263 00:13:14,578 --> 00:13:16,170 How about a cigarette? 264 00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:34,121 Is he...? 265 00:13:34,231 --> 00:13:35,323 Yeah. 266 00:13:37,434 --> 00:13:40,870 Hey. 267 00:13:40,971 --> 00:13:44,407 Nick, you still own a watch, don't you? 268 00:13:44,507 --> 00:13:45,701 Jill, I can't help feeling 269 00:13:45,809 --> 00:13:47,333 Joey's getting the wrong idea about his dad. 270 00:13:47,444 --> 00:13:48,968 It would be great if I could spend 271 00:13:49,079 --> 00:13:50,603 a little more time with him, you know? 272 00:13:50,714 --> 00:13:54,206 To give him a fair and balanced perspective. 273 00:13:54,317 --> 00:13:56,182 Nick, you had plenty of time for that. 274 00:13:56,286 --> 00:13:57,753 Now you're his weekend guardian. 275 00:13:57,854 --> 00:13:59,879 Besides, he has Brad. 276 00:13:59,990 --> 00:14:01,082 He still needs his father. 277 00:14:01,191 --> 00:14:03,386 Nick. 278 00:14:03,493 --> 00:14:04,585 You have a second? 279 00:14:06,296 --> 00:14:07,627 Sure, Brad. 280 00:14:07,731 --> 00:14:11,497 Nick, your job and everything aside, 281 00:14:11,601 --> 00:14:13,535 I hope you understand that secondhand smoke's 282 00:14:13,637 --> 00:14:15,332 a real killer. 283 00:14:15,438 --> 00:14:17,303 What are you talking about? 284 00:14:17,407 --> 00:14:19,034 I just hope you're providing 285 00:14:19,142 --> 00:14:21,702 a smoke-free environment for Joey, that's all I'm saying. 286 00:14:21,811 --> 00:14:24,006 Brad, I'm his father. 287 00:14:24,114 --> 00:14:26,446 You're the guy fucking his mom. 288 00:14:28,852 --> 00:14:31,150 That was unnecessary. 289 00:14:31,321 --> 00:14:34,757 Thank you all. Thank you all for coming. 290 00:14:34,858 --> 00:14:37,326 Tobacco is winning the war. 291 00:14:37,427 --> 00:14:40,624 The war against our children. 292 00:14:40,730 --> 00:14:44,029 They like to use cartoons and symbols to hook our kids. 293 00:14:44,134 --> 00:14:47,001 Well, now we have a symbol of our own. 294 00:14:47,103 --> 00:14:49,298 Doctor. 295 00:14:49,406 --> 00:14:52,170 It is my hope that within the year 296 00:14:52,275 --> 00:14:53,970 every cigarette package 297 00:14:54,077 --> 00:14:57,103 sold in America will carry this symbol. 298 00:14:57,213 --> 00:14:59,443 Perhaps then, cigarettes will finally be labeled 299 00:14:59,549 --> 00:15:02,643 appropriately as poison. 300 00:15:02,752 --> 00:15:04,617 I will be holding a congressional hearing 301 00:15:04,721 --> 00:15:07,451 to discuss the inclusion of the skull and crossbones 302 00:15:07,557 --> 00:15:09,024 in the next two weeks. 303 00:15:09,125 --> 00:15:10,524 As usual, I extend an open invitation 304 00:15:10,627 --> 00:15:13,118 to big tobacco. 305 00:15:13,229 --> 00:15:17,222 Perhaps this time they will grace us with their presence. 306 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:18,631 And their answers. 307 00:15:18,735 --> 00:15:20,134 Thank you very much. 308 00:15:24,841 --> 00:15:28,277 People, what is going on out there? 309 00:15:28,378 --> 00:15:32,007 I look down this table, all I see are white flags. 310 00:15:32,115 --> 00:15:34,743 Our numbers are down all across the board. 311 00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:36,716 Teen smoking- our bread and butter, 312 00:15:36,820 --> 00:15:38,549 is falling like a shit from heaven. 313 00:15:40,690 --> 00:15:42,351 We don't sell Tic Tacs, for Christ's sake. 314 00:15:42,459 --> 00:15:44,120 We sell cigarettes. 315 00:15:44,227 --> 00:15:48,163 And they're cool and available and addictive. 316 00:15:48,264 --> 00:15:49,891 The job is almost done for us. 317 00:15:51,668 --> 00:15:56,571 This environmentalist is challenging us. 318 00:15:56,673 --> 00:15:59,233 We have to have an answer. 319 00:15:59,342 --> 00:16:01,037 I'm asking you, 320 00:16:01,144 --> 00:16:02,975 when this cocksucker puts Captain Hook on our products, 321 00:16:03,079 --> 00:16:04,603 what the fuck are we going to do? 322 00:16:04,714 --> 00:16:07,274 - BR. - Yeah, Nick. 323 00:16:07,384 --> 00:16:08,578 If I may. 324 00:16:08,685 --> 00:16:11,119 In 1910, 325 00:16:11,221 --> 00:16:13,712 the U.S. was producing ten billion cigarettes a year. 326 00:16:13,823 --> 00:16:14,949 By 1930, 327 00:16:15,058 --> 00:16:17,026 we were up to 123 billion. 328 00:16:17,127 --> 00:16:19,095 What happened in between? 329 00:16:19,195 --> 00:16:20,856 Three things. 330 00:16:20,964 --> 00:16:21,931 A world war, 331 00:16:22,032 --> 00:16:25,900 dieting... and movies. 332 00:16:26,002 --> 00:16:27,230 Movies? 333 00:16:27,337 --> 00:16:30,363 1927-talking pictures are born. 334 00:16:30,473 --> 00:16:32,703 Suddenly, directors need to give their actors 335 00:16:32,809 --> 00:16:34,743 something to do while they're talking. 336 00:16:34,844 --> 00:16:37,540 Cary Grant, Carole Lombard are lighting up. 337 00:16:37,647 --> 00:16:39,114 Bette Davis- a chimney. 338 00:16:39,215 --> 00:16:40,512 And Bogart- remember the first picture 339 00:16:40,617 --> 00:16:41,675 with him and Lauren Bacall? 340 00:16:41,785 --> 00:16:44,253 Well, yea... not specifically. 341 00:16:44,354 --> 00:16:45,616 Oh, she sort 342 00:16:45,722 --> 00:16:47,815 of shimmies in through the doorway, 343 00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:50,017 19 years old. 344 00:16:50,126 --> 00:16:51,593 Pure sex. 345 00:16:51,694 --> 00:16:52,592 She says, 346 00:16:52,695 --> 00:16:54,925 "Anyone got a match?" 347 00:16:55,031 --> 00:16:56,726 And Bogie throws the matches at her... 348 00:16:58,234 --> 00:17:00,134 and she catches them. 349 00:17:00,236 --> 00:17:03,797 Greatest romance of the century. 350 00:17:03,907 --> 00:17:06,068 How'd it start? Lighting a cigarette. 351 00:17:06,176 --> 00:17:08,644 These days when someone smokes in the movies, 352 00:17:08,745 --> 00:17:11,976 they're either a psychopath or a European. 353 00:17:12,082 --> 00:17:13,982 The message Hollywood needs to send out 354 00:17:14,084 --> 00:17:16,052 is smoking is cool. 355 00:17:16,152 --> 00:17:18,450 We need the cast of Will and Grace 356 00:17:18,555 --> 00:17:19,920 smoking in their living room. 357 00:17:20,023 --> 00:17:22,253 Forrest Gump puffing away between his box of chocolates. 358 00:17:22,358 --> 00:17:25,759 Hugh Grant earning back the love of Julia Roberts 359 00:17:25,862 --> 00:17:30,162 by buying her favorite brand- her Virginia Slims. 360 00:17:30,266 --> 00:17:33,793 Most of the actors smoke already. 361 00:17:33,903 --> 00:17:36,133 If they start doing it on-screen, 362 00:17:36,239 --> 00:17:38,935 we can put the sex back into cigarettes. 363 00:17:39,042 --> 00:17:41,602 Well, it's a thought. 364 00:17:41,711 --> 00:17:43,508 I was hoping for something a little more inspiring, 365 00:17:43,613 --> 00:17:44,637 but at least you're thinking. 366 00:17:44,747 --> 00:17:46,112 Rest of you people, slam your fucking brains 367 00:17:46,216 --> 00:17:47,114 against your desks 368 00:17:47,217 --> 00:17:49,811 until something useful comes out. 369 00:17:49,919 --> 00:17:51,819 That was awesome. 370 00:17:51,921 --> 00:17:52,945 Thank you. 371 00:17:53,056 --> 00:17:55,047 Nick, you've been summoned. 372 00:17:55,158 --> 00:17:56,147 Captain wants to see you. 373 00:17:56,259 --> 00:17:57,590 He saw the Joan show. 374 00:17:57,694 --> 00:17:58,786 What'd he think? 375 00:17:58,895 --> 00:18:00,692 Get your ass on the next flight to Winston-Salem. 376 00:18:04,234 --> 00:18:06,168 Most people have this image in their heads 377 00:18:06,269 --> 00:18:08,362 of tobacco executives jet-setting around the world 378 00:18:08,471 --> 00:18:10,666 on private planes, eating foie gras 379 00:18:10,773 --> 00:18:12,138 as they count their money. 380 00:18:12,242 --> 00:18:14,369 Not me. 381 00:18:14,477 --> 00:18:16,775 I like to ride with the people. 382 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,404 Know your clients. 383 00:18:18,515 --> 00:18:20,710 My people cram themselves into a tiny seat, 384 00:18:20,817 --> 00:18:22,682 pop a Xanax and dream of the moment 385 00:18:22,785 --> 00:18:25,720 they can stuff their face with fresh tobacco. 386 00:18:25,822 --> 00:18:28,586 If I can convince just one of these kids to pick up smoking, 387 00:18:28,691 --> 00:18:30,955 I've paid for my flight-round-trip. 388 00:18:39,402 --> 00:18:43,202 The Captain is the last great man of tobacco. 389 00:18:43,306 --> 00:18:45,035 He introduced filters 390 00:18:45,141 --> 00:18:48,599 when cigarettes first got slammed by Reader's Digest. 391 00:18:48,711 --> 00:18:53,080 Later, he founded the Academy of Tobacco Studies. 392 00:18:53,183 --> 00:18:56,050 The club was founded by the tobacco barons in 1890 393 00:18:56,152 --> 00:18:59,588 so they'd have a place to get away from their wives. 394 00:19:02,025 --> 00:19:05,552 Here, the Captain is a legend- 395 00:19:05,662 --> 00:19:07,994 a self-made man who started from nothing, 396 00:19:08,097 --> 00:19:10,895 and ended up with everything... 397 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,197 except, evidently, a son. 398 00:19:14,304 --> 00:19:16,534 Nick, my boy. 399 00:19:16,639 --> 00:19:19,733 You're just in time for mud. 400 00:19:19,842 --> 00:19:21,434 Thank you. 401 00:19:21,544 --> 00:19:23,239 Sit down there. Yeah. 402 00:19:25,582 --> 00:19:27,777 Yeah. 403 00:19:27,884 --> 00:19:29,875 You know the secret to a really good julep? 404 00:19:29,986 --> 00:19:31,681 No, sir. 405 00:19:31,788 --> 00:19:34,154 Well, you crush the mint 406 00:19:34,257 --> 00:19:37,351 down onto the ice with your thumb 407 00:19:37,460 --> 00:19:39,894 and you grind it in, see? 408 00:19:39,996 --> 00:19:42,624 And it releases the menthol. 409 00:19:44,234 --> 00:19:45,223 Hmm. 410 00:19:45,335 --> 00:19:46,734 Now you know who taught me that? 411 00:19:46,836 --> 00:19:47,768 No, sir. Who? 412 00:19:47,870 --> 00:19:49,667 Fidel Castro. 413 00:19:54,143 --> 00:19:56,236 Do you remember 1952? 414 00:19:56,346 --> 00:19:59,577 Well, sir, I wasn't alive in 1952. 415 00:19:59,682 --> 00:20:04,415 Good Lord, I was in Korea shooting Chinese in 1952. 416 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,681 Really? 417 00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:09,053 Today they're our best customer. 418 00:20:09,158 --> 00:20:11,786 Next time we won't have to shoot so many of them, will we? 419 00:20:11,894 --> 00:20:13,623 No, sir. 420 00:20:13,730 --> 00:20:17,723 1952 was the year Reader's Digest 421 00:20:17,834 --> 00:20:20,701 nailed us with the whole health aspect. 422 00:20:20,803 --> 00:20:23,294 As Churchill said, 423 00:20:23,406 --> 00:20:25,670 that was perhaps the end of our beginning. 424 00:20:25,775 --> 00:20:29,108 Tell me, 425 00:20:29,212 --> 00:20:31,146 do you enjoy your current work, Nick? 426 00:20:31,247 --> 00:20:32,214 Yes, sir. 427 00:20:32,315 --> 00:20:33,748 It's challenging... 428 00:20:33,850 --> 00:20:37,445 If you can do tobacco, you can do anything. 429 00:20:37,553 --> 00:20:40,386 Yes, sir, I like that. 430 00:20:40,490 --> 00:20:42,890 You know, Nick, you remind me 431 00:20:42,992 --> 00:20:45,222 just a little bit of myself when I was your age. 432 00:20:45,328 --> 00:20:47,956 Well, thank you, sir. 433 00:20:48,064 --> 00:20:49,895 Like that Joan Lunden show you did. 434 00:20:49,999 --> 00:20:52,263 You could have given up, cried, apologized, 435 00:20:52,368 --> 00:20:53,357 but you didn't. 436 00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:55,403 You stayed loyal. 437 00:20:55,505 --> 00:21:00,374 And you gave it to that son of a bitch good. 438 00:21:00,476 --> 00:21:03,036 My pleasure. 439 00:21:06,182 --> 00:21:09,345 Now, BR's come under the idea 440 00:21:09,452 --> 00:21:12,216 that we should start bribing producers in Hollywood 441 00:21:12,322 --> 00:21:15,985 to make the actors smoke on screen. 442 00:21:16,092 --> 00:21:19,084 You know, like in the old days. 443 00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:21,459 Say, that's, uh... 444 00:21:21,564 --> 00:21:23,828 that's a great idea. 445 00:21:23,933 --> 00:21:25,366 Mm-hmm. 446 00:21:25,468 --> 00:21:26,992 Smart man, that BR. 447 00:21:27,103 --> 00:21:28,627 Oh, yeah, yeah. 448 00:21:28,738 --> 00:21:30,262 And loyal. 449 00:21:49,892 --> 00:21:50,824 Yes, sir? 450 00:21:50,927 --> 00:21:52,792 Have a seat, Ron. 451 00:22:03,539 --> 00:22:07,942 You, see, Ron, I can't be everywhere I'm needed. 452 00:22:08,044 --> 00:22:09,944 That's why I send people like you 453 00:22:10,046 --> 00:22:11,377 to speak on my behalf. 454 00:22:11,481 --> 00:22:15,144 When you're there, you're not Ron Goode, 455 00:22:15,251 --> 00:22:17,219 the guy your friends probably like, 456 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,880 you're Senator Finistirre's aide, 457 00:22:19,989 --> 00:22:23,254 and your name really doesn't matter. 458 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,259 So, when 459 00:22:25,361 --> 00:22:28,057 Ron Goode acts like a complete asshole 460 00:22:28,164 --> 00:22:30,860 on the Joan Lunden Show, 461 00:22:30,967 --> 00:22:34,061 I am being an asshole on the Joan Lunden Show. 462 00:22:34,170 --> 00:22:35,831 Senator, sir, he sprang on me like... 463 00:22:35,938 --> 00:22:39,135 Where in the hell did you find cancer boy? 464 00:22:39,242 --> 00:22:41,676 He was supposed to be quite reliable. 465 00:22:41,778 --> 00:22:44,611 The Pulmonary Council was one of his references. 466 00:22:44,714 --> 00:22:46,409 Fucking nonprofits. 467 00:22:50,153 --> 00:22:52,883 When you're looking for a cancer kid, 468 00:22:52,989 --> 00:22:54,286 he should be hopeless. 469 00:22:54,390 --> 00:22:55,948 He should have a wheelchair. 470 00:22:56,058 --> 00:22:58,219 He should have trouble talking. 471 00:22:58,327 --> 00:23:01,057 He should have a little pet goldfish 472 00:23:01,164 --> 00:23:02,756 he carries around in a ziplock bag- 473 00:23:02,865 --> 00:23:03,923 hopeless. 474 00:23:04,033 --> 00:23:06,297 I apologize, sir, but if it wasn't 475 00:23:06,402 --> 00:23:07,733 - for Nick Naylor... - Nick Naylor? 476 00:23:09,639 --> 00:23:14,008 Don't you even think of using him as an excuse. 477 00:23:14,110 --> 00:23:16,101 The man shills bullshit for a living. 478 00:23:16,212 --> 00:23:18,180 You work for a fucking senator. 479 00:23:18,281 --> 00:23:20,545 A senator who is supposed to be tough on tobacco. 480 00:23:20,650 --> 00:23:23,517 Have a little... pride, for God's sake. 481 00:23:23,619 --> 00:23:27,851 It won't happen again, sir, I promise. 482 00:23:30,493 --> 00:23:34,020 All right, you're excused. 483 00:23:39,902 --> 00:23:41,233 Sometimes I feel like 484 00:23:41,337 --> 00:23:44,033 a Colombian drug dealer. 485 00:23:45,842 --> 00:23:50,404 The other day, my own granddaughter, flesh of flesh of my own loins, 486 00:23:50,513 --> 00:23:53,880 asked me, "Granddaddy, is it true 487 00:23:53,983 --> 00:23:56,850 cigarettes are bad for you?" 488 00:23:59,255 --> 00:24:01,815 We got to do something, Nick. 489 00:24:01,924 --> 00:24:03,186 I think you're our man. 490 00:24:03,292 --> 00:24:05,021 Thank you, sir. 491 00:24:05,127 --> 00:24:07,391 I want you to work on this Hollywood project. 492 00:24:07,497 --> 00:24:09,988 Get out there the next few weeks, stir things up 493 00:24:10,099 --> 00:24:14,035 and report directly to me. 494 00:24:14,136 --> 00:24:15,194 Sir, about the, 495 00:24:15,304 --> 00:24:18,364 the $50 million. 496 00:24:18,474 --> 00:24:21,375 Anti teen-smoking advertising. 497 00:24:21,477 --> 00:24:24,969 Well, shit, I sure hope it's not too persuasive. 498 00:24:26,649 --> 00:24:27,775 I hope. 499 00:24:39,295 --> 00:24:40,227 Nick, 500 00:24:40,329 --> 00:24:42,194 you're family now. 501 00:24:42,298 --> 00:24:44,926 Tobacco takes care of its own, eh? 502 00:24:45,034 --> 00:24:46,968 Thank you, sir. 503 00:24:59,882 --> 00:25:00,814 Mr. Naylor? 504 00:25:00,917 --> 00:25:01,906 Hi. 505 00:25:02,018 --> 00:25:03,451 Hi. Welcome to Tobacco One. 506 00:25:03,553 --> 00:25:04,815 Thank you. 507 00:25:04,921 --> 00:25:07,549 The captain told me to take extra special care of you today. 508 00:25:07,657 --> 00:25:10,091 So if there is anything at all I can do 509 00:25:10,192 --> 00:25:11,454 to make your flight more pleasant, 510 00:25:11,561 --> 00:25:14,826 you be sure and let me know now. 511 00:25:27,009 --> 00:25:28,101 BR. 512 00:25:28,210 --> 00:25:29,108 Pleasant flight? 513 00:25:29,211 --> 00:25:31,304 Oh! You could say that. 514 00:25:31,414 --> 00:25:33,177 Came up on the Captain's plane. 515 00:25:33,282 --> 00:25:35,182 Oh, it's quite the way to travel. 516 00:25:35,284 --> 00:25:37,149 I wouldn't know. 517 00:25:37,253 --> 00:25:38,515 No? You never been on Tobacco One 518 00:25:38,621 --> 00:25:41,852 with those seats, that kitchen, 519 00:25:41,958 --> 00:25:43,619 that stewardess, Tiffany? 520 00:25:43,726 --> 00:25:45,751 Haven't had the chance yet. 521 00:25:45,861 --> 00:25:47,158 Oh, well, you really must try it. 522 00:25:47,263 --> 00:25:49,322 It's the only way to travel. 523 00:25:49,432 --> 00:25:52,663 What'd he think of your $50 million anti-smoking campaign? 524 00:25:52,768 --> 00:25:54,702 Oh, the $50 million anti teen-smoking campaign? 525 00:25:54,804 --> 00:25:55,702 Yeah. 526 00:25:55,805 --> 00:25:56,965 Yeah, he gave that the go-ahead. 527 00:25:57,073 --> 00:25:58,233 Oh, and he loved your idea 528 00:25:58,341 --> 00:25:59,638 to put cigarettes back into movies. 529 00:25:59,742 --> 00:26:02,302 - That was your idea. - Oh, yeah? 530 00:26:02,411 --> 00:26:04,538 - He must have gotten confused. - Hmm. 531 00:26:04,647 --> 00:26:09,050 Yeah. Well, either way, he was pretty blown away. 532 00:26:09,151 --> 00:26:11,813 Right. Well, get a flight to L.A. 533 00:26:11,921 --> 00:26:13,013 I'll get you a meeting with Jeff Megall. 534 00:26:13,122 --> 00:26:14,146 Who? 535 00:26:14,256 --> 00:26:15,518 Hollywood super agent. 536 00:26:15,625 --> 00:26:19,288 Runs the agency EGO: Entertainment Global Offices. 537 00:26:19,395 --> 00:26:20,953 This guy is the entertainment business. 538 00:26:21,063 --> 00:26:23,327 And you are cigarettes, BR. 539 00:26:23,432 --> 00:26:25,297 Whatever. 540 00:26:26,902 --> 00:26:29,029 Yeah, but it's not a vacation, it's a learning experience. 541 00:26:29,138 --> 00:26:31,197 And California is one of the fastest-growing 542 00:26:31,307 --> 00:26:32,501 states, it's got 543 00:26:32,608 --> 00:26:34,303 the largest number of electoral votes in the country. 544 00:26:34,410 --> 00:26:37,208 I mean, this could be a very good trip for Joey. 545 00:26:37,313 --> 00:26:38,644 You know what? Don't smooth-talk me. 546 00:26:38,748 --> 00:26:39,737 You're not going to take him sightseeing. 547 00:26:39,849 --> 00:26:40,907 You're probably going 548 00:26:41,017 --> 00:26:43,008 to take him to some lung cancer symposium 549 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,053 where a guy with an electronic voice box will tell him 550 00:26:45,154 --> 00:26:46,314 that his father is the devil. 551 00:26:46,422 --> 00:26:47,582 That's unfair. 552 00:26:47,690 --> 00:26:48,987 Unfair? What about Virginia? 553 00:26:49,091 --> 00:26:50,456 And what about Virginia? 554 00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:52,322 You took him to a cigarette factory. 555 00:26:52,428 --> 00:26:54,293 No, I took him to a tobacco farm. 556 00:26:54,397 --> 00:26:55,591 That's hardly the same thing. 557 00:26:55,698 --> 00:26:57,689 This conversation's over. 558 00:27:01,637 --> 00:27:03,662 Oh, fuck. 559 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:06,501 Last week we had another disgruntled postman. 560 00:27:06,609 --> 00:27:07,598 Of course, 561 00:27:07,710 --> 00:27:08,870 an hour later the Washington Post 562 00:27:08,978 --> 00:27:11,776 is calling me on the phone- godless swine. 563 00:27:11,881 --> 00:27:13,405 I said to 'em, I says, 564 00:27:13,516 --> 00:27:17,543 "Now if a plane crashes on account of pilot error, 565 00:27:17,653 --> 00:27:19,018 do you blame the Boeing Corporation?" 566 00:27:19,121 --> 00:27:20,110 Nice. 567 00:27:20,222 --> 00:27:21,587 - That's a good one. - Thank you. 568 00:27:21,691 --> 00:27:24,251 If some booze-besotten drunk runs someone down, 569 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:26,294 do you go banging on the doors at General Motors? 570 00:27:26,395 --> 00:27:27,726 Tell me you didn't say that. 571 00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:29,195 Mm-hmm. 572 00:27:29,298 --> 00:27:31,289 Have either of you heard of a reporter named Heather Holloway? 573 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,563 Oh, yeah. Yeah. Irish type. 574 00:27:34,670 --> 00:27:36,035 Brown hair, big blue eyes. 575 00:27:36,138 --> 00:27:37,230 Nice skin. 576 00:27:37,339 --> 00:27:38,363 Amazing tits. 577 00:27:38,474 --> 00:27:41,238 Tits? Why are tits relevant? 578 00:27:41,343 --> 00:27:42,674 Hmm, let's see. 579 00:27:42,778 --> 00:27:45,542 World-class tits on a reporter interviewing a man 580 00:27:45,648 --> 00:27:48,481 with privileged information are relevant. 581 00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:50,575 How about it, Nick? Are you a tit man? 582 00:27:50,686 --> 00:27:52,483 Don't answer that. That's a trap. 583 00:27:52,588 --> 00:27:55,386 Depends whose tits. 584 00:27:55,491 --> 00:27:57,288 Look, just don't get screwed, all right? 585 00:27:57,393 --> 00:28:00,362 Bobby, I think I can handle a good-looking girl reporter. 586 00:28:00,463 --> 00:28:02,090 Thank you. 587 00:28:11,307 --> 00:28:12,331 Heather Holloway. 588 00:28:12,441 --> 00:28:14,170 Nick Naylor, big tobacco. 589 00:28:15,878 --> 00:28:18,073 Is this kosher? 590 00:28:18,180 --> 00:28:20,114 Only if I can call you "Heather." 591 00:28:20,216 --> 00:28:22,480 By all means. 592 00:28:25,087 --> 00:28:26,076 So, Mr. Naylor... 593 00:28:26,188 --> 00:28:28,281 - Nick. - Nick. 594 00:28:28,390 --> 00:28:30,415 Let's start with... 595 00:28:30,526 --> 00:28:31,857 An '82 Margaux. 596 00:28:31,961 --> 00:28:33,986 Okay. Is it good? 597 00:28:34,096 --> 00:28:37,532 Good? It'll make you believe in God. 598 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,771 So what is the focus of your piece? 599 00:28:53,883 --> 00:28:55,714 - You. - Really? 600 00:28:55,818 --> 00:28:57,649 You want to know how I live with myself. 601 00:28:57,753 --> 00:29:01,484 No. I don't imagine that's much of a problem. 602 00:29:01,590 --> 00:29:03,820 I want to know how you see yourself. 603 00:29:03,926 --> 00:29:05,120 I'm... 604 00:29:05,227 --> 00:29:07,991 a mediator between two sects of society 605 00:29:08,097 --> 00:29:09,792 that are trying to reach an accommodation. 606 00:29:09,899 --> 00:29:11,764 Interesting. 607 00:29:11,867 --> 00:29:15,530 My other interviews have pinned you as a mass murderer, 608 00:29:15,638 --> 00:29:18,698 bloodsucker, pimp, profiteer, child killer, 609 00:29:18,808 --> 00:29:22,073 and my personal favorite "yuppie Mephistopheles." 610 00:29:22,178 --> 00:29:25,306 Wow, that sounds like a balanced article. 611 00:29:25,414 --> 00:29:27,473 Who else should I talk to? 612 00:29:27,583 --> 00:29:29,710 55 million American smokers, for starters 613 00:29:29,819 --> 00:29:32,686 or perhaps the American tobacco farmer 614 00:29:32,788 --> 00:29:34,915 who is constantly being treated like a drug smuggler. 615 00:29:35,024 --> 00:29:36,423 I actually do plan on speaking to a tobacco farmer. 616 00:29:36,525 --> 00:29:37,514 Good. 617 00:29:37,626 --> 00:29:39,685 They're fine people, salt of the earth. 618 00:29:39,795 --> 00:29:42,195 Nick, why do you do this? 619 00:29:42,298 --> 00:29:43,959 What motivates you? 620 00:29:50,472 --> 00:29:52,565 You really want to know? 621 00:29:52,675 --> 00:29:53,835 Mm-hmm. 622 00:29:53,943 --> 00:29:54,967 Really? 623 00:29:55,077 --> 00:29:56,874 Mm-hmm. 624 00:29:56,979 --> 00:30:01,609 Population control. 625 00:30:05,554 --> 00:30:06,646 You're bad. 626 00:30:09,091 --> 00:30:11,218 Everyone's got a mortgage to pay. 627 00:30:11,327 --> 00:30:13,557 The yuppie Nuremberg defense. 628 00:30:13,661 --> 00:30:17,188 So is a mortgage that much of a life goal? 629 00:30:17,297 --> 00:30:21,597 Well, 99% of everything done in the world, good or bad, 630 00:30:21,702 --> 00:30:24,227 is done to pay a mortgage, so perhaps the world 631 00:30:24,338 --> 00:30:26,363 would be a better place if everyone rented. 632 00:30:26,473 --> 00:30:28,566 Then why don't you rent? 633 00:30:28,676 --> 00:30:30,473 Mm. Well, I rent as well. 634 00:30:30,577 --> 00:30:32,044 - Really? - Yeah. 635 00:30:32,146 --> 00:30:34,410 My son and his mother and her boyfriend 636 00:30:34,515 --> 00:30:35,482 live in my house. 637 00:30:35,582 --> 00:30:36,708 I live in my apartment. 638 00:30:36,817 --> 00:30:40,309 What does Nick Naylor's apartment look like? 639 00:30:40,421 --> 00:30:42,855 I don't know. It's nothing impressive. 640 00:30:42,956 --> 00:30:44,321 It wouldn't make the real estate section. 641 00:30:45,426 --> 00:30:47,189 Can I see it? 642 00:30:49,830 --> 00:30:51,559 You want to see my apartment? 643 00:30:51,665 --> 00:30:54,566 I'd like to see where the devil sleeps. 644 00:31:00,874 --> 00:31:03,001 I know what you're probably thinking. 645 00:31:05,579 --> 00:31:07,706 This is a bad idea, right? 646 00:31:10,451 --> 00:31:12,078 I mean, come on. 647 00:31:12,186 --> 00:31:13,278 It's not that bad of an idea. 648 00:31:27,935 --> 00:31:29,493 Mom, why can't I go 649 00:31:29,603 --> 00:31:31,662 to California? 650 00:31:31,772 --> 00:31:35,208 Because California's just not a... safe place. 651 00:31:35,309 --> 00:31:37,834 And besides, I'm not sure it's appropriate 652 00:31:37,945 --> 00:31:41,176 for your father to bring you on a business trip. 653 00:31:41,281 --> 00:31:42,714 Appropriate for who? 654 00:31:42,816 --> 00:31:44,784 What? 655 00:31:44,885 --> 00:31:47,183 Mom, is it possible that you're taking the frustration 656 00:31:47,287 --> 00:31:49,152 of your failed marriage out on me? 657 00:31:50,224 --> 00:31:52,692 Excuse me? 658 00:31:52,793 --> 00:31:55,057 This California trip seems like a great learning opportunity 659 00:31:55,162 --> 00:31:57,960 and a chance for me to get to know my father. 660 00:31:58,065 --> 00:31:59,794 But if you think it's more important 661 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:01,765 to use me to channel your frustration 662 00:32:01,869 --> 00:32:03,769 against the man you no longer love, 663 00:32:03,871 --> 00:32:05,532 I'll understand. 664 00:32:10,577 --> 00:32:12,511 How'd you convince her? 665 00:32:12,613 --> 00:32:14,808 It was an argument, not a negotiation. 666 00:32:14,915 --> 00:32:16,542 That's my boy. 667 00:33:02,863 --> 00:33:04,524 Nick? 668 00:33:04,631 --> 00:33:06,758 Nick, Jack, Jeff's assistant. Hey. 669 00:33:06,867 --> 00:33:09,131 How was your flight? Are you jet-lagged at all? 670 00:33:09,236 --> 00:33:10,931 It's, like, 2:00 in D.C. right now. 671 00:33:11,038 --> 00:33:12,505 You know what? Take some vitamin B. 672 00:33:12,606 --> 00:33:13,834 Jeff swears by it- in fact, 673 00:33:13,941 --> 00:33:15,602 I'm gonna hook you up with an injection. 674 00:33:15,709 --> 00:33:17,108 Who's this with you? How are you, dude? What's going on? 675 00:33:17,211 --> 00:33:18,303 You guys ever been to L.A. before? 676 00:33:18,412 --> 00:33:20,243 You want to head back to Jeff’s office? 677 00:33:20,347 --> 00:33:22,713 In fact, we probably should- He's a punctual being. 678 00:33:22,816 --> 00:33:25,649 We actually had some problems at first with the exterior mirrored glass. 679 00:33:25,752 --> 00:33:28,312 The reflection of the sun was causing head-on collisions on Wilshire. 680 00:33:28,422 --> 00:33:30,014 Oh, is everybody all right? 681 00:33:30,123 --> 00:33:32,284 Yeah, they got three-picture deals at Paramount- I'm sure they'll live. 682 00:33:32,392 --> 00:33:33,620 - It's a nice building. - Yeah? 683 00:33:33,727 --> 00:33:35,592 Hey, tell Jeff you think so, okay? 684 00:33:35,696 --> 00:33:38,221 'Cause he just put a lot of himself into this building. 685 00:33:38,332 --> 00:33:41,768 And you know something? It really shows. 686 00:33:41,869 --> 00:33:43,427 What's up, Hiroshi? 687 00:33:43,537 --> 00:33:47,303 Keep going- that sand's not gonna rake itself. 688 00:33:47,407 --> 00:33:49,432 All right, come here, this is my favorite part. 689 00:33:49,543 --> 00:33:52,774 That one right there? It's $7,000. 690 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,905 - $7,000 for a fish? - Yep. 691 00:33:55,015 --> 00:33:56,915 Kind of makes you want to stop eating sushi, 692 00:33:57,017 --> 00:33:58,644 but I guess you kind of have to. 693 00:33:58,752 --> 00:34:00,583 Hey, you see that big white one right there? 694 00:34:00,687 --> 00:34:03,451 Swear to you- $12,000, gift from Oprah. 695 00:34:03,557 --> 00:34:07,357 It's a Chamberlain- office-warming gift from Matthew McConaughey. 696 00:34:07,461 --> 00:34:08,826 Generous gift. 697 00:34:08,929 --> 00:34:10,954 Yeah. Right! 698 00:34:11,064 --> 00:34:13,897 Don't get me wrong, Matthew is a tremendously talented individual 699 00:34:14,001 --> 00:34:15,491 and an extremely decent human being, 700 00:34:15,602 --> 00:34:18,127 however, before Jeff took him on, he was a face. 701 00:34:18,238 --> 00:34:19,466 Now he's a name. 702 00:34:23,110 --> 00:34:26,011 Do you hear that? 703 00:34:29,249 --> 00:34:30,580 No. 704 00:34:31,652 --> 00:34:33,882 Exactly. 705 00:34:42,763 --> 00:34:44,128 Hey, Neal. 706 00:34:44,231 --> 00:34:46,495 Neal, I'm gonna impale your mom on a spike, 707 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,262 and I'm gonna feed her dead body to my dog with syphilis. 708 00:34:49,369 --> 00:34:51,132 Aw, Jack, you got me! 709 00:34:51,238 --> 00:34:52,899 That guy! 710 00:34:53,006 --> 00:34:55,702 It's an inside joke. 711 00:34:55,809 --> 00:34:58,073 So, as you can see, 712 00:34:58,178 --> 00:35:00,373 Jeff just really loves Asian shit. 713 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,209 Uh, Candace, is he ready? 714 00:35:02,316 --> 00:35:03,977 - Mm-hmm. - Fantastic. 715 00:35:04,084 --> 00:35:06,348 Okay, Joey, I'm gonna bring your dad in now. 716 00:35:06,453 --> 00:35:08,478 Is there anything I can get you while you're waiting, 717 00:35:08,588 --> 00:35:10,783 like an orange juice or a coffee or a Red Bull? 718 00:35:10,891 --> 00:35:13,291 - No, thanks. - Okay. 719 00:35:15,796 --> 00:35:17,764 Wow, it's a great office. 720 00:35:17,864 --> 00:35:19,855 Yeah. Jeff basically designed the whole thing. 721 00:35:19,967 --> 00:35:21,867 The architect just made the drawings. 722 00:35:21,969 --> 00:35:24,335 Jack, stop it. 723 00:35:24,438 --> 00:35:25,735 Next you're gonna be telling him 724 00:35:25,839 --> 00:35:27,329 what position I played for the Bruins. 725 00:35:27,441 --> 00:35:28,339 Quarterback. 726 00:35:28,442 --> 00:35:29,704 Jeff Megall. 727 00:35:29,810 --> 00:35:31,038 Nick Naylor. 728 00:35:31,144 --> 00:35:33,374 Mr. Naylor's here to see if we can't get cigarettes 729 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,005 - into the hands of somebody other than the usual RAVs. - Sure. 730 00:35:36,116 --> 00:35:38,607 - RAVs? - Russians, Arabs and Villains. 731 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,448 Oh, well, then yes, I guess that is why I'm here. 732 00:35:40,554 --> 00:35:42,749 Good. I think we can help. 733 00:35:42,856 --> 00:35:44,949 Jeff invented product placement. 734 00:35:45,058 --> 00:35:47,026 I feel I have to ask, uh... 735 00:35:47,127 --> 00:35:50,119 Are you concerned at all about the, um... 736 00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:51,788 about the health element? 737 00:35:51,898 --> 00:35:54,765 I'm not a doctor, I'm a facilitator. 738 00:35:54,868 --> 00:35:56,130 I bring creative people together. 739 00:35:56,236 --> 00:35:58,431 Whatever information there is, exists, it's out there. 740 00:35:58,538 --> 00:35:59,732 People will decide for themselves. 741 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,274 They should. It's not my role to decide for them. 742 00:36:02,376 --> 00:36:04,276 It'd be morally presumptuous. 743 00:36:04,378 --> 00:36:06,938 I could learn a lot from this man. 744 00:36:07,047 --> 00:36:09,413 Now, what we need is a smoking role model, 745 00:36:09,516 --> 00:36:10,448 a real winner. 746 00:36:10,550 --> 00:36:12,245 Indiana Jones meets Jerry Maguire. 747 00:36:12,352 --> 00:36:13,410 Right, on two packs a day. 748 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,545 Only he can't live in contemporary society. 749 00:36:15,655 --> 00:36:16,553 Why not? 750 00:36:16,656 --> 00:36:18,647 The health issue's way too prevalent. 751 00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:20,693 People would constantly be asking the character 752 00:36:20,794 --> 00:36:23,058 why he's smoking- and that should go unsaid. 753 00:36:23,163 --> 00:36:25,097 How do you feel about the future? 754 00:36:25,198 --> 00:36:27,393 The future? 755 00:36:27,501 --> 00:36:29,230 Yeah, after the health thing's blown over. 756 00:36:29,336 --> 00:36:30,667 A world where smokers and nonsmokers 757 00:36:30,771 --> 00:36:32,170 live together in perfect harmony. 758 00:36:32,272 --> 00:36:34,638 Sony has a futuristic sci-fi movie they're looking to make. 759 00:36:34,741 --> 00:36:36,675 Message From Sector Six. 760 00:36:36,777 --> 00:36:38,802 All takes place in a space station. 761 00:36:38,912 --> 00:36:40,777 They're actively looking for some cofinancing. 762 00:36:40,881 --> 00:36:42,348 So cigarettes in space? 763 00:36:42,449 --> 00:36:44,576 It's the final frontier, Nick. 764 00:36:44,684 --> 00:36:46,675 But wouldn't they blow up in an all-oxygen environment? 765 00:36:47,754 --> 00:36:49,483 Probably. 766 00:36:49,589 --> 00:36:52,183 But it's an easy fix- one line of dialogue: 767 00:36:52,292 --> 00:36:54,260 "Thank God we invented the..." you know, 768 00:36:54,361 --> 00:36:55,658 whatever device. 769 00:36:55,762 --> 00:36:57,627 Brad Pitt. 770 00:36:57,731 --> 00:36:59,289 Catherine Zeta-Jones. 771 00:36:59,399 --> 00:37:00,798 They've just finished ravishing 772 00:37:00,901 --> 00:37:03,495 each other's bodies for the first time. 773 00:37:03,603 --> 00:37:05,628 They lie naked, suspended in air 774 00:37:05,739 --> 00:37:07,172 underneath the heavens. 775 00:37:07,274 --> 00:37:09,640 Pitt lights up. 776 00:37:09,743 --> 00:37:11,472 He starts blowing smoke rings all around 777 00:37:11,578 --> 00:37:13,375 Catherine's naked, flawless body, 778 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,643 as the galaxies go whizzing by over the glass-domed ceiling. 779 00:37:16,750 --> 00:37:18,809 Now, tell me that doesn't work for you. 780 00:37:18,919 --> 00:37:20,216 I'd see that movie. 781 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:21,582 I'd buy the goddamn DVD. 782 00:37:21,688 --> 00:37:24,384 You know, if the academy didn't send them to me for free. 783 00:37:24,491 --> 00:37:25,958 You know, 784 00:37:26,059 --> 00:37:28,220 you guys ought to think about designing a cigarette 785 00:37:28,328 --> 00:37:30,057 to be released simultaneously with the movie. 786 00:37:30,163 --> 00:37:31,721 Sector Sixes. 787 00:37:31,832 --> 00:37:33,390 No one's ever done it with a cigarette. 788 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:34,626 Wow. 789 00:37:34,734 --> 00:37:36,634 Well, where do we go from here? 790 00:37:36,736 --> 00:37:39,569 You enjoy the rest of your day in L.A. with your son 791 00:37:39,673 --> 00:37:41,607 while I find out the answers to these questions. 792 00:37:41,708 --> 00:37:44,336 Hey, where can I get a bite to eat with my son? 793 00:37:44,444 --> 00:37:45,968 You ought to try Nobu's new place. 794 00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:48,479 - He only serves food that's white. - Oh, great. 795 00:37:49,749 --> 00:37:51,979 So, you go to an office, 796 00:37:52,085 --> 00:37:54,713 then you go on TV and talk about cigarettes. 797 00:37:54,821 --> 00:37:56,652 Then you fly out to L.A. 798 00:37:56,756 --> 00:37:59,224 to talk to some guy who works with movie stars. 799 00:37:59,326 --> 00:38:02,625 - What is that? - That's my job; I'm a lobbyist. 800 00:38:02,729 --> 00:38:05,391 I know, but did you study to do that? 801 00:38:05,499 --> 00:38:07,990 No. No, I just kind of figured it out. 802 00:38:08,101 --> 00:38:10,194 Then can't anyone just do that? 803 00:38:10,303 --> 00:38:14,239 No, it, uh, requires a... 804 00:38:14,341 --> 00:38:18,072 a moral flexibility that goes beyond most people. 805 00:38:19,179 --> 00:38:22,012 Do I have flexible morals? 806 00:38:22,115 --> 00:38:24,811 Well, let's say you became a lawyer, right? 807 00:38:24,918 --> 00:38:26,545 And you were asked to defend a murderer. 808 00:38:26,653 --> 00:38:28,177 Worse than that- a child murderer. 809 00:38:28,288 --> 00:38:29,585 Now, 810 00:38:29,689 --> 00:38:32,681 the law states that every person deserves a fair trial. 811 00:38:32,792 --> 00:38:34,885 Would you defend them? 812 00:38:34,995 --> 00:38:36,690 I don't know. I guess every person 813 00:38:36,796 --> 00:38:38,627 - deserves a fair defense. - Yeah, well, 814 00:38:38,732 --> 00:38:40,859 so do multinational corporations. 815 00:38:40,967 --> 00:38:44,266 So, what happens when you're wrong? 816 00:38:44,371 --> 00:38:46,032 Well, Joey, I'm never wrong. 817 00:38:46,139 --> 00:38:47,606 But you can't always be right. 818 00:38:47,707 --> 00:38:50,642 Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong. 819 00:38:50,744 --> 00:38:52,939 But what if you are wrong? 820 00:38:53,046 --> 00:38:55,207 Okay, let's say that you're defending chocolate 821 00:38:55,315 --> 00:38:56,646 and I'm defending vanilla. 822 00:38:56,750 --> 00:38:59,150 Now, if I were to say to you, 823 00:38:59,252 --> 00:39:02,153 "Vanilla's the best flavor ice cream," you'd say...? 824 00:39:02,255 --> 00:39:04,314 - "No, chocolate is." - Exactly. 825 00:39:04,424 --> 00:39:06,016 But you can't win that argument. 826 00:39:06,126 --> 00:39:08,686 So, I'll ask you- So you think chocolate 827 00:39:08,795 --> 00:39:11,593 is the end-all and be-all of ice cream, do you? 828 00:39:11,698 --> 00:39:13,757 It's the best ice cream; I wouldn't order any other. 829 00:39:13,867 --> 00:39:15,767 Oh. So it's all chocolate for you, is it? 830 00:39:15,869 --> 00:39:17,461 Yes, chocolate is all I need. 831 00:39:17,571 --> 00:39:18,868 Well, I need more than chocolate. 832 00:39:18,972 --> 00:39:20,963 And for that matter, I need more than vanilla. 833 00:39:21,074 --> 00:39:22,837 I believe that we need freedom and choice 834 00:39:22,943 --> 00:39:25,434 when it comes to our ice cream, and that, Joey Naylor, 835 00:39:25,545 --> 00:39:27,069 that is the definition of liberty. 836 00:39:27,180 --> 00:39:29,114 But that's not what we're talking about. 837 00:39:29,216 --> 00:39:31,616 Ah, but that's what I'm talking about. 838 00:39:31,718 --> 00:39:34,653 - But... you didn't prove that vanilla's the best. - I didn't have to. 839 00:39:34,754 --> 00:39:37,587 I proved that you're wrong- and if you're wrong, I'm right. 840 00:39:37,691 --> 00:39:38,658 But you still didn't 841 00:39:38,758 --> 00:39:39,816 convince me. 842 00:39:39,926 --> 00:39:41,257 'Cause I'm not after you. 843 00:39:41,361 --> 00:39:44,660 I'm after them. 844 00:40:00,747 --> 00:40:02,214 Hello? 845 00:40:02,315 --> 00:40:04,215 Thought I'd give you a little update. 846 00:40:04,317 --> 00:40:06,285 Jeff. You still at the office? 847 00:40:06,386 --> 00:40:08,911 Do you know what time it is in Tokyo right now? 848 00:40:09,022 --> 00:40:10,785 - No. - 4:00 P.M. tomorrow. 849 00:40:10,890 --> 00:40:12,687 It's the future, Nick. 850 00:40:13,893 --> 00:40:15,622 Anyway, for Pitt to smoke, 851 00:40:15,729 --> 00:40:17,959 it's $10 million; for the pair, it's 25. 852 00:40:18,064 --> 00:40:21,227 25?! Usually when I buy two of something, I get a discount. 853 00:40:21,334 --> 00:40:22,528 What's the extra five for? 854 00:40:22,636 --> 00:40:23,796 Synergy. 855 00:40:23,903 --> 00:40:26,667 These are not stupid people; they got it right away. 856 00:40:26,773 --> 00:40:29,003 Pitt and Zeta-Jones lighting up after some cosmic fucking 857 00:40:29,109 --> 00:40:31,577 in the bubble suite's gonna sell a lot of cigarettes. 858 00:40:31,678 --> 00:40:33,111 Well, for that kind of money, 859 00:40:33,213 --> 00:40:35,113 my people will expect some very serious smoking. 860 00:40:35,215 --> 00:40:36,705 Can Brad blow smoke rings? 861 00:40:36,816 --> 00:40:38,215 I don't have that information. 862 00:40:38,318 --> 00:40:40,013 Well, for $25 million, we'd want smoke rings. 863 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:41,610 Oh, one other thing- you'll be cofinancing 864 00:40:41,721 --> 00:40:43,655 the picture with the Sultan of Glutan. 865 00:40:43,757 --> 00:40:44,951 The Sultan of Glutan? 866 00:40:45,058 --> 00:40:47,083 The one who massacred and enslaved his own people? 867 00:40:47,193 --> 00:40:49,684 Aren't they calling him the Hitler of the South Pacific? 868 00:40:49,796 --> 00:40:52,230 No, I can't speak to that- All my dealings with him, 869 00:40:52,332 --> 00:40:54,061 he's been a very reasonable and sensitive guy. 870 00:40:54,167 --> 00:40:55,395 He's fun. You'll like him. 871 00:40:55,502 --> 00:40:56,696 I better run it by my people. 872 00:40:56,803 --> 00:40:57,895 No problem. 873 00:40:58,004 --> 00:40:59,369 Oh, that's London calling. 874 00:40:59,472 --> 00:41:01,599 7:00 A.M. in the Old Empire. 875 00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:03,266 Jeff, when do you sleep? 876 00:41:03,376 --> 00:41:04,604 Sunday. 877 00:42:06,740 --> 00:42:09,231 - Operator. - Yeah, my light is blinking. 878 00:42:09,342 --> 00:42:12,573 - There's a package downstairs for you. - Okay, send it up. 879 00:42:15,115 --> 00:42:18,312 Captain, I'm sitting in front of an open briefcase. 880 00:42:18,418 --> 00:42:20,443 I don't suppose this is a raise. 881 00:42:20,553 --> 00:42:24,353 Now, Nick, do you know who Lorne Lutch is? 882 00:42:24,457 --> 00:42:26,152 Yeah, of course. He's the original Marlboro Man. 883 00:42:26,259 --> 00:42:28,727 He's dying. He was on Sally last week. 884 00:42:28,828 --> 00:42:31,023 Not exactly our biggest fan. 885 00:42:31,131 --> 00:42:32,359 Well, the money's for him. 886 00:42:32,465 --> 00:42:35,093 Now, he has a ranch out there in California. 887 00:42:35,201 --> 00:42:36,862 I want you to bring it to him. 888 00:42:36,970 --> 00:42:40,804 He's a cowboy, sir, and cowboys don't like bribes. 889 00:42:40,907 --> 00:42:43,068 It's not a bribe. No, sir. 890 00:42:43,176 --> 00:42:45,940 You're going out there on wings of angels, son. 891 00:42:46,045 --> 00:42:48,980 You mean we're just going to give him the money? 892 00:42:49,082 --> 00:42:50,481 Well, I think Christ himself would say, 893 00:42:50,583 --> 00:42:52,813 "That's mighty white of you boys." 894 00:42:52,919 --> 00:42:54,978 No gag agreement? 895 00:42:55,088 --> 00:42:57,488 Hopefully, he'll be so damn overcome with gratitude 896 00:42:57,590 --> 00:42:59,922 he'll... he'll have to shut up. 897 00:43:10,670 --> 00:43:13,002 Hey, kiddo, I got to go do a little bit more work 898 00:43:13,106 --> 00:43:14,198 this afternoon, all right? 899 00:43:14,307 --> 00:43:15,205 Can I come? 900 00:43:15,308 --> 00:43:16,741 No. Not this time. 901 00:43:16,843 --> 00:43:19,004 But I want to see what you do. 902 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:01,912 You stay here, okay? 903 00:44:21,074 --> 00:44:23,634 What the fuck are you doing here? 904 00:44:23,743 --> 00:44:26,337 Uh... uh... 905 00:44:26,446 --> 00:44:28,141 Do you have a minute? 906 00:44:33,286 --> 00:44:34,947 What do you want? 907 00:44:35,054 --> 00:44:36,282 Dad! 908 00:44:36,389 --> 00:44:37,515 Joey, get back in the car. 909 00:44:44,130 --> 00:44:46,121 Just want to talk. 910 00:44:47,467 --> 00:44:49,526 All right. 911 00:44:49,636 --> 00:44:51,103 Let's talk. 912 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,954 Pearl, we got company. 913 00:45:12,592 --> 00:45:15,789 Mister, you got a lot of nerve walking in here after... 914 00:45:15,895 --> 00:45:19,262 Honey, why don't you show this young man some iced tea? 915 00:45:22,402 --> 00:45:23,892 I'll be right back, tiger. 916 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,880 Saw you on... 917 00:45:42,989 --> 00:45:46,481 Weren't you on that TV show? 918 00:45:46,593 --> 00:45:49,391 Yeah. Yeah, that was me. 919 00:45:49,495 --> 00:45:53,056 You're lucky you made it out of there alive. 920 00:45:53,166 --> 00:45:55,464 Yeah. Tobacco used to be all over the television. 921 00:45:55,568 --> 00:45:59,561 Now TV is leading the witch hunt. 922 00:45:59,672 --> 00:46:01,537 Strange business. 923 00:46:01,641 --> 00:46:04,542 Last year, after I was diagnosed, 924 00:46:04,644 --> 00:46:10,173 flew east to attend the annual stockholders' convention. 925 00:46:11,951 --> 00:46:13,919 Stood up and told them I thought 926 00:46:14,020 --> 00:46:18,650 they ought to cut back on their advertising. 927 00:46:18,758 --> 00:46:21,352 You know what your boss said to me? 928 00:46:24,597 --> 00:46:27,657 He said, "We're certainly sorry 929 00:46:27,767 --> 00:46:31,533 "to hear about your medical problem. 930 00:46:31,638 --> 00:46:35,074 "However, without knowing more 931 00:46:35,174 --> 00:46:38,837 "of your medical history, 932 00:46:38,945 --> 00:46:41,038 we can't comment further." 933 00:46:43,616 --> 00:46:45,846 But then they tried to pretend 934 00:46:45,952 --> 00:46:47,681 I never worked for 'em. 935 00:46:49,622 --> 00:46:51,852 Yeah, I got the pay stubs. 936 00:46:51,958 --> 00:46:54,722 But, hell, I was on the damn billboards. 937 00:46:56,462 --> 00:46:58,191 I never even smoked 938 00:46:58,297 --> 00:47:00,322 Marlboro. 939 00:47:00,433 --> 00:47:02,901 I smoked Kools. 940 00:47:07,306 --> 00:47:10,434 You look like a nice-enough fella. 941 00:47:10,543 --> 00:47:12,841 What are you doing working for these assholes? 942 00:47:14,747 --> 00:47:16,806 I'm good at it. 943 00:47:16,916 --> 00:47:18,144 Better at doing this 944 00:47:18,251 --> 00:47:19,912 than I ever was at doing anything else. 945 00:47:20,019 --> 00:47:21,953 Aw, hell, son. 946 00:47:22,055 --> 00:47:24,615 I was good at shooting VC. 947 00:47:24,724 --> 00:47:26,692 I didn't make it my career. 948 00:47:28,995 --> 00:47:32,658 I suppose we all got to pay the mortgage. 949 00:47:36,502 --> 00:47:38,663 Your dad always bring you along like this? 950 00:47:38,771 --> 00:47:41,501 No. I live with my mom. 951 00:47:41,607 --> 00:47:43,336 He tell you why he's here today? 952 00:47:43,443 --> 00:47:47,277 He said that your husband was the Marlboro Man. 953 00:47:48,881 --> 00:47:52,681 Yeah, well, not anymore. 954 00:47:52,785 --> 00:47:54,252 Hello. 955 00:47:54,353 --> 00:47:56,514 Yeah. Hey, can you hold on a second? 956 00:47:56,622 --> 00:48:00,718 You need anything else, grab it out of the fridge. 957 00:48:00,827 --> 00:48:02,488 So I'm standing here minding my own business, 958 00:48:02,595 --> 00:48:04,460 filling up pill bottles... 959 00:48:04,564 --> 00:48:10,469 So you're here to talk me into shutting up? 960 00:48:12,338 --> 00:48:14,602 That what's in that case of yours? 961 00:48:14,707 --> 00:48:17,369 Yeah, basically. 962 00:48:18,578 --> 00:48:19,977 No, not basically. 963 00:48:20,079 --> 00:48:22,309 That's... that's exactly it. 964 00:48:24,417 --> 00:48:26,044 My dignity ain't for sale. 965 00:48:26,152 --> 00:48:28,620 It's not an offer. It's a gift. 966 00:48:28,721 --> 00:48:29,847 Taxes have all been paid. 967 00:48:29,956 --> 00:48:32,686 You get to keep it no matter what you do. 968 00:48:32,792 --> 00:48:34,225 The idea is that, somehow, 969 00:48:34,327 --> 00:48:36,955 your guilt will prevent you from bad-mouthing us. 970 00:48:37,063 --> 00:48:38,860 Are you supposed to be 971 00:48:38,965 --> 00:48:40,660 telling me all that? 972 00:48:40,767 --> 00:48:43,292 No, sir. Just apologize, 973 00:48:43,402 --> 00:48:45,165 give you the money, and leave. 974 00:48:45,271 --> 00:48:47,034 Why are you telling me this? 975 00:48:49,575 --> 00:48:51,543 Because, this way, you'll take the money. 976 00:48:51,644 --> 00:48:52,906 Why would I do that? 977 00:48:53,012 --> 00:48:54,001 Because you're mad. 978 00:48:54,113 --> 00:48:55,546 Damn straight I am. 979 00:48:55,648 --> 00:48:56,637 The first thing you'll do, 980 00:48:56,749 --> 00:48:58,842 is you'll call the L.A. Times, and CNN... 981 00:48:58,951 --> 00:49:00,350 - Huh? - and insist on Bonnie Carlton. 982 00:49:00,453 --> 00:49:01,351 She does really good 983 00:49:01,454 --> 00:49:02,352 controlled outrage. 984 00:49:02,455 --> 00:49:03,683 Tell them, "No Bonnie, no story." 985 00:49:03,790 --> 00:49:04,814 Watch it on MSNBC. 986 00:49:04,924 --> 00:49:06,221 - Okay. - When they get here, 987 00:49:06,325 --> 00:49:09,260 you open up the case... 988 00:49:11,964 --> 00:49:15,127 and you pour all the cash out onto the floor. 989 00:49:15,234 --> 00:49:16,292 - Why? - Trust me. 990 00:49:16,402 --> 00:49:17,596 It'll look more effective that way. 991 00:49:17,703 --> 00:49:21,764 Don't forget to shake every last bundle out. 992 00:49:23,509 --> 00:49:25,170 If you can, you know, give a cough or two. 993 00:49:25,278 --> 00:49:28,179 Once it's all out on the floor, 994 00:49:28,281 --> 00:49:29,748 tell them what you're going to do with it. 995 00:49:29,849 --> 00:49:30,816 What am I going to do with it? 996 00:49:30,917 --> 00:49:31,941 You're going to donate it. 997 00:49:32,051 --> 00:49:34,246 Yeah. Start the Lorne Lutch Cancer Foundation. 998 00:49:34,353 --> 00:49:35,684 You're going to have a ranch and a fair 999 00:49:35,788 --> 00:49:38,416 and a 5K. A 5K is a must. Television... 1000 00:49:38,524 --> 00:49:39,548 Wait a minute. 1001 00:49:39,659 --> 00:49:41,889 What about my family? 1002 00:49:44,330 --> 00:49:46,525 But, Lorne, you can't keep the money. 1003 00:49:46,632 --> 00:49:48,122 Why the hell not? 1004 00:49:48,234 --> 00:49:49,462 What do you mean? 1005 00:49:49,569 --> 00:49:52,163 Denounce us, and then keep the blood money? 1006 00:49:52,271 --> 00:49:53,568 I mean, look at it. 1007 00:50:00,847 --> 00:50:01,745 I got to think this over. 1008 00:50:01,848 --> 00:50:02,712 Lorne, whoa. 1009 00:50:02,815 --> 00:50:04,806 News doesn't work that way. 1010 00:50:04,917 --> 00:50:06,942 You can't denounce us next week. 1011 00:50:13,559 --> 00:50:16,824 I don't suppose I can denounce you for half of it. 1012 00:50:16,929 --> 00:50:20,296 No, Lorne. Either you keep all the money, 1013 00:50:20,399 --> 00:50:23,163 or you... you give it all away. 1014 00:50:33,613 --> 00:50:35,774 Dad, how did you know 1015 00:50:35,882 --> 00:50:37,747 he would take the money? 1016 00:50:40,086 --> 00:50:42,987 You'd have to be crazy to turn down all that money. 1017 00:50:43,089 --> 00:50:45,557 When I saw he wasn't crazy, I knew he'd take it. 1018 00:50:47,059 --> 00:50:49,527 Would you have taken it? 1019 00:50:49,629 --> 00:50:52,189 If I were him? Sure. 1020 00:50:54,934 --> 00:50:56,401 So would I. 1021 00:51:07,947 --> 00:51:09,005 I don't think you understand, sir. 1022 00:51:09,115 --> 00:51:10,412 He's like a wild animal. 1023 00:51:10,516 --> 00:51:12,177 You'll have to be on your guard at all times. 1024 00:51:12,285 --> 00:51:13,274 He has this trick. 1025 00:51:13,386 --> 00:51:14,580 Ron, shut up. 1026 00:51:14,687 --> 00:51:16,518 I've tangoed with presidents, lawyers and Indian chiefs. 1027 00:51:16,622 --> 00:51:19,182 I think I can handle Mr. Nick Naylor. 1028 00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:22,354 All right, welcome back, kids. 1029 00:51:22,461 --> 00:51:24,361 We've got two guests on the show tonight. 1030 00:51:24,463 --> 00:51:26,454 First, joining us from our Washington studio... 1031 00:51:26,565 --> 00:51:28,499 I must have that tie clip! 1032 00:51:28,601 --> 00:51:31,195 ...is the senator from the great state of Vermont. 1033 00:51:31,304 --> 00:51:33,465 Please welcome Ortolan Finistirre. 1034 00:51:33,572 --> 00:51:34,470 Welcome, Senator. 1035 00:51:34,573 --> 00:51:36,131 Good to be here, Dennis. 1036 00:51:36,242 --> 00:51:37,937 And, joining us here in our Los Angeles studio, 1037 00:51:38,044 --> 00:51:39,909 he is the chief spokesperson 1038 00:51:40,012 --> 00:51:42,207 for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. 1039 00:51:42,315 --> 00:51:43,805 Quite an august chamber, might I add? 1040 00:51:43,916 --> 00:51:45,679 - Nick Naylor. Nick, welcome. - Pleasure to be here. 1041 00:51:45,785 --> 00:51:48,515 All right, I understand you were on Joan Lunden's show recently. 1042 00:51:48,621 --> 00:51:50,213 Didn't make a lot of friends over there, did you? 1043 00:51:50,323 --> 00:51:51,688 I will say that I don't think 1044 00:51:51,791 --> 00:51:53,088 I'll be getting my annual invitation 1045 00:51:53,192 --> 00:51:55,956 to the Finistirre Labor Day Barbecue. 1046 00:51:56,062 --> 00:51:58,462 Well, I continue to offer an open invitation to Mr. Naylor 1047 00:51:58,564 --> 00:52:00,896 to join us in Congress to talk about the inclusion 1048 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,730 of our new poison label which, if I might say... 1049 00:52:03,836 --> 00:52:05,997 Nick, ready to trek up the Hill and testify 1050 00:52:06,105 --> 00:52:07,299 before Congress? 1051 00:52:07,406 --> 00:52:09,567 Well, I'd love to, Dennis, but not as long as the senator 1052 00:52:09,675 --> 00:52:11,040 is calling for me to be fired. 1053 00:52:11,143 --> 00:52:13,441 It's not exactly a welcome invitation. 1054 00:52:13,546 --> 00:52:16,071 Yeah. Bit of a mixed message, Senator. 1055 00:52:16,182 --> 00:52:18,446 Well, not as mixed as the stance that Big Tobacco has taken 1056 00:52:18,551 --> 00:52:20,314 about the dangers of smoking cigarettes. 1057 00:52:20,419 --> 00:52:21,852 - Oh, no. - Now what are you laughing...? 1058 00:52:21,954 --> 00:52:24,047 You're a wind-up artist. Give the man his due. 1059 00:52:24,156 --> 00:52:25,953 He's got a bit of a point there, doesn't he? 1060 00:52:26,058 --> 00:52:27,923 Sorry. I just can't help myself, Dennis. 1061 00:52:28,027 --> 00:52:29,688 I... I... I'm just tickled by the idea 1062 00:52:29,795 --> 00:52:31,490 of the gentleman from Vermont 1063 00:52:31,597 --> 00:52:34,157 calling me a hypocrite when, uh... this same man, 1064 00:52:34,266 --> 00:52:36,131 in one day, held a press conference where he called 1065 00:52:36,235 --> 00:52:38,726 for the American tobacco fields to be slashed and burned, 1066 00:52:38,838 --> 00:52:40,430 then he jumped on a private jet 1067 00:52:40,539 --> 00:52:43,030 and flew down to Farm Aid where he rode a tractor onstage 1068 00:52:43,142 --> 00:52:46,134 - Oh, come on. - as he bemoaned the downfall of the American farmer. 1069 00:52:46,245 --> 00:52:48,042 Care to comment, Senator? 1070 00:52:48,147 --> 00:52:50,081 He... I... No. 1071 00:52:50,182 --> 00:52:52,412 Eloquent in its brevity. 1072 00:52:52,518 --> 00:52:53,644 Emotional issue. 1073 00:52:53,753 --> 00:52:54,981 Let's take some phone calls now. 1074 00:52:55,087 --> 00:52:57,385 Herndon, Virginia. Go ahead. You're on the show. 1075 00:52:57,490 --> 00:52:59,981 Dennis, has anyone ever announced that they're going 1076 00:53:00,092 --> 00:53:01,855 to kill someone live on your show? 1077 00:53:01,961 --> 00:53:05,192 My demo's been called quirky but, no, at this point, 1078 00:53:05,297 --> 00:53:07,390 we're not skewing to the emotionally unstable. 1079 00:53:07,500 --> 00:53:09,627 Then it's your lucky day. 1080 00:53:09,735 --> 00:53:11,396 Because I'm here to tell you that, within a week, 1081 00:53:11,504 --> 00:53:14,098 we're going to dispatch Mr. Naylor from this planet 1082 00:53:14,206 --> 00:53:17,903 for all the pain and suffering he's caused in the world. 1083 00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:24,171 As I said, emotional issue. We're going to break now. 1084 00:53:24,283 --> 00:53:26,046 I got to fire a call screener. 1085 00:53:52,978 --> 00:53:54,445 Let's go. 1086 00:54:30,116 --> 00:54:32,778 This is Nick Naylor telling you kids, 1087 00:54:32,885 --> 00:54:36,082 "Don't do drugs, smoke cigarettes." 1088 00:54:36,188 --> 00:54:37,348 That's really great. 1089 00:54:37,456 --> 00:54:39,083 It's like I'm looking in a mirror. 1090 00:54:39,191 --> 00:54:41,318 New idea: 1091 00:54:41,427 --> 00:54:43,793 cigarettes for the homeless. 1092 00:54:43,896 --> 00:54:44,988 We'll call them "hobos." 1093 00:54:46,532 --> 00:54:47,897 Uh, that's awful. 1094 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,524 Any better than "Sector Sixes"? 1095 00:54:49,635 --> 00:54:51,603 Right. 1096 00:54:51,704 --> 00:54:54,537 Oh, my God, Nick, you're on TV. 1097 00:54:55,708 --> 00:54:58,336 "Lobbyist on the lookout." 1098 00:54:58,444 --> 00:55:01,641 You got to be kidding me. 1099 00:55:02,915 --> 00:55:06,612 I want to fuck you while I watch you on TV. 1100 00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:08,448 And they call me sick. 1101 00:55:08,554 --> 00:55:09,452 Hurry. 1102 00:55:09,555 --> 00:55:11,546 Before your segment ends. 1103 00:55:11,657 --> 00:55:13,591 All right. 1104 00:55:19,365 --> 00:55:21,492 Tell me more about Los Angeles, baby. 1105 00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:22,760 Huh? 1106 00:55:26,972 --> 00:55:28,769 He says he wants to trail me everywhere, 1107 00:55:28,874 --> 00:55:30,034 I said, "Who's paying for it?" 1108 00:55:30,142 --> 00:55:31,632 He says the tobacco company's paying for it. 1109 00:55:31,744 --> 00:55:33,268 I said, "I don't need a bodyguard." 1110 00:55:33,379 --> 00:55:34,937 I'm a man of the people. 1111 00:55:35,047 --> 00:55:36,912 Rock on, Kennedy. 1112 00:55:37,016 --> 00:55:38,711 Listen, we're all going to need bodyguards soon enough. 1113 00:55:38,817 --> 00:55:40,614 Did you see the coverage the fetal alcohol people 1114 00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:41,777 got themselves over this weekend? 1115 00:55:41,887 --> 00:55:43,718 They made it seem like we were encouraging 1116 00:55:43,822 --> 00:55:44,948 pregnant women to drink. 1117 00:55:45,057 --> 00:55:46,149 I'm surprised I didn't get kidnapped 1118 00:55:46,258 --> 00:55:47,589 on my way to work this morning. 1119 00:55:47,693 --> 00:55:51,185 I don't think people from the alcoholic beverage industry 1120 00:55:51,297 --> 00:55:53,288 need to worry about being kidnapped just yet. 1121 00:55:54,900 --> 00:55:56,492 Pardon me? 1122 00:55:56,602 --> 00:55:57,899 Look, I mean, 1123 00:55:58,003 --> 00:55:59,994 nothing personal, but tobacco generates 1124 00:56:00,105 --> 00:56:02,335 a little more heat than alcohol. 1125 00:56:02,441 --> 00:56:03,908 Oh, this is news. 1126 00:56:04,009 --> 00:56:07,638 My product puts away 475,000 a year. 1127 00:56:07,746 --> 00:56:10,408 Oh, okay, now 475 is a legit number. 1128 00:56:10,516 --> 00:56:11,744 Okay, 435,000. 1129 00:56:11,850 --> 00:56:12,908 That's 1,200 a day. 1130 00:56:13,018 --> 00:56:14,349 How many alcohol-related deaths a year? 1131 00:56:14,453 --> 00:56:16,580 - Well, does that... - 100,000 tops? 1132 00:56:16,689 --> 00:56:20,318 That's, what, 270 a day? 1133 00:56:20,426 --> 00:56:21,586 Wowee. 1134 00:56:21,694 --> 00:56:24,060 270 people, a tragedy. 1135 00:56:24,163 --> 00:56:26,154 Excuse me if I don't exactly see terrorists getting excited 1136 00:56:26,265 --> 00:56:27,892 about kidnapping anyone from the alcohol industry. 1137 00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:29,262 - Well, you haven't even - Okay, 1138 00:56:29,368 --> 00:56:31,199 - taken into account the number of deaths - let's just 1139 00:56:31,303 --> 00:56:33,999 - breathe. - How many gun deaths a year in the U. S? 1140 00:56:34,106 --> 00:56:35,835 11,000. 1141 00:56:35,941 --> 00:56:38,273 11,000, are you kidding me? 1142 00:56:38,377 --> 00:56:40,311 30 a day. 1143 00:56:40,412 --> 00:56:41,845 That's less than passenger car mortalities. 1144 00:56:41,947 --> 00:56:43,539 No terrorist would bother with either of you. 1145 00:56:57,229 --> 00:56:58,992 Okay, look... stupid argument. 1146 00:56:59,098 --> 00:57:01,123 I'll say. 1147 00:57:01,233 --> 00:57:04,202 I'm sure both of you warrant vigilante justice. 1148 00:57:04,303 --> 00:57:06,066 Thank you. 1149 00:57:26,925 --> 00:57:28,187 Hey... please. Stop... hey. 1150 00:57:28,294 --> 00:57:29,386 Who are you guys? 1151 00:57:33,299 --> 00:57:35,597 And freedom means that we can do what we want. 1152 00:57:35,701 --> 00:57:38,067 And that's really important. 1153 00:57:38,170 --> 00:57:41,765 Because otherwise, we couldn't be free. 1154 00:57:41,874 --> 00:57:45,901 And that's why America is the best government in the world. 1155 00:57:46,011 --> 00:57:47,569 Whoa, hey, hey, hey. 1156 00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:50,376 Hey, no need for that, no need for that. 1157 00:57:50,482 --> 00:57:51,847 Whoa, whoa, hey. 1158 00:57:51,950 --> 00:57:52,917 Hey, wait. 1159 00:57:53,018 --> 00:57:54,212 Can we get a dialogue going here? 1160 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:57,084 Nick, we want you to stop killing people. 1161 00:57:57,189 --> 00:57:58,918 So many people. 1162 00:57:59,024 --> 00:58:00,582 Half a million people a year in the U.S. 1163 00:58:00,693 --> 00:58:02,388 That, there's no data to support that. 1164 00:58:02,494 --> 00:58:04,621 Nick... you're not on TV anymore. 1165 00:58:08,033 --> 00:58:09,728 Okay, Joey, it's your turn. 1166 00:58:12,338 --> 00:58:13,600 Hey! 1167 00:58:13,706 --> 00:58:15,105 Nick, how much do you smoke a day? 1168 00:58:15,207 --> 00:58:16,765 Hey, what are you doing? 1169 00:58:16,875 --> 00:58:19,139 According to the box, each one of those patches 1170 00:58:19,244 --> 00:58:21,405 contains 21 milligrams of nicotine. 1171 00:58:21,513 --> 00:58:22,480 That's, like, what? 1172 00:58:22,581 --> 00:58:23,980 One pack? 1173 00:58:24,083 --> 00:58:26,381 Our industry has been working hand in hand with... 1174 00:58:26,485 --> 00:58:28,419 Nick! Just listen, all right? 1175 00:58:28,520 --> 00:58:30,078 What makes America the best government? 1176 00:58:30,189 --> 00:58:32,487 The passion that doesn't exist anywhere in the world. 1177 00:58:32,591 --> 00:58:34,491 Says here there are many adverse reactions 1178 00:58:34,593 --> 00:58:35,651 from those things. 1179 00:58:35,761 --> 00:58:37,661 Let's see, "arrhythmia, 1180 00:58:37,763 --> 00:58:39,230 "constipation, dyspepsia, 1181 00:58:39,331 --> 00:58:41,856 - "nausea... - My industry does $48 billion in revenue. 1182 00:58:41,967 --> 00:58:43,662 pharyngitis, sinusitis..." 1183 00:58:43,769 --> 00:58:46,602 Sure you can call it capitalism, a free market, 1184 00:58:46,705 --> 00:58:48,332 a celebration of tariff breakdowns... 1185 00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:51,102 "dysmenorrhea..." 1186 00:58:51,210 --> 00:58:53,178 I don't even want to know what that means. 1187 00:58:53,278 --> 00:58:55,041 Hey, look, I guess you could start by, you know, 1188 00:58:55,147 --> 00:58:56,944 asking for five million, working your way up from there. 1189 00:58:57,049 --> 00:58:58,482 But I don't want any money, Nick. 1190 00:58:58,584 --> 00:58:59,516 Well, what do you want? 1191 00:58:59,618 --> 00:59:00,915 I mean, I'm all ears here. 1192 00:59:01,019 --> 00:59:04,147 I have another word for it- 1193 00:59:04,256 --> 00:59:05,484 love. 1194 00:59:05,591 --> 00:59:07,218 What does any man want? 1195 00:59:07,326 --> 00:59:08,884 The love of a woman, 1196 00:59:08,994 --> 00:59:10,188 crisp bacon... 1197 00:59:10,295 --> 00:59:15,164 an average life span over 80 years. 1198 00:59:15,267 --> 00:59:17,633 Oh, Nick... 1199 00:59:19,805 --> 00:59:21,864 ...you don't look so good. 1200 00:59:28,881 --> 00:59:30,644 If you should smell smoke, 1201 00:59:30,749 --> 00:59:33,217 please dial zero for the operator. 1202 00:59:33,318 --> 00:59:37,448 Before leaving the room, check the door for heat. 1203 00:59:37,556 --> 00:59:40,218 Find your nearest emergency exit, 1204 00:59:40,325 --> 00:59:44,386 then soak a washcloth and cover your nose and mouth. 1205 00:59:45,764 --> 00:59:47,959 Do not remove your washcloth. 1206 00:59:48,066 --> 00:59:51,832 Try at all times to avoid breathing in the smoke. 1207 00:59:51,937 --> 00:59:55,202 If necessary, crawl on your hands and knees 1208 00:59:55,307 --> 00:59:57,605 to avoid the inhalation of smoke. 1209 00:59:57,709 --> 00:59:59,404 Do not be alarmed. 1210 00:59:59,511 --> 01:00:01,809 There are still no conclusive studies 1211 01:00:01,914 --> 01:00:04,644 that link smoking to emphysema. 1212 01:00:11,190 --> 01:00:13,215 You woke up. 1213 01:00:13,325 --> 01:00:15,486 Perhaps a bad choice of inflection. 1214 01:00:15,594 --> 01:00:19,257 Is she implying that I could’ve just as easily not? 1215 01:00:30,476 --> 01:00:31,670 I was so scared. 1216 01:00:31,777 --> 01:00:33,039 Hey, Joey. 1217 01:00:34,646 --> 01:00:35,908 What happened? 1218 01:00:36,014 --> 01:00:38,744 No nonsmoker could've ever withstood 1219 01:00:38,851 --> 01:00:40,842 the amount of nicotine you had in your bloodstream. 1220 01:00:40,953 --> 01:00:42,921 Hate to say it, but... 1221 01:00:43,021 --> 01:00:45,581 cigarettes saved your life. 1222 01:00:47,860 --> 01:00:49,384 Can I quote you on that, doc? 1223 01:00:49,495 --> 01:00:51,759 You're a real trooper, my boy. 1224 01:00:51,864 --> 01:00:53,695 Hey, Captain, 1225 01:00:53,799 --> 01:00:55,130 where are you? 1226 01:00:55,234 --> 01:00:56,963 Winston-Salem General. 1227 01:00:58,470 --> 01:01:00,904 Damn heart failing me again. 1228 01:01:01,006 --> 01:01:02,735 I thought we could be roommates. 1229 01:01:02,841 --> 01:01:04,069 Nick, before we get sidetracked, 1230 01:01:04,176 --> 01:01:05,871 there is one thing. 1231 01:01:05,978 --> 01:01:08,469 All right, don't get all dramatic on me, doc. 1232 01:01:08,580 --> 01:01:10,605 You can't smoke. 1233 01:01:14,386 --> 01:01:15,444 That's no problem. 1234 01:01:15,554 --> 01:01:17,078 I've quit before. 1235 01:01:17,189 --> 01:01:19,089 I did during the pregnancy. 1236 01:01:19,191 --> 01:01:20,249 How long, you think? 1237 01:01:20,359 --> 01:01:22,418 I don't think you understand. 1238 01:01:22,528 --> 01:01:25,088 It's a miracle you came out of this alive. 1239 01:01:25,197 --> 01:01:26,789 Any smoking- one cigarette- 1240 01:01:26,899 --> 01:01:28,992 could put you right back into a paralytic state. 1241 01:01:29,101 --> 01:01:31,695 Your body just can't handle it. 1242 01:01:37,009 --> 01:01:39,000 Nick, I don't want to put any more pressure on you, 1243 01:01:39,111 --> 01:01:40,942 but we got a camera crew waiting out there. 1244 01:01:41,046 --> 01:01:43,071 If we want to make the evening news... 1245 01:01:43,181 --> 01:01:45,741 You want to unhook me here? 1246 01:01:45,851 --> 01:01:49,753 This just goes to prove what I've been saying for so long. 1247 01:01:49,855 --> 01:01:53,985 These nicotine patches are just deadly. 1248 01:01:54,092 --> 01:01:55,855 Smoking saved my life. 1249 01:01:55,961 --> 01:01:58,555 Considering your condition, will you still be able to appear 1250 01:01:58,664 --> 01:02:00,723 before Senator Finistirre's subcommittee hearing 1251 01:02:00,832 --> 01:02:02,857 on the usage of poison labels on cigarette packaging? 1252 01:02:02,968 --> 01:02:04,560 Oh, I think now more than ever 1253 01:02:04,670 --> 01:02:06,501 it is imperative that I be there. 1254 01:02:06,605 --> 01:02:08,630 Nothing will keep me from testifying. 1255 01:02:08,740 --> 01:02:11,800 Fucking kidnapping. 1256 01:02:11,910 --> 01:02:13,309 I don't understand, sir. 1257 01:02:13,412 --> 01:02:16,677 Aren't we considering the kidnapping a good thing? 1258 01:02:16,782 --> 01:02:18,443 Well, he didn't die. 1259 01:02:18,550 --> 01:02:20,882 He was almost killed, sir. 1260 01:02:20,986 --> 01:02:22,146 That's the point. 1261 01:02:22,254 --> 01:02:24,347 Now he looks like a victim, lucky bastard. 1262 01:02:26,258 --> 01:02:28,385 The way I heard it, D.C. police found you naked 1263 01:02:28,493 --> 01:02:30,154 laying in Lincoln's crotch 1264 01:02:30,262 --> 01:02:33,959 covered in nicotine patches with a sign across your chest 1265 01:02:34,066 --> 01:02:36,557 - that said... - He doesn't need to hear the details. 1266 01:02:36,668 --> 01:02:39,000 It was some pretty fucked up shit. 1267 01:02:39,104 --> 01:02:40,071 Shh! 1268 01:02:40,172 --> 01:02:41,161 How are you feeling? 1269 01:02:41,273 --> 01:02:44,606 I don't know. 1270 01:02:44,710 --> 01:02:47,235 First time I'm thinking these cigarettes are pretty dangerous. 1271 01:02:47,346 --> 01:02:49,314 You might be right about that. 1272 01:02:49,414 --> 01:02:50,847 What are you doing? 1273 01:02:52,618 --> 01:02:54,552 It may be small, but it'll do the trick. 1274 01:02:54,653 --> 01:02:55,779 One shot, bam. 1275 01:02:55,887 --> 01:02:58,151 Listen, Nick is not going to shoot anyone. 1276 01:02:58,256 --> 01:02:59,382 Cool. 1277 01:02:59,491 --> 01:03:00,423 Yeah, huh? 1278 01:03:00,525 --> 01:03:01,753 I mean, uh... 1279 01:03:01,860 --> 01:03:03,691 guns are to be treated with respect, you understand that? 1280 01:03:03,795 --> 01:03:05,763 You'll make a great father. 1281 01:03:05,864 --> 01:03:07,229 Thanks. 1282 01:03:11,203 --> 01:03:12,693 Hey, there he is! 1283 01:03:12,804 --> 01:03:14,499 Hey, he's back! 1284 01:03:14,606 --> 01:03:16,039 Hey! 1285 01:03:16,141 --> 01:03:17,574 Welcome back. 1286 01:03:17,676 --> 01:03:19,769 - You okay? - Great. 1287 01:03:19,878 --> 01:03:21,607 Good, 'cause you're booked on all the Sunday talk shows. 1288 01:03:21,713 --> 01:03:24,511 For once we got public sympathy on our side. 1289 01:03:24,616 --> 01:03:27,278 We can start our own little celebrity victim tour. 1290 01:03:27,386 --> 01:03:29,752 I mean, we couldn't have planned this thing better ourselves. 1291 01:03:29,855 --> 01:03:31,686 Oh, maybe next time I can lose a lung. 1292 01:03:33,325 --> 01:03:35,793 Oh. Uh, I heard the, uh... 1293 01:03:35,894 --> 01:03:38,089 Heather Holloway article is coming out tomorrow. 1294 01:03:38,196 --> 01:03:40,130 Really? 1295 01:03:40,232 --> 01:03:41,358 Yeah, anything I should be worried about? 1296 01:03:41,466 --> 01:03:43,934 Uh, yeah, the Cancer Association. 1297 01:03:44,036 --> 01:03:45,401 Apparently, they have it in for us. 1298 01:03:45,504 --> 01:03:47,734 Fuckers. 1299 01:03:58,150 --> 01:03:59,117 What? 1300 01:03:59,217 --> 01:04:01,879 I got a call from the paper. 1301 01:04:01,987 --> 01:04:04,148 Really? What'd they want? 1302 01:04:04,256 --> 01:04:07,316 They wanted the correct spelling of my name and job title. 1303 01:04:07,426 --> 01:04:09,257 You didn't tell her about us, did you? 1304 01:04:09,361 --> 01:04:11,022 Who? 1305 01:04:11,129 --> 01:04:12,323 Heather? 1306 01:04:12,431 --> 01:04:14,296 No. 1307 01:04:16,068 --> 01:04:18,263 I mean, maybe in passing, I... 1308 01:04:18,370 --> 01:04:19,997 In passing. 1309 01:04:20,105 --> 01:04:21,333 Oh, God, he fucked her. 1310 01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:22,805 I tried to warn you. 1311 01:04:22,908 --> 01:04:25,342 Hey, he didn't fuck her. You didn't fuck her, did you? 1312 01:04:27,779 --> 01:04:29,246 When? 1313 01:04:29,347 --> 01:04:30,279 In passing. 1314 01:04:30,382 --> 01:04:31,508 Look, she's a really nice girl. 1315 01:04:31,616 --> 01:04:32,640 Oh, God. 1316 01:04:32,751 --> 01:04:34,742 We're really fucked. 1317 01:04:53,105 --> 01:04:55,869 "Nick Naylor, lead spokesman for big tobacco, 1318 01:04:55,974 --> 01:04:59,000 "would have you believe he thinks cigarettes are harmless. 1319 01:04:59,111 --> 01:05:02,547 "But really, he's doing it for the mortgage. 1320 01:05:02,647 --> 01:05:06,674 The MOD squad-meaning, of course, merchants of death- 1321 01:05:06,785 --> 01:05:10,050 is comprised of Polly Bailey of the Moderation Council 1322 01:05:10,155 --> 01:05:11,554 and BobbyJay Bliss 1323 01:05:11,656 --> 01:05:15,592 of the gun business's own advisory group, SAFETY. 1324 01:05:15,694 --> 01:05:19,221 As explained by Naylor, the sole purpose of their meetings 1325 01:05:19,331 --> 01:05:21,231 is to compete for the highest death toll 1326 01:05:21,333 --> 01:05:22,891 as they compare strategies 1327 01:05:23,001 --> 01:05:26,027 on how to dupe the American people. 1328 01:05:26,138 --> 01:05:28,732 The film, Message from Sector Six, 1329 01:05:28,840 --> 01:05:31,035 would emphasize the sex appeal of cigarettes 1330 01:05:31,143 --> 01:05:33,134 in a way that only floating, nude, 1331 01:05:33,245 --> 01:05:36,908 copulating Hollywood stars could. 1332 01:05:37,015 --> 01:05:40,246 This did not stop Nick from bribing the dying man 1333 01:05:40,352 --> 01:05:43,321 with a suitcase of cash to keep quiet on the subject 1334 01:05:43,421 --> 01:05:47,551 of his recent lung cancer diagnosis. 1335 01:05:47,659 --> 01:05:51,186 Nick's own son, Joey Naylor, seems to be being groomed 1336 01:05:51,296 --> 01:05:53,287 for the job as he joins his father 1337 01:05:53,398 --> 01:05:56,333 on the majority of his trips. 1338 01:06:03,008 --> 01:06:05,101 I have Heather Holloway on line one. 1339 01:06:05,210 --> 01:06:06,336 Heather. 1340 01:06:06,444 --> 01:06:08,241 Hey, Nick, what did you think? 1341 01:06:08,346 --> 01:06:10,007 Heather, uh... I... 1342 01:06:10,115 --> 01:06:12,606 I mean, there's a lot of information in here, Heather, 1343 01:06:12,717 --> 01:06:14,207 that is off the record. 1344 01:06:14,319 --> 01:06:16,583 You never said anything about off the record. 1345 01:06:16,688 --> 01:06:21,125 I presumed anything said while I was inside you was privileged. 1346 01:06:21,226 --> 01:06:22,693 Nick... 1347 01:06:22,794 --> 01:06:24,921 If you wanted to talk on a plane 1348 01:06:25,030 --> 01:06:28,397 or at a movie or over dinner, that would have been fine. 1349 01:06:28,500 --> 01:06:30,525 But you wanted to fuck. 1350 01:06:30,635 --> 01:06:32,068 That's fine by me. 1351 01:06:32,170 --> 01:06:34,195 You used me. 1352 01:06:34,306 --> 01:06:35,933 Oh, Nick, come on. 1353 01:06:36,041 --> 01:06:38,066 Now we're being children. 1354 01:06:38,176 --> 01:06:40,235 Look, we both love our jobs. 1355 01:06:40,345 --> 01:06:42,905 I'm just a reporter, and you're just a lobbyist. 1356 01:06:43,014 --> 01:06:45,244 How can you do this to me? 1357 01:06:47,519 --> 01:06:49,544 For the mortgage. 1358 01:06:57,963 --> 01:06:58,930 Bitch. 1359 01:06:59,030 --> 01:07:00,088 Whore. 1360 01:07:00,198 --> 01:07:03,429 You should have been more careful, Nick. 1361 01:07:03,535 --> 01:07:06,333 You've destroyed all the good will created by your kidnapping. 1362 01:07:06,438 --> 01:07:07,735 Well, we'll work up a rebuttal. 1363 01:07:07,839 --> 01:07:10,569 Heather Holloway isn't the only reporter in town. 1364 01:07:10,675 --> 01:07:11,835 No, there isn't going to be any rebuttal. 1365 01:07:11,943 --> 01:07:13,001 What do you mean? 1366 01:07:13,111 --> 01:07:14,442 Don't talk to anyone. 1367 01:07:14,546 --> 01:07:16,309 We're pulling you from the congressional hearing. 1368 01:07:16,414 --> 01:07:17,972 No, no, no. You can't pull me from the congressional hearing. 1369 01:07:18,083 --> 01:07:19,414 All you'll be doing is giving credence to her article. 1370 01:07:19,517 --> 01:07:20,745 I'm ready to testify. 1371 01:07:20,852 --> 01:07:22,513 Look, Nick, half of my job is damage control. 1372 01:07:22,621 --> 01:07:23,713 Today, that consists 1373 01:07:23,822 --> 01:07:26,450 of distancing ourselves from you entirely- 1374 01:07:26,558 --> 01:07:30,289 letting you take all the heat on this article. 1375 01:07:30,395 --> 01:07:32,124 Your job relied on your ability to keep secrets 1376 01:07:32,230 --> 01:07:33,322 and spin the truth. 1377 01:07:33,431 --> 01:07:35,126 I just cannot imagine a way 1378 01:07:35,233 --> 01:07:36,860 in which you could have fucked up more. 1379 01:07:36,968 --> 01:07:39,801 There's just no way I could possibly keep you on staff. 1380 01:07:39,905 --> 01:07:41,702 Then I assume you've run this by the captain. 1381 01:07:41,806 --> 01:07:43,740 Captain died this morning. 1382 01:08:41,666 --> 01:08:43,600 Mr. Naylor, this is Pete in Security from the Academy. 1383 01:08:43,702 --> 01:08:45,567 Your things are waiting for you 1384 01:08:45,670 --> 01:08:47,331 at the information kiosk in the lobby. 1385 01:08:47,439 --> 01:08:48,633 Look, if you don't pick your stuff up by Friday, 1386 01:08:48,740 --> 01:08:51,072 we're instructed to throw it out. 1387 01:08:52,844 --> 01:08:55,711 Mr. Naylor, this is Special Agent Johnson with the FBI. 1388 01:08:55,814 --> 01:08:58,476 Having not found any leads in your kidnapping investigation, 1389 01:08:58,583 --> 01:08:59,880 we're going to be handing over the case 1390 01:08:59,985 --> 01:09:01,043 to the local D.C. police, 1391 01:09:01,152 --> 01:09:03,347 so please refer to them in the future 1392 01:09:03,455 --> 01:09:05,047 for any updates and questions. 1393 01:09:06,992 --> 01:09:09,586 Nick, Jack in Jeff Megall's office. 1394 01:09:09,694 --> 01:09:13,130 Jeff really enjoyed meeting you the other day 1395 01:09:13,231 --> 01:09:15,290 and he's just... he's torn up about the fact 1396 01:09:15,400 --> 01:09:17,163 that you two couldn't find a project to work on. 1397 01:09:17,268 --> 01:09:19,395 He's really just... I don't know. 1398 01:09:19,504 --> 01:09:21,267 So, listen, but we should hang, at least, 1399 01:09:21,373 --> 01:09:23,341 so you drop me a line whenever you're in town. 1400 01:09:23,441 --> 01:09:26,899 Uh... my e-mail is, uh... 1401 01:09:42,494 --> 01:09:44,121 Who is it? 1402 01:09:44,229 --> 01:09:46,129 It's me, Nick. 1403 01:09:48,066 --> 01:09:50,591 Jill, this is a bad time. 1404 01:09:50,702 --> 01:09:52,294 Let me in. 1405 01:09:53,638 --> 01:09:55,401 No. 1406 01:09:55,507 --> 01:09:58,476 I brought someone who needs to talk to you. 1407 01:10:03,681 --> 01:10:04,978 Hey, buddy. 1408 01:10:05,083 --> 01:10:07,017 Hey, Dad. 1409 01:10:07,118 --> 01:10:09,143 Coke in the fridge. 1410 01:10:15,593 --> 01:10:20,360 So, this Heather Holloway, she must have been pretty hot. 1411 01:10:20,465 --> 01:10:23,366 Yes. She's pretty hot. 1412 01:10:23,468 --> 01:10:25,493 Don't take it so hard. 1413 01:10:25,603 --> 01:10:28,231 A few flaws can be appealing. 1414 01:10:28,339 --> 01:10:29,431 Makes you human. 1415 01:10:29,541 --> 01:10:30,974 Who wants to be human? 1416 01:10:31,076 --> 01:10:32,441 Well, I know one person 1417 01:10:32,544 --> 01:10:35,513 who still thinks you're a God. 1418 01:10:52,030 --> 01:10:54,726 Why did you tell that reporter all your secrets? 1419 01:10:57,969 --> 01:11:00,597 You're too young to understand. 1420 01:11:00,705 --> 01:11:03,799 Mom says it's because you have dependency issues 1421 01:11:03,908 --> 01:11:05,398 and it was all just a matter of time 1422 01:11:05,510 --> 01:11:07,671 before you threw it all away on some tramp. 1423 01:11:07,779 --> 01:11:11,078 Well, that's one theory. 1424 01:11:11,182 --> 01:11:13,013 Why are you hiding from everyone? 1425 01:11:13,118 --> 01:11:18,715 It has something to do with being generally hated right now. 1426 01:11:18,823 --> 01:11:20,313 But it's your job to be generally hated. 1427 01:11:20,425 --> 01:11:23,189 It's more complicated than that, Joey. 1428 01:11:23,294 --> 01:11:25,558 You're just making it more complicated 1429 01:11:25,663 --> 01:11:27,221 so that you can feel sorry for yourself. 1430 01:11:27,332 --> 01:11:29,061 Like you always said, 1431 01:11:29,167 --> 01:11:32,466 "If you want an easy job, go work for the Red Cross." 1432 01:11:32,570 --> 01:11:34,197 You're a lobbyist. 1433 01:11:34,305 --> 01:11:37,399 Your job is to be right, and you're the best at what you do. 1434 01:11:39,043 --> 01:11:40,442 You're the sultan of spin. 1435 01:11:41,646 --> 01:11:43,045 "Sultan of spin"? 1436 01:11:43,148 --> 01:11:44,672 Mom subscribes to Newsweek. 1437 01:11:46,117 --> 01:11:47,448 Who cares what the Brads 1438 01:11:47,552 --> 01:11:48,576 of the world think? 1439 01:11:48,686 --> 01:11:49,948 He's not my dad. 1440 01:11:51,656 --> 01:11:53,123 You are. 1441 01:11:53,224 --> 01:11:56,455 And right there, looking into Joey’s eyes, 1442 01:11:56,561 --> 01:11:59,962 it all came back in a rush. 1443 01:12:00,064 --> 01:12:02,532 Why I do what I do- defending the defenseless, 1444 01:12:02,634 --> 01:12:04,932 protecting the disenfranchised corporations 1445 01:12:05,036 --> 01:12:07,095 that have been abandoned by their very own consumers- 1446 01:12:07,205 --> 01:12:09,469 the logger... 1447 01:12:09,574 --> 01:12:11,804 the sweatshop foreman... 1448 01:12:11,910 --> 01:12:13,935 the oil driller... 1449 01:12:14,045 --> 01:12:16,206 the land mine developer... 1450 01:12:16,314 --> 01:12:19,613 the baby seal poacher... 1451 01:12:19,717 --> 01:12:21,116 Baby seal poacher? 1452 01:12:21,219 --> 01:12:22,584 Even I think that's kind of cruel. 1453 01:12:22,687 --> 01:12:24,780 All right, you're missing the point. 1454 01:12:24,889 --> 01:12:26,652 I must be, because I thought you were apologizing. 1455 01:12:26,758 --> 01:12:27,725 I'm getting to that. 1456 01:12:27,825 --> 01:12:29,588 When? 1457 01:12:29,694 --> 01:12:32,162 Look. 1458 01:12:32,263 --> 01:12:37,098 The two of you, you're basically my only friends, 1459 01:12:37,202 --> 01:12:39,500 and the last thing that I would ever want to do 1460 01:12:39,604 --> 01:12:41,299 would be to hurt you. 1461 01:12:41,406 --> 01:12:43,271 And, I can only imagine... 1462 01:12:43,374 --> 01:12:44,398 Why are you smiling? 1463 01:12:44,509 --> 01:12:46,170 Why is he smiling? 1464 01:12:46,277 --> 01:12:48,370 He won a hundred bucks off of you. 1465 01:12:48,479 --> 01:12:51,505 I bet Polly you'd spill the beans to that reporter. 1466 01:12:51,616 --> 01:12:54,084 That goes against everything that we stand for. 1467 01:12:54,185 --> 01:12:56,449 Oh, please! You've ratted us out to some reporter with tits! 1468 01:12:56,554 --> 01:12:58,454 Glorious tits. 1469 01:12:58,556 --> 01:13:00,854 Only after you created a betting pool testing my incompetence? 1470 01:13:00,959 --> 01:13:03,018 Do you have any idea the beating I'm taking at Moderation? 1471 01:13:03,127 --> 01:13:05,857 Well, look, I'm sure both of you are under a lot of scrutiny. 1472 01:13:05,964 --> 01:13:08,159 You know what? You can stop using the plural. 1473 01:13:08,266 --> 01:13:11,463 The guys at Safety actually liked the name "Merchants of Death." 1474 01:13:11,569 --> 01:13:12,866 They're gonna have some bumper stickers made up. 1475 01:13:12,971 --> 01:13:14,871 I'll make sure you get one. 1476 01:13:14,973 --> 01:13:16,907 Thank you. 1477 01:13:19,077 --> 01:13:20,908 That is disgusting. 1478 01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:24,009 It's American. 1479 01:13:24,115 --> 01:13:25,673 Can I have a bite? 1480 01:13:25,783 --> 01:13:27,307 Mmm. 1481 01:13:27,418 --> 01:13:29,477 So I guess this means 1482 01:13:29,587 --> 01:13:32,818 you won't be appearing at Finistirre's subcommittee. 1483 01:13:32,924 --> 01:13:35,154 Hmm. I was kind of looking forward to it, too. 1484 01:13:35,260 --> 01:13:38,024 It's kind of cool in a Jimmy Stewart sort of way. 1485 01:13:38,129 --> 01:13:40,654 More like an Ollie North sort of way. 1486 01:13:40,765 --> 01:13:42,995 Finistirre would have torn you a new asshole 1487 01:13:43,101 --> 01:13:44,625 in a House of Parliament, no less. 1488 01:13:44,736 --> 01:13:46,033 I could have taken him. 1489 01:13:46,137 --> 01:13:47,798 - Yeah. - Oh, yeah? What would you have said? 1490 01:13:47,905 --> 01:13:49,133 I don't know. 1491 01:13:49,240 --> 01:13:52,471 I'd just like him to feel immeasurable pain, 1492 01:13:52,577 --> 01:13:54,044 humiliation. 1493 01:13:54,145 --> 01:13:55,612 Yeah, well, that would be kind of tough. 1494 01:13:55,713 --> 01:13:57,078 I mean, he's already a Senator. 1495 01:13:59,017 --> 01:14:01,212 I mean, how would you get back in even if you wanted to? 1496 01:14:05,256 --> 01:14:06,416 Uh-oh. 1497 01:14:12,363 --> 01:14:13,660 You're not gonna like this. 1498 01:14:16,768 --> 01:14:17,894 Hello. Thanks very much for coming. 1499 01:14:18,002 --> 01:14:20,334 First of all, I'd like to say a few words 1500 01:14:20,438 --> 01:14:21,564 to all the people who are mentioned 1501 01:14:21,673 --> 01:14:23,732 in the recent newspaper article. 1502 01:14:23,841 --> 01:14:25,331 Please take comfort in knowing 1503 01:14:25,443 --> 01:14:29,209 that I will not rest until your names are cleared. 1504 01:14:29,314 --> 01:14:31,407 This experience has taught me an important lesson- 1505 01:14:31,516 --> 01:14:33,313 having sexual affairs with members of the press 1506 01:14:33,418 --> 01:14:34,908 is just unfair. 1507 01:14:35,019 --> 01:14:36,850 It's not unfair to me, mind you, 1508 01:14:36,954 --> 01:14:40,412 but to all the people in my life whose only crime is knowing me. 1509 01:14:40,525 --> 01:14:43,722 It was your names, not mine, that suffered 1510 01:14:43,828 --> 01:14:46,353 from a meaningless affair with a seductress 1511 01:14:46,464 --> 01:14:49,922 in the form of a young brunette Washington reporter 1512 01:14:50,034 --> 01:14:51,592 whose name I won't mention 1513 01:14:51,703 --> 01:14:53,637 because I have dignity. 1514 01:14:55,540 --> 01:14:56,564 Mr. Naylor! 1515 01:14:56,674 --> 01:14:58,471 Are you still planning on testifying 1516 01:14:58,576 --> 01:15:00,669 at tomorrow's subcommittee hearing on tobacco? 1517 01:15:00,778 --> 01:15:03,042 I'm glad you asked that question. 1518 01:15:03,147 --> 01:15:04,910 There have been wide accusations of me dropping out of tomorrow's hearing. 1519 01:15:05,016 --> 01:15:06,244 Let it be known 1520 01:15:06,351 --> 01:15:08,080 that unless Senator Finistirre has withdrawn my invitation 1521 01:15:08,186 --> 01:15:09,619 - to speak, it is my plan - It's called a subpoena. 1522 01:15:09,721 --> 01:15:11,552 to be in Congress tomorrow to share my knowledge 1523 01:15:11,656 --> 01:15:13,920 of big tobacco and all those who enjoy its products. 1524 01:15:14,025 --> 01:15:15,287 Thank you very much. I'll see you tomorrow. 1525 01:16:14,952 --> 01:16:17,546 Still feel like Jimmy Stewart? 1526 01:16:28,566 --> 01:16:29,555 Good. 1527 01:16:37,642 --> 01:16:38,734 Why don't you all go ahead? 1528 01:16:38,843 --> 01:16:40,367 This could be a while. 1529 01:16:45,249 --> 01:16:50,277 If we could, um... if we could take our seats, please. 1530 01:16:53,024 --> 01:16:55,584 Gentlemen, ladies. 1531 01:16:55,693 --> 01:16:58,423 If I may call this meeting to order. 1532 01:16:58,529 --> 01:17:03,296 We'll do everything we can to keep things brief and concise 1533 01:17:03,401 --> 01:17:04,925 so that we can all get out of here on time. 1534 01:17:05,036 --> 01:17:08,528 The skull and crossbones means one thing: 1535 01:17:08,639 --> 01:17:10,106 Poison. 1536 01:17:10,208 --> 01:17:12,904 Thus, the message is quite clear. 1537 01:17:13,010 --> 01:17:15,171 Like any other product that carries the branding, 1538 01:17:15,279 --> 01:17:18,510 if you take it, you will die. 1539 01:17:18,616 --> 01:17:21,676 Yes, but isn't this overkill? 1540 01:17:21,786 --> 01:17:25,051 Why don't we just use words, as we currently do? 1541 01:17:25,156 --> 01:17:28,956 Something that describes the dangers of cigarette smoking. 1542 01:17:29,060 --> 01:17:30,084 Well, the American public is not affected 1543 01:17:30,194 --> 01:17:31,661 by masthead anymore. 1544 01:17:31,762 --> 01:17:32,922 They need images. 1545 01:17:33,030 --> 01:17:35,396 We've done studies which show that consumers react 1546 01:17:35,500 --> 01:17:38,060 up to 80% more to imagery rather than words. 1547 01:17:38,169 --> 01:17:39,466 The stats are there. 1548 01:17:39,570 --> 01:17:41,367 It's just sad 1549 01:17:41,472 --> 01:17:43,804 that the Academy of Tobacco Studies did not release 1550 01:17:43,908 --> 01:17:45,307 this type of information earlier. 1551 01:17:45,409 --> 01:17:48,378 When you say the Academy of Tobacco Studies, 1552 01:17:48,479 --> 01:17:49,810 you're referring to... 1553 01:17:49,914 --> 01:17:51,040 Yes. 1554 01:17:51,148 --> 01:17:52,877 to the coalition... 1555 01:17:52,984 --> 01:17:53,916 Yes, the coalition. 1556 01:17:54,018 --> 01:17:55,610 The big... big tobacco... 1557 01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:56,982 ...that is represented by... 1558 01:17:57,088 --> 01:17:58,316 By, um... 1559 01:17:58,422 --> 01:17:59,548 And specifically 1560 01:17:59,657 --> 01:18:00,555 Mr... 1561 01:18:00,658 --> 01:18:01,716 Um... 1562 01:18:01,826 --> 01:18:03,418 Mr., uh, Nick Naylor. 1563 01:18:03,528 --> 01:18:04,426 Nick Naylor? 1564 01:18:04,529 --> 01:18:05,496 Thank you very much. 1565 01:18:07,498 --> 01:18:08,396 The current use 1566 01:18:08,499 --> 01:18:10,126 of words instead of imagery 1567 01:18:10,234 --> 01:18:13,829 is an obvious move against the non-English-speaking population 1568 01:18:13,938 --> 01:18:15,405 of the United States. 1569 01:18:15,506 --> 01:18:17,633 The skull and crossbones 1570 01:18:17,742 --> 01:18:21,109 speak loudly in all languages. 1571 01:18:21,212 --> 01:18:23,806 By not using it, they're saying 1572 01:18:23,915 --> 01:18:27,942 they want those who can't read English to die. 1573 01:18:28,052 --> 01:18:29,815 Hmm. Senor Herrera, 1574 01:18:29,921 --> 01:18:32,754 could you clarify "they"? 1575 01:18:32,857 --> 01:18:34,154 Let it be known, 1576 01:18:34,258 --> 01:18:36,726 the public beating has not gone out of style. 1577 01:18:44,068 --> 01:18:46,229 Nick Naylor, please step forward. 1578 01:18:55,947 --> 01:18:58,575 You go sit with him. 1579 01:19:06,958 --> 01:19:09,950 Please state your name, address and current occupation. 1580 01:19:10,061 --> 01:19:11,187 My name is Nick Naylor. 1581 01:19:11,295 --> 01:19:13,058 I live at 6000 Massachusetts Avenue 1582 01:19:13,164 --> 01:19:15,064 and I am currently unemployed, 1583 01:19:15,166 --> 01:19:17,293 but until recently, I was the vice president 1584 01:19:17,401 --> 01:19:18,891 of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. 1585 01:19:19,003 --> 01:19:19,901 Mr. Naylor, 1586 01:19:20,004 --> 01:19:23,462 as vice president of the Academy 1587 01:19:23,574 --> 01:19:25,542 of Tobacco Studies, what was required of you? 1588 01:19:25,643 --> 01:19:26,871 What did you do? 1589 01:19:26,978 --> 01:19:30,470 I informed the public of all the research performed 1590 01:19:30,581 --> 01:19:32,572 in the investigation on the effects of tobacco. 1591 01:19:32,683 --> 01:19:33,809 Mm-hmm, and what, 1592 01:19:33,918 --> 01:19:36,478 so far, has the Academy concluded 1593 01:19:36,587 --> 01:19:39,021 in their investigation into the effects of tobacco? 1594 01:19:39,123 --> 01:19:41,387 Well, many things, actually. 1595 01:19:41,492 --> 01:19:43,255 Why, just the other day they uncovered evidence 1596 01:19:43,361 --> 01:19:45,192 that smoking can offset Parkinson's disease. 1597 01:19:47,131 --> 01:19:48,359 I'm sure the health community 1598 01:19:48,466 --> 01:19:49,592 is thrilled. 1599 01:19:49,700 --> 01:19:52,601 Mr. Naylor, who provides the financial backing 1600 01:19:52,703 --> 01:19:54,671 for the Academy of Tobacco Studies? 1601 01:19:54,772 --> 01:19:58,037 Uh... Conglomerated Tobacco. 1602 01:19:58,142 --> 01:19:59,837 That's the cigarette companies. 1603 01:19:59,944 --> 01:20:02,003 For the most part, yes. 1604 01:20:02,113 --> 01:20:05,014 Do you think that... 1605 01:20:05,116 --> 01:20:07,084 might affect their priorities? 1606 01:20:07,184 --> 01:20:08,515 No, just as I'm sure 1607 01:20:08,619 --> 01:20:10,450 campaign contributions don't affect yours. 1608 01:20:10,554 --> 01:20:11,578 Ohh. 1609 01:20:13,557 --> 01:20:16,788 Senators, Mr. Naylor is not here to testify on the goings-on 1610 01:20:16,894 --> 01:20:18,691 of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. 1611 01:20:18,796 --> 01:20:20,855 We're here to examine the possibility 1612 01:20:20,965 --> 01:20:22,364 of a warning logo on cigarettes. 1613 01:20:22,466 --> 01:20:23,433 Now, Mr. Naylor, 1614 01:20:23,534 --> 01:20:25,058 I have to ask you, out of formality, 1615 01:20:25,169 --> 01:20:27,137 do you believe that smoking cigarettes, over time, 1616 01:20:27,238 --> 01:20:30,469 can lead to lung cancer and other respiratory conditions 1617 01:20:30,574 --> 01:20:31,768 such as emphysema? 1618 01:20:33,644 --> 01:20:35,134 Yes. 1619 01:20:37,982 --> 01:20:38,880 In fact, I think you'd be hard-pressed 1620 01:20:38,983 --> 01:20:40,075 to find someone who really believes 1621 01:20:40,184 --> 01:20:42,152 that cigarettes are not potentially harmful. 1622 01:20:42,253 --> 01:20:44,483 I mean, show of hands, who out here thinks 1623 01:20:44,588 --> 01:20:46,078 - that cigarettes aren't dangerous... - Mr. Naylor. 1624 01:20:46,190 --> 01:20:49,318 There's no need for theatrics. 1625 01:20:49,427 --> 01:20:51,987 Sir, I just don't see the point in a warning label for something people already know. 1626 01:20:52,096 --> 01:20:53,393 The warning symbol 1627 01:20:53,497 --> 01:20:57,126 is a reminder, a reminder of the dangers of smoking cigarettes. 1628 01:20:57,234 --> 01:20:59,065 Well, if we want to remind people of danger, 1629 01:20:59,170 --> 01:21:00,694 why don't we slap a skull and crossbones 1630 01:21:00,805 --> 01:21:01,772 on all Boeing airplanes, 1631 01:21:01,872 --> 01:21:03,305 Senator Lothridge? 1632 01:21:03,407 --> 01:21:04,339 And all Fords, Senator Dupree? 1633 01:21:04,442 --> 01:21:06,774 That is ridiculous. 1634 01:21:06,877 --> 01:21:09,175 The death toll from airline and automobile accidents 1635 01:21:09,280 --> 01:21:11,339 doesn't even skim the surface of cigarettes. 1636 01:21:11,449 --> 01:21:12,507 They don't even compare. 1637 01:21:12,616 --> 01:21:14,675 Oh, this from a senator who calls Vermont home. 1638 01:21:14,785 --> 01:21:16,912 I don't follow you, Mr. Naylor. 1639 01:21:17,021 --> 01:21:18,682 Well, the real 1640 01:21:18,789 --> 01:21:21,349 demonstrated number one killer in America is cholesterol, 1641 01:21:21,459 --> 01:21:22,448 and here comes Senator Finistirre, 1642 01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:24,790 whose fine state is, I regret to say, 1643 01:21:24,895 --> 01:21:27,921 clogging the nation's arteries with Vermont cheddar cheese. 1644 01:21:29,567 --> 01:21:32,297 If we want to talk numbers, how about the millions of people 1645 01:21:32,403 --> 01:21:33,370 dying of heart attacks. 1646 01:21:33,471 --> 01:21:34,733 Perhaps Vermont cheddar 1647 01:21:34,839 --> 01:21:37,205 should come with a skull and crossbones. 1648 01:21:37,308 --> 01:21:39,139 That is lud... 1649 01:21:39,243 --> 01:21:40,210 The great state of Vermont 1650 01:21:40,311 --> 01:21:41,869 will not apologize for its cheese. 1651 01:21:41,979 --> 01:21:42,946 Mr. Naylor, 1652 01:21:43,047 --> 01:21:44,537 we are here to discuss cigarettes. 1653 01:21:44,648 --> 01:21:48,277 Not planes, not cars- cigarettes. 1654 01:21:48,385 --> 01:21:51,047 Now, as we discussed earlier, these warning labels 1655 01:21:51,155 --> 01:21:54,352 are not for those who know, but rather for those who don't know. 1656 01:21:56,327 --> 01:21:58,318 What about the children? 1657 01:21:58,429 --> 01:22:00,454 Gentlemen... 1658 01:22:00,564 --> 01:22:02,498 it's called education. 1659 01:22:02,600 --> 01:22:04,465 It doesn't come off the side of a cigarette carton. 1660 01:22:04,568 --> 01:22:05,626 It comes from our teachers, 1661 01:22:05,736 --> 01:22:07,795 and more importantly, our parents. 1662 01:22:07,905 --> 01:22:11,033 It is the job of every parent 1663 01:22:11,142 --> 01:22:14,771 to warn their children of all the dangers of the world, 1664 01:22:14,879 --> 01:22:17,439 including cigarettes, so that one day, when they get older, 1665 01:22:17,548 --> 01:22:19,379 they can choose for themselves. 1666 01:22:21,619 --> 01:22:24,782 I look at my... son 1667 01:22:24,889 --> 01:22:26,288 who... 1668 01:22:26,390 --> 01:22:28,221 was kind enough to come with me today, 1669 01:22:28,325 --> 01:22:30,816 and I can't help but think 1670 01:22:30,928 --> 01:22:33,192 that I am responsible for his growth 1671 01:22:33,297 --> 01:22:35,424 and his development. 1672 01:22:35,533 --> 01:22:37,057 And I'm proud of that. 1673 01:22:37,168 --> 01:22:38,430 Well, having said that, 1674 01:22:38,536 --> 01:22:41,096 would you condone him smoking? 1675 01:22:41,205 --> 01:22:43,537 Well, of course not. He's not 18. 1676 01:22:43,641 --> 01:22:44,699 That would be illegal. 1677 01:22:45,976 --> 01:22:48,069 Yes, I-I heard you deliver that line on 20-20, 1678 01:22:48,179 --> 01:22:49,544 but enough dancing. 1679 01:22:49,647 --> 01:22:51,979 What are you going to do when he turns 18? 1680 01:22:53,651 --> 01:22:55,209 Come on, Mr. Naylor. 1681 01:22:55,319 --> 01:22:58,880 On his 18th birthday, will you share a cigarette with him? 1682 01:22:58,989 --> 01:23:01,219 Will you spend a lovely afternoon, 1683 01:23:01,325 --> 01:23:03,486 like one of your ludicrous cigarette advertisements? 1684 01:23:03,594 --> 01:23:05,118 You seem to have a lot to say 1685 01:23:05,229 --> 01:23:06,560 about how we should raise our children. 1686 01:23:06,664 --> 01:23:07,631 What of your own? 1687 01:23:07,731 --> 01:23:10,199 What are you going to do 1688 01:23:10,301 --> 01:23:12,599 when he turns 18? 1689 01:23:19,210 --> 01:23:22,873 If he really wants a cigarette, I'll buy him his first pack. 1690 01:23:27,618 --> 01:23:30,451 Thank you for your testimony, Mr. Naylor. You're excused. 1691 01:23:37,294 --> 01:23:38,727 I'll meet you outside, okay? 1692 01:23:51,308 --> 01:23:52,866 Great. 1693 01:23:52,977 --> 01:23:54,103 Well done, my boy. 1694 01:23:54,211 --> 01:23:56,338 Were you in the same room as me? 1695 01:23:56,447 --> 01:23:57,539 The whole personal choice thing? 1696 01:23:57,648 --> 01:23:58,774 They ate that shit up. 1697 01:23:58,883 --> 01:24:00,714 Just checked the whip count. 1698 01:24:00,818 --> 01:24:02,217 That bill is going down in flames. 1699 01:24:02,319 --> 01:24:05,152 Your speech was unorthodox, but you did it, boy. 1700 01:24:05,256 --> 01:24:06,154 You crushed the fucker. 1701 01:24:06,257 --> 01:24:07,383 That's good news for you guys. 1702 01:24:07,491 --> 01:24:08,890 Oh. Whoa, whoa. 1703 01:24:08,993 --> 01:24:11,894 We're still a team, right? 1704 01:24:11,996 --> 01:24:13,964 What about damage control? 1705 01:24:15,466 --> 01:24:16,831 Look, Nick. 1706 01:24:16,934 --> 01:24:20,529 Winston-Salem is ready to do whatever it takes 1707 01:24:20,638 --> 01:24:22,162 to keep you onboard. 1708 01:24:30,414 --> 01:24:33,474 Nick, will you continue fighting for cigarettes? 1709 01:24:33,584 --> 01:24:34,915 Of course he will. 1710 01:24:35,019 --> 01:24:36,987 This man here is our general. 1711 01:24:37,087 --> 01:24:38,850 We're not just gonna let him retire. 1712 01:24:38,956 --> 01:24:39,980 Is that correct, Nick? 1713 01:24:40,090 --> 01:24:41,580 You're sticking with tobacco? 1714 01:24:45,629 --> 01:24:49,121 Now, I know what you're probably thinking. 1715 01:24:49,233 --> 01:24:50,393 What a great opportunity for me 1716 01:24:50,501 --> 01:24:52,093 to teach Joey how to use leverage against 1717 01:24:52,202 --> 01:24:53,794 a backstabbing boss. 1718 01:24:53,904 --> 01:24:57,340 But I actually meant what I said about responsibility. 1719 01:24:57,441 --> 01:25:01,070 Some things are just more important 1720 01:25:01,178 --> 01:25:02,338 than paying a mortgage. 1721 01:25:02,446 --> 01:25:05,040 So I did the only responsible thing I could. 1722 01:25:05,149 --> 01:25:07,913 I turned down the job. 1723 01:25:08,018 --> 01:25:10,350 And my timing couldn't have been better. 1724 01:25:10,454 --> 01:25:12,752 Within a few months, the cigarette companies 1725 01:25:12,856 --> 01:25:14,255 settled with the American smoker 1726 01:25:14,358 --> 01:25:17,020 to the tune of $246 billion. 1727 01:25:18,195 --> 01:25:20,527 And the Academy of Tobacco Studies 1728 01:25:20,631 --> 01:25:22,394 was permanently dismantled. 1729 01:25:22,499 --> 01:25:24,797 For the first time in decades, 1730 01:25:24,902 --> 01:25:26,597 BR found himself out of work. 1731 01:25:28,372 --> 01:25:30,465 Otherwise, not much has changed. 1732 01:25:30,574 --> 01:25:32,735 The MOD squad still meets every week. 1733 01:25:32,843 --> 01:25:34,140 Nice. 1734 01:25:34,244 --> 01:25:36,508 We even added a few new members. 1735 01:25:36,613 --> 01:25:39,411 The things I could learn from you, BobbyJay. 1736 01:25:39,516 --> 01:25:40,505 Right. 1737 01:25:40,617 --> 01:25:42,050 Stick around. Stick around. 1738 01:25:42,152 --> 01:25:44,882 Senator Finistirre is still fighting for his causes. 1739 01:25:44,989 --> 01:25:46,752 What do you say to the people who claim 1740 01:25:46,857 --> 01:25:48,791 you are destroying cinema classics? 1741 01:25:48,892 --> 01:25:50,519 Mmm, no. All we're doing 1742 01:25:50,627 --> 01:25:52,288 is using digital technology 1743 01:25:52,396 --> 01:25:55,559 to tastefully update movies of the past... 1744 01:25:55,666 --> 01:25:57,224 by removing cigarettes. 1745 01:25:57,334 --> 01:26:00,565 I believe that if these stars were alive today, 1746 01:26:00,671 --> 01:26:03,105 they would agree that we're doing the right thing. 1747 01:26:03,207 --> 01:26:04,936 But, in essence, aren't you changing history? 1748 01:26:05,042 --> 01:26:08,978 No, I think we're improving history. 1749 01:26:10,848 --> 01:26:12,179 Even Heather is still reporting. 1750 01:26:12,282 --> 01:26:13,647 The whole town has been evacuated. 1751 01:26:13,751 --> 01:26:19,053 They're calling this the storm of the century. 1752 01:26:19,156 --> 01:26:20,487 Not much changes at all. 1753 01:26:20,591 --> 01:26:25,290 And this year's Foggy Bottom Debating Society Champion is... 1754 01:26:25,396 --> 01:26:26,385 Joey Naylor. 1755 01:26:26,497 --> 01:26:27,657 - Yay! - Yay! 1756 01:26:27,765 --> 01:26:28,663 Joey! 1757 01:26:28,766 --> 01:26:29,664 Joey! 1758 01:26:29,767 --> 01:26:30,665 Joey, Joey! 1759 01:26:30,768 --> 01:26:32,292 That's my boy. 1760 01:26:32,403 --> 01:26:33,961 Hold it up. Hold it up. 1761 01:26:37,608 --> 01:26:39,633 And me? 1762 01:26:39,743 --> 01:26:42,439 Well, there's still a place for guys like me. 1763 01:26:42,546 --> 01:26:45,174 So, be straight with me. 1764 01:26:45,282 --> 01:26:48,012 Is it true? 1765 01:26:48,118 --> 01:26:49,517 - It could be. - Come on. 1766 01:26:49,620 --> 01:26:51,713 We know of very few cases. 1767 01:26:51,822 --> 01:26:52,948 There's no scientific proof at all. 1768 01:26:53,057 --> 01:26:53,955 There was an unfortunate incident out in Iowa... 1769 01:26:54,058 --> 01:26:55,025 It's really a complicated situation. 1770 01:26:55,125 --> 01:26:56,319 Gentlemen, 1771 01:26:56,427 --> 01:26:59,021 practice these words in front of the mirror. 1772 01:26:59,129 --> 01:27:02,098 "Although we are constantly exploring the subject, 1773 01:27:02,199 --> 01:27:04,895 "currently, there is no direct evidence 1774 01:27:05,002 --> 01:27:06,401 "that links cell phone usage 1775 01:27:06,503 --> 01:27:08,368 to brain cancer." 1776 01:27:14,878 --> 01:27:16,675 Michael Jordan plays ball. 1777 01:27:16,780 --> 01:27:18,338 Charles Manson kills people. 1778 01:27:18,449 --> 01:27:19,916 I talk. 1779 01:27:21,585 --> 01:27:22,711 Everyone has a talent.