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Hmm?

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[ Gasps ]

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♪

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♪

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Mindless violence
lit up the sky.

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America-- the 1970s.

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The energy crisis is real.

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♪ I'm runnin' away

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- A time of unrest and mistrust.
- I have never been a quitter.

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[ Siren wails ]

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- It was a night of terror.
- A time of fear and violence.

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♪

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We are entering a satanic age!

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Anyone who can't see that
is blind!

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[ Screams ]

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Television documents the chaos,

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beams the horror
into our living room.

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[ Intense electronic rock
plays ]

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And so it is done.

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[ Flames roar ]

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But it also offers comfort.
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April 4, 1971--

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the first episode of UBC's
"Night Owls" goes to air.

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The network's hopes
for a late-night hit

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are riding on
the shoulders of the host,

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a popular Chicago
radio announcer.

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Good evening, night owls.
I'm your host, Jack Delroy.

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And thank you for allowing me
into your living rooms

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for the first of what I hope
will be many, many shows.

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[ Chuckles ]

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I'd like to thank everyone who
helped bring this dream to life,

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especially my dear mom and dad
back in Berwyn, Illinois,

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who I know are sitting
in front of their TV set,

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big smiles on their faces,

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watching "The Tonight Show"
with Johnny Carson.

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[ Rim shot, laughter ]

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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With its entertaining
mix of interviews,

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music, and sketch comedy,
"Night Owls" with Jack Delroy

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captures the hearts
and minds of midnight America.

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- [ Laughs ]

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Well, I am sick of it, Crog,

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stuck in the cave all day,
cooking your sabertooth stew.

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Oi, fellas,
does this sound familiar?

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This is an Amazonian
bird-eating spider.

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Looks like your furry
little friend, uh,

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might have gotten
a better offer.

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[ Woman screams ]
- Don't panic. I got it, Jack.

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I got it. Excuse me, sir.
- Gus.

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Five nights a week,

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Jack helps an anxious nation
forget its troubles.

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[ Laughs ]

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In November 1972,

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Jack inks a five-year deal
with UBC owner Walker Bedford.

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Welcome to UBC family, Jack.

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What did you have to sacrifice
to get here tonight?

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With an Emmy nomination
to his name

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and growing audience share,

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Jack sights are set
on the coveted late-night crown.

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By Jack's side through
everything is his wife,

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the beloved stage actress
Madeleine Piper.

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Despite Jack's relentless
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they are considered
one of showbiz's happiest

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and most enduring couples.

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Madeleine is his muse
and his confidante,

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but she is not
his only source of support.

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[ Soft, dramatic music plays ]

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Jack's association
with The Grove,

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a men-only club located
in the redwoods of California,

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has been the subject of rumors
since his days in radio.

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Established in the 1800s

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and counting
among its members politicians,

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entertainers,
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The Grove has long
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as a harmless summer camp
for the rich and powerful.

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[ Men howling and trilling ]

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But speculation swirls around
its taste for arcane ceremony

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and its power to make
and break careers.

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...8...7...6...

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Four seasons on, and ratings
still fail to match Carson.

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The nominations mount,
but no trophy.

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Jack's reputation as perennial
also-ran starts to bite.

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He knows that history
remembers only kings.

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Then, in September 1976,

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Jack's world is
turned upside-down

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when Madeleine, a nonsmoker,

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is diagnosed
with terminal lung cancer.

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In October, Madeleine makes a
special appearance on the show.

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[ Breathlessly ]
Jack and I first met

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when I was doing
"Oh! Calcutta!"...

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- Oh, God.
- ...at the Eden.

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My, you should have
seen him blush

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when he came backstage
and [ Gasps ] was

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confronted with all those
glorious naked bodies.

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[ Audience murmurs ]
Remember, darling?

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Madeleine, I don't think
we need to talk about...

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See, [Gasps] he's blushing
right now.

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[ Laughter ]
How is a girl

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not supposed to fall
in love with that?

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[ Audience "Awws" ]

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Isn't she something,
ladies and gentlemen?

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[ Cheers and applause ]
- It is the highest-rating

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episode in "Night Owls" history,

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but still falls
a point short of Carson.

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- I love you, Jack.
- [ Mouthing words ]

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[ Applause ]

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Two weeks later,
Madeleine is dead.

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[ Inhaling deeply ]

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[ Camera shutters clicking ]

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A grieving Jack
shuns the media.

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He flees New York,
his location unknown.

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Just one month later,
and to the surprise of many,

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UBC announces his return.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Jack Delroy.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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[ Soft, dramatic music plays ]

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But the gap between Delroy
and Carson continues to widen.

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Jack and his longtime producer,
Leo Fiske,

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go out of their way
to court controversy,

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in a bid
to improve audience share.

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[ Indistinct shouting ]

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[ Grunting ]

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You used to be
the [bleep] man, Jack.

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What the [bleep]
happened to you?

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[ Audience murmurs ]
Huh?

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We are gonna take a break,
and I'll--

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I'll be right back.
And you will not.

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Where the [bleep] do you think
you're going? Huh?

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- Open the [bleep] door!
- Ratings are in free fall.

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Sponsors are nervous.

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Jack's contract
is set to expire.

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Everything is on the line
when Sweeps Week begins

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on Halloween night, 1977.
- [ Speaking French ]

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A desperate Jack plans
an episode

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he hopes will turn
his fortunes around.

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Get the audience in, guys.
[ Door creak, slam ]

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What you are about to see is
the recently discovered

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master tape of what went
to air that night,

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as well as previously unreleased
behind-the-scenes footage.

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It is the live TV event
that shocked a nation--

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"Late Night With the Devil."

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[ Eerie music plays ]

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[ Static, beeping ]

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[ Electronic hum ]

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Tonight's broadcast
is brought to you

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by the Cavendish Group
of Companies.

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Let's shake on it.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Live from UBC Studios
in New York City,

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it's "Night Owls"
with Jack Delroy!

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[ Up-tempo theme music plays ]

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Joining us on our
spooky Halloween special,

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Christou...

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Carmichael Haig...

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Dr. June Ross-Mitchell with
the subject of her new book,

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Lilly...

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Miss Cleo James with
a bewitching jazz medley...

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plus our annual
Halloween costume parade.

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But now here's Mr. Midnight--
Jack Delroy!

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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[ Chuckles ]

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Oh, boy. Jack?

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[ Chuckles ]

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Where the hell is he?

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[ Laughter ]

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Uh, Jack, you're on.
[ Audience murmurs ]

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Leo, he's not, uh...
- Boo!

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Aw, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
[ Laughter ]

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[ Growls ]

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[ Laughing ]

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[ Laughter and applause ]

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Gus McConnell,
ladies and gentlemen.

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[ Chuckles ]
You.

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[ Laughter ]

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Oh, good evening, night owls,
and thank you for allowing me

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into your living rooms
once again.

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We've got an incredible show
lined up for you tonight

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as we celebrate all of
the fiendish fun of Halloween.

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[ Eerie whistling ]
Ew. Oh, hello.

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Um, what do you got there, Gus?

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A theremin Jack.
It's a musical instrument.

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Oh, that's not music, Gus.

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That is actually
the sound you get

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when you're tuning
your car radio,

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searching <i>for</i> music.
[ Laughter ]

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What's interesting about
a theremin, Jack,

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is you play it
without touching it.

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So, you're not meant
to touch it?

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No, sir. No touching.

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Why, Gus, if only you'd shown
the same restraint

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at the Melody Burlesque
after Friday's show.

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Hmm.
[ Laughter and applause ]

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Think we should raise the bar
in here

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a little bit tonight, folks.
Um, anybody go

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to the Yankees' parade?
[ Cheers and applause ]

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Yeah! Any Reggie Jackson
fans in here?

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Knew <i>she</i> was.
Now, there's a rumor

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going around
that "Cosmo" magazine

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has approached Reggie to be
their very own Mr. October.

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[ Audience "Oohs" ]
- Ooh.

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We can expect Reggie's
impressive homerun spree

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to continue well
into the offseason.

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[ Bat hits ball ]
[ Laughter and applause ]

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We doing good?
Have one more?

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[ Thud ]
Hey! Whoa!

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That one went
over the fence.

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[ Applause ]
Whew! [ Laughs ]

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- I don't get that joke, Jack.
- Oh, well.

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I guess we're gonna have
to raise the bar

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to Gus's standards now, folks.

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Uh, yeah, so, apparently,
President Jimmy Carter...

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Really, Leo?
[ Cheering ]

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Oh, you're-- Oh, well, okay.
Easy pickings, I guess.

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[ Laughter ]
Um...

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so, President Carter
held a press conference today

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announcing a reorganization
of his staff.

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When asked if his brother Billy
was part of the plans,

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the president said
that he'd offered

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Billy a chance
to head either the FBI--

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is this true?-- or the CIA.
Wow.

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- That can't be true.
- Apparently, Billy said

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he refused to head any agency
that he couldn't spell.

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[ Laughter ]
[ Rim shot ]

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00:11:54,847 --> 00:11:56,673
- I get that joke.
- You got it?

255
00:11:56,803 --> 00:11:58,151
- I got it.
- Gus got it.

256
00:11:58,281 --> 00:12:00,499
[ Laughter ]

257
00:12:00,629 --> 00:12:02,934
Well, night owls,
we've got a heck of a show

258
00:12:03,064 --> 00:12:05,281
in store for you tonight,
and I'm very excited for you

259
00:12:05,411 --> 00:12:07,368
to see it all unfold
before your very eyes.

260
00:12:07,499 --> 00:12:10,281
I really hope you love it.
Gosh, I hope you love it.

261
00:12:10,411 --> 00:12:13,064
Please love it,
because, well...

262
00:12:13,195 --> 00:12:15,673
it's Sweeps Week.

263
00:12:15,803 --> 00:12:19,021
[ Dramatic chords play ]

264
00:12:19,151 --> 00:12:21,281
Oh! That's right.

265
00:12:21,411 --> 00:12:23,064
Where is Vincent Price
when you need him?

266
00:12:23,195 --> 00:12:24,542
Boy, I tell you what.

267
00:12:24,673 --> 00:12:27,411
Now, Sweeps Week,
as we all know,

268
00:12:27,542 --> 00:12:30,803
is the all-important
national ratings period.

269
00:12:30,934 --> 00:12:32,890
But, hey, do I look nervous
to you, Gus?

270
00:12:33,021 --> 00:12:36,021
You better believe it, Jack.
[ Laughter ]

271
00:12:36,151 --> 00:12:38,324
We all know how important
it is to keep our sponsors

272
00:12:38,455 --> 00:12:40,281
and affiliates happy.
But in my humble opinion,

273
00:12:40,411 --> 00:12:43,151
there is only one person
who really matters

274
00:12:43,281 --> 00:12:46,368
in this whole darn
crazy business.

275
00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:49,499
- Well, thank you Jack.
- And that is you, our viewer.

276
00:12:49,629 --> 00:12:51,064
[ Laughter ]

277
00:12:51,195 --> 00:12:53,803
You have stood by me
through thick and thin,

278
00:12:53,934 --> 00:12:56,977
good times and bad.
Especially the bad.

279
00:12:57,108 --> 00:13:00,281
It was your support
that [Sighs] brought me back

280
00:13:00,411 --> 00:13:01,934
into this very studio
a year ago,

281
00:13:02,064 --> 00:13:03,629
when I could have
easily thrown in the towel,

282
00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,281
when many suggested

283
00:13:05,411 --> 00:13:08,716
that I <i>should</i> have
thrown in the towel.

284
00:13:08,847 --> 00:13:12,281
This show is-- and
it always has been-- for you.

285
00:13:12,411 --> 00:13:14,108
- Love you, Jack!
- And [Sighs]...

286
00:13:14,237 --> 00:13:16,064
[ Audience "Awws" ]
[ Sighs ]

287
00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:18,716
Leo, can we please get that
woman a Nielsen viewing diary?

288
00:13:18,847 --> 00:13:21,499
Come on.
[ Laughter ]

289
00:13:21,629 --> 00:13:23,194
Thank you all.

290
00:13:23,324 --> 00:13:25,629
What do you say, night owls?
On with the show, huh?

291
00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,021
Yeah!

292
00:13:27,151 --> 00:13:30,021
- [ Cheers and applause ]
- Alright

293
00:13:30,151 --> 00:13:35,455
Interest in the occult has seen
a major revival in recent years.

294
00:13:35,586 --> 00:13:37,673
This is true.
You open any newspaper today,

295
00:13:37,803 --> 00:13:39,064
you're gonna see
hundreds of ads for psychics

296
00:13:39,194 --> 00:13:42,542
or fortune tellers,
exorcists, even.

297
00:13:42,673 --> 00:13:44,108
Whoa!
[ Audience "Whoas" ]

298
00:13:44,237 --> 00:13:45,977
Now, as you know,
here on "Night Owls,"

299
00:13:46,108 --> 00:13:49,151
we think it's very important
to keep an open mind.

300
00:13:49,281 --> 00:13:51,324
Our first guest tonight--

301
00:13:51,455 --> 00:13:52,934
I am so excited
about this young man--

302
00:13:53,064 --> 00:13:55,499
is a shining light
in this movement.

303
00:13:55,629 --> 00:13:58,803
Some call him a medium;
others, a spiritualist.

304
00:13:58,934 --> 00:14:02,281
Some have even called him
a miracle worker.

305
00:14:02,411 --> 00:14:04,108
We know him by one name,
and, well,

306
00:14:04,237 --> 00:14:07,455
that's probably because one name
is all he seems to have.

307
00:14:07,586 --> 00:14:08,934
Ladies and gentlemen,
please help me welcome

308
00:14:09,064 --> 00:14:13,368
the mysterious,
the mononymous Christou.

309
00:14:13,499 --> 00:14:15,368
[ Cheers and applause ]

310
00:14:15,499 --> 00:14:18,281
[ Indian music plays ]

311
00:14:18,411 --> 00:14:26,890
♪

312
00:14:27,021 --> 00:14:28,716
[ Cheers and applause ]

313
00:14:28,847 --> 00:14:30,281
Thank you for being here.

314
00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:32,021
So, it is just Christou,
is that right?

315
00:14:32,150 --> 00:14:33,716
[ Middle Eastern accent ]
<i>Sí,</i> that is correct.

316
00:14:33,847 --> 00:14:35,108
Thank you for inviting me
onto your program.

317
00:14:35,237 --> 00:14:36,499
Oh, please, thank you
for taking time

318
00:14:36,629 --> 00:14:38,064
out of your
busy touring schedule.

319
00:14:38,194 --> 00:14:39,673
You are a hot ticket these days.
I tell you what.

320
00:14:39,803 --> 00:14:42,150
- It is my pleasure.
- Now, as I understand it,

321
00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:45,411
a night like tonight,
a spooky night like Halloween,

322
00:14:45,542 --> 00:14:48,324
holds a special significance
for someone in your profession.

323
00:14:48,455 --> 00:14:51,281
That is correct.
All Hallows Eve is a time

324
00:14:51,411 --> 00:14:53,847
to break open the doors
to the underworld.

325
00:14:53,977 --> 00:14:56,977
It is the last chance for the
spirits of the recently deceased

326
00:14:57,107 --> 00:14:58,934
to attend
to any unfinished business.

327
00:14:59,064 --> 00:15:00,455
- Hmm.
- Ooh.

328
00:15:00,586 --> 00:15:02,064
So that explains
the significance, then,

329
00:15:02,194 --> 00:15:04,673
of the Halloween masks.
<i>- Sí,</i> yes.

330
00:15:04,803 --> 00:15:06,499
We use them to hide
from the angry spirits.

331
00:15:06,629 --> 00:15:09,194
Oh. I'm so curious.

332
00:15:09,324 --> 00:15:12,064
Do you hear these voices of
the dead all the time?

333
00:15:12,194 --> 00:15:14,499
The energy is ever-present, <i>sí.</i>

334
00:15:14,629 --> 00:15:16,411
And then I guess
the burning question is,

335
00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:18,021
how the hell
do you get any sleep?

336
00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:20,716
[ Laughter ]
I mean, right?

337
00:15:20,847 --> 00:15:23,586
Just think of my mind
like the ham radio,

338
00:15:23,716 --> 00:15:25,977
picking up frequencies
in the airwaves.

339
00:15:26,107 --> 00:15:30,150
When I no longer want to listen,
I simply switch it off.

340
00:15:30,281 --> 00:15:32,934
Just like that? Wow.

341
00:15:33,063 --> 00:15:37,411
Okay, well, then I think it is
time, ladies and gentlemen,

342
00:15:37,542 --> 00:15:39,977
that we fire up
those frequencies.

343
00:15:40,107 --> 00:15:42,107
The energy in here
is very strong.

344
00:15:42,237 --> 00:15:46,021
Thank you, Phil.
The floor is yours, sir.

345
00:15:46,150 --> 00:15:49,324
Ladies and gentlemen, Christou.
[ Cheers and applause ]

346
00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,237
[ Inhales deeply ]

347
00:15:58,542 --> 00:16:01,281
[ Gasps ]

348
00:16:01,411 --> 00:16:04,890
I'm already receiving
some signals here.

349
00:16:05,977 --> 00:16:07,107
[ Breathing unevenly ]

350
00:16:07,237 --> 00:16:10,324
[ Grunts ]

351
00:16:10,455 --> 00:16:13,368
The letter "P," I'm hearing.

352
00:16:13,499 --> 00:16:16,716
[ Breathing unevenly ]

353
00:16:16,847 --> 00:16:18,455
Peter.
[ Audience murmurs ]

354
00:16:20,499 --> 00:16:22,542
Pete.

355
00:16:22,673 --> 00:16:25,020
No, wait.
It's clearer now.

356
00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:29,020
Peterson.
I'm hearing the name Peterson.

357
00:16:29,150 --> 00:16:31,281
- Peterman?
- What? I'm sorry.

358
00:16:31,411 --> 00:16:35,281
Sir, you're up there. Yeah.
Okay, okay, sir. sir.

359
00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:37,063
You can stand up back there.
Thank you.

360
00:16:37,194 --> 00:16:39,107
Hi, Mr. Peterson.
- Uh, no.

361
00:16:39,237 --> 00:16:42,063
Uh, my wife's maiden name
was Peterman.

362
00:16:42,194 --> 00:16:46,194
Yes, that is it-- Peterman.
She's in the room with us now.

363
00:16:46,324 --> 00:16:47,586
She is?

364
00:16:47,716 --> 00:16:49,977
Your wife has crossed over,
<i>sí?</i>

365
00:16:50,107 --> 00:16:51,499
You could say that.

366
00:16:51,629 --> 00:16:53,934
She ran off with my neighbor
five years ago.

367
00:16:54,063 --> 00:16:55,716
[ Laughter ]

368
00:16:55,847 --> 00:16:58,411
- Sorry to hear that.
- Oh, don't be.

369
00:16:58,542 --> 00:17:00,629
My golf game's
never been better.

370
00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,020
[ Laughter ]

371
00:17:02,150 --> 00:17:04,411
No, but there is a--

372
00:17:04,542 --> 00:17:07,499
Now I'm hearing
the name Elizabeth.

373
00:17:07,629 --> 00:17:10,411
No, her name was Helen.

374
00:17:10,542 --> 00:17:12,499
- There was no Beth or Betty?
- Correct.

375
00:17:12,629 --> 00:17:15,150
- There was a Betty.
- No. You're correct.

376
00:17:15,281 --> 00:17:17,281
There was no Beth or Betty.
[ Laughter ]

377
00:17:17,411 --> 00:17:19,760
- A name starting with "B."
- Oh, my name's Barry.

378
00:17:19,890 --> 00:17:22,629
- That's not it.
- No, it has been for 42 years.

379
00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,847
[ Laughter ]

380
00:17:26,976 --> 00:17:30,586
Gone. The spirit has passed.
I'm sorry.

381
00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:33,673
Sometimes the signal
gets scrambled.

382
00:17:33,803 --> 00:17:36,324
Studio lights, cameras.
I am only a messenger.

383
00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:38,324
I concentrate.

384
00:17:38,455 --> 00:17:39,847
Barry, have a seat.
Thank you so much.

385
00:17:39,976 --> 00:17:42,499
- Thank you.
- And you, sir?

386
00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:44,976
Looks like you went
on a shopping spree with Gus

387
00:17:45,107 --> 00:17:48,020
down at, uh, Barney's
Discount Costume Warehouse, huh?

388
00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:50,020
[ Laughter ]
Got quite a steal on that, huh?

389
00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:52,976
Don't be upset.
I'm just ribbing you.

390
00:17:53,107 --> 00:17:56,586
[ Laughter ]
- Oh, Jack.

391
00:17:56,716 --> 00:18:00,455
I'm receiving something.
[ Exhales sharply ]

392
00:18:00,586 --> 00:18:04,542
I'm getting a--
Oh, yes, this intrigues.

393
00:18:04,673 --> 00:18:08,368
[ Breathing heavily ]

394
00:18:11,803 --> 00:18:14,237
Good evening, ladies.
- Good evening. [ Chuckles ]

395
00:18:14,368 --> 00:18:17,107
Evening, evening.

396
00:18:17,237 --> 00:18:19,847
- [ Chuckles ]
- Who is Edward?

397
00:18:19,976 --> 00:18:24,063
Eddie? He was a son or brother
for one of you, <i>sí?</i>

398
00:18:24,194 --> 00:18:27,237
Edmond was my little brother.

399
00:18:27,368 --> 00:18:30,107
- And you were the mother, <i>sí?</i>
- <i>Sí.</i> I mean, yes.

400
00:18:30,237 --> 00:18:31,542
[ Laughter ]

401
00:18:31,673 --> 00:18:34,150
Deduction, Jack,
not psychic powers.

402
00:18:34,281 --> 00:18:37,499
I am still impressed. Wow.
[ Laughter ]

403
00:18:37,629 --> 00:18:40,194
Something bad happened
to Edmond.

404
00:18:40,324 --> 00:18:43,716
It's... hard to talk about it?

405
00:18:43,847 --> 00:18:45,455
Yes.

406
00:18:45,586 --> 00:18:49,455
- Many questions remain.
- Well, h-he--

407
00:18:49,586 --> 00:18:53,542
It may be that Edmond
took his own life?

408
00:18:53,673 --> 00:18:57,411
Quite recently, too.
- Five years ago.

409
00:18:57,542 --> 00:19:01,020
I know, but it feels
like only yesterday.

410
00:19:01,150 --> 00:19:03,107
Such a terrible tragedy.

411
00:19:03,237 --> 00:19:04,716
There was much confusion
why he did this, no?

412
00:19:04,846 --> 00:19:06,933
Terrible sadness and confusion.
This is so.

413
00:19:07,063 --> 00:19:10,368
- There was no note. Nothing.
- No.

414
00:19:10,499 --> 00:19:13,324
He was such a happy boy.

415
00:19:13,455 --> 00:19:16,499
None of us knew
he was in so much pain.

416
00:19:16,629 --> 00:19:19,107
[ Audience murmurs ]

417
00:19:19,237 --> 00:19:22,237
Eddie wants you to know
that he is at peace now.

418
00:19:22,368 --> 00:19:25,368
He's sorry for the suffering
he has caused.

419
00:19:25,499 --> 00:19:30,281
He communicates this to you.
His heart is full of love.

420
00:19:30,411 --> 00:19:32,107
[ Chuckles ]

421
00:19:32,237 --> 00:19:35,976
Now I'm hitting
the word "papa."

422
00:19:36,107 --> 00:19:37,629
Well, Dad was always Dad.
We never--

423
00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,629
No, wait. Um...

424
00:19:40,020 --> 00:19:42,368
[ Sniffles ]

425
00:19:42,499 --> 00:19:48,237
When Edmond was little,
he had a teddy named Papa.

426
00:19:48,368 --> 00:19:50,281
- This is true.
- Oh, my God. I remember.

427
00:19:50,411 --> 00:19:55,237
[ Sniffles ]
I kept all his things.

428
00:19:55,368 --> 00:19:59,846
Can you please tell him
that Papa is safe?

429
00:19:59,976 --> 00:20:03,716
[ Sniffling ]

430
00:20:03,846 --> 00:20:06,716
I do not need to tell him this.

431
00:20:06,846 --> 00:20:10,063
He already knows.
[ Audience "Awws" ]

432
00:20:10,194 --> 00:20:13,237
Thank you.
You are both so beautiful.

433
00:20:13,368 --> 00:20:16,107
Bless you.
Bless you all!

434
00:20:16,237 --> 00:20:17,760
[ Cheers and applause ]
- Wow!

435
00:20:17,889 --> 00:20:21,455
Wow! What a-- What a gift.

436
00:20:22,976 --> 00:20:25,629
Thank you.
Christou! Wow!

437
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,150
[ Chuckles ]

438
00:20:28,281 --> 00:20:29,846
Now these tour dates

439
00:20:29,976 --> 00:20:32,629
should be showing up
on your screens momentarily.

440
00:20:32,759 --> 00:20:34,499
We're gonna have to
take a quick break, folks.

441
00:20:34,629 --> 00:20:36,759
When we come back, though,
one of the old friends

442
00:20:36,889 --> 00:20:39,368
of our show who always...
- [ Groaning loudly ]

443
00:20:39,499 --> 00:20:41,586
[ Screams ]
- Christou?

444
00:20:41,716 --> 00:20:43,759
[ Breathing heavily ]
[ Audience murmurs ]

445
00:20:43,889 --> 00:20:47,150
Something very intense here.
[ Gasps ]

446
00:20:47,281 --> 00:20:49,063
Perhaps-- Are we getting
another message from Edmond?

447
00:20:49,194 --> 00:20:50,933
No, no. This is...

448
00:20:51,063 --> 00:20:53,542
[ Screams ]
[ Audience gasps ]

449
00:20:53,673 --> 00:20:57,499
I'm getting the name... Minnie.

450
00:20:57,629 --> 00:21:02,107
Does anyone here know a Minnie?
Please accept.

451
00:21:02,237 --> 00:21:04,455
Does this name mean anything
to anyone in the studio?

452
00:21:04,586 --> 00:21:07,237
No? Um, perhaps a name
that sounds like Minnie.

453
00:21:07,368 --> 00:21:09,759
Maybe it's like a Millie
or a Mandy.

454
00:21:09,889 --> 00:21:12,324
- I had a Great-Aunt Molly.
- It's Minnie!

455
00:21:12,455 --> 00:21:15,020
[ Audience gasps ]
Please! Who will accept?

456
00:21:15,150 --> 00:21:18,237
[ Grunts ] So much sadness.

457
00:21:18,368 --> 00:21:21,889
I see [Gasps] a wedding ring.

458
00:21:22,020 --> 00:21:25,715
An unmarried man
with a wedding ring.

459
00:21:25,846 --> 00:21:29,715
The spirit needs to talk to you.
Who are you?!

460
00:21:29,846 --> 00:21:32,281
[ Electricity crackles ]
[ Audience screaming ]

461
00:21:32,411 --> 00:21:35,411
It's okay, folks, it's just our
old par cans acting up.

462
00:21:35,542 --> 00:21:38,499
[ Gasping ]
[ Audience murmurs ]

463
00:21:38,629 --> 00:21:41,499
[ Gasping ]

464
00:21:41,629 --> 00:21:44,586
Gone. S-She's gone.

465
00:21:44,933 --> 00:21:46,673
[ Gasping ]

466
00:21:46,802 --> 00:21:48,715
S-S-She's gone.

467
00:21:49,063 --> 00:21:51,107
[ Gasping ]

468
00:21:51,368 --> 00:21:52,976
- Leo?
- [ Breathing heavily ]

469
00:21:55,542 --> 00:21:57,281
We're gonna take
a quick break,

470
00:21:57,411 --> 00:22:00,107
and we're gonna be
right back after these messages.

471
00:22:00,237 --> 00:22:02,324
[ Up-tempo theme music plays ]

472
00:22:02,455 --> 00:22:03,324
[ Cheers and applause ]

473
00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:10,063
♪

474
00:22:10,194 --> 00:22:12,063
[ Music stops ]

475
00:22:12,194 --> 00:22:13,455
And we're clear.
[ Bell rings ]

476
00:22:13,586 --> 00:22:14,976
Gus to wardrobe.

477
00:22:15,107 --> 00:22:17,281
Hey, Mr. Christou,
that was fantastic.

478
00:22:17,411 --> 00:22:19,411
You are truly blessed.
Jack, can we talk?

479
00:22:19,542 --> 00:22:21,368
- Not right now, Gus.
- It's just backstage.

480
00:22:21,499 --> 00:22:23,281
They're saying you and Leo
have got something cooked up

481
00:22:23,411 --> 00:22:24,976
when that girl comes on.
- As far as I know,

482
00:22:25,107 --> 00:22:27,063
we're sticking to the rundown.
- Right, right.

483
00:22:27,194 --> 00:22:30,499
It's just, I saw restraints,
Jack, and-- and knives.

484
00:22:30,629 --> 00:22:32,063
I've got to be honest with you.

485
00:22:32,194 --> 00:22:33,586
We're a little spooked
back there.

486
00:22:33,715 --> 00:22:35,194
What the hell
are you still doing here?

487
00:22:35,324 --> 00:22:36,715
Get to wardrobe, pronto.
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

488
00:22:36,846 --> 00:22:38,281
- Fantastic segment, fellas.
- Mr. Christou,

489
00:22:38,411 --> 00:22:39,802
you look like you
might need a bourbon.

490
00:22:39,933 --> 00:22:41,629
- Just some water, please.
- In this place?

491
00:22:41,759 --> 00:22:43,976
I'll see what I can do.
- Some water for Mr. Christou.

492
00:22:44,107 --> 00:22:45,802
Are you happy to stay with us
a little longer?

493
00:22:45,933 --> 00:22:47,802
I really should be--
- That's the spirit.

494
00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:50,411
I can't wait to catch your act,
by the way.

495
00:22:50,542 --> 00:22:51,933
Here, you've got some blood
under your nose.

496
00:22:52,063 --> 00:22:54,976
Jack, mind if we...
- Thank you.

497
00:22:55,107 --> 00:22:57,628
Jesus Christ.

498
00:22:57,759 --> 00:23:00,020
The charlatan really
went all-out there.

499
00:23:00,150 --> 00:23:02,194
Oh, boy. That bit with the
lights was your idea, wasn't it?

500
00:23:02,324 --> 00:23:03,715
If you liked it, yeah,
I'll take full credit.

501
00:23:03,846 --> 00:23:05,063
- Mm-hmm.
- What did you think

502
00:23:05,194 --> 00:23:07,107
about our friend Barry?

503
00:23:07,237 --> 00:23:09,455
[ Indistinct conversations ]

504
00:23:09,586 --> 00:23:12,542
You okay, buddy?
- Yeah. Just that last--

505
00:23:12,672 --> 00:23:15,020
Look, whatever happened
was great television.

506
00:23:15,150 --> 00:23:18,020
Don't let it rattle you.
Okay, some orders of business.

507
00:23:18,150 --> 00:23:19,802
We're running long,
late to break.

508
00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:21,455
Okay, but we're not
bumping Cleo again.

509
00:23:21,586 --> 00:23:23,281
Well, we'll try
to make up some time.

510
00:23:23,411 --> 00:23:26,802
Oh, don't look now,
but Cavendish's new

511
00:23:26,933 --> 00:23:28,628
vice president of marketing
and his wife

512
00:23:28,759 --> 00:23:31,499
are sitting in the front row
with the head of airtime.

513
00:23:31,628 --> 00:23:34,194
You're looking directly at them.
I don't understand that.

514
00:23:34,324 --> 00:23:36,455
Hey, they want to talk to you.
They want to meet you.

515
00:23:36,585 --> 00:23:38,628
No, I don't have time to play
kiss-ass right now.

516
00:23:38,759 --> 00:23:41,281
In case you hadn't noticed,
I'm trying to host

517
00:23:41,411 --> 00:23:42,976
a nationally syndicated
talk show.

518
00:23:43,107 --> 00:23:45,020
And I'm trying to help you
keep it on the air.

519
00:23:45,150 --> 00:23:48,411
- McConnell?
- Okay.

520
00:23:48,542 --> 00:23:49,846
- Where's McConnell?
- Next break.

521
00:23:49,976 --> 00:23:51,455
- Mm.
- Okay?

522
00:23:51,585 --> 00:23:53,063
How's June? Did they land?
Is she okay?

523
00:23:53,194 --> 00:23:55,499
- She's fine. Just fine.
- Great. The girl?

524
00:23:55,628 --> 00:23:57,368
Jack, will you please relax?

525
00:23:57,499 --> 00:23:59,411
Everything's going very,
very well.

526
00:23:59,542 --> 00:24:01,063
Phil, what the hell's
going on with those lights?

527
00:24:01,194 --> 00:24:04,715
- We're working on it.
- 30 seconds, people!

528
00:24:04,846 --> 00:24:06,281
- Hey.
- Nothing's been fixed

529
00:24:06,411 --> 00:24:08,107
since 1956.
- Hey, great show so far.

530
00:24:08,237 --> 00:24:10,194
- Sammy, how are you?
- Good. How are you?

531
00:24:10,324 --> 00:24:11,585
I'm okay.
How's my hair looking?

532
00:24:11,715 --> 00:24:14,194
- Alright. You look great.
- Good.

533
00:24:14,324 --> 00:24:17,063
Bats in the cave?
- You're all clear.

534
00:24:17,194 --> 00:24:18,976
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

535
00:24:19,107 --> 00:24:21,715
Thank you.
- Hey, Jack, which card?

536
00:24:21,846 --> 00:24:24,846
- Hey.
- Is this necessary?

537
00:24:24,976 --> 00:24:26,672
You got a little bit
of a sweat going on, honey.

538
00:24:26,802 --> 00:24:28,455
Please, stop!

539
00:24:28,585 --> 00:24:30,020
[ Indistinct conversations ]

540
00:24:30,150 --> 00:24:32,672
Fine. Suit yourself.

541
00:24:32,802 --> 00:24:35,455
Hey. Hmm?

542
00:24:35,585 --> 00:24:38,759
Fear not, friends, your humble
sidekick has returned.

543
00:24:38,889 --> 00:24:40,411
[ Laughter ]
- Stand by everyone.

544
00:24:40,541 --> 00:24:42,715
- Staging, the door.
- Too kind.

545
00:24:42,846 --> 00:24:44,499
Haig's on next.
Pay him no mind.

546
00:24:44,628 --> 00:24:46,499
He's all wax, no wick.
Okay?

547
00:24:46,628 --> 00:24:50,150
And we're back in 5...4...
[ Door closes ]

548
00:24:50,281 --> 00:24:51,889
[ Coughs ]
[ Film projector whirring ]

549
00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:54,020
[ Cheers and applause ]

550
00:24:54,150 --> 00:24:57,759
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

551
00:24:57,889 --> 00:24:59,802
[ Bat squeaking ]

552
00:24:59,933 --> 00:25:02,368
♪

553
00:25:02,498 --> 00:25:05,063
Thank you. Welcome back
to our Halloween special, folks.

554
00:25:05,194 --> 00:25:07,628
For those of you just tuning in,

555
00:25:07,759 --> 00:25:10,498
Mr. Christou here wowed us
before the break

556
00:25:10,628 --> 00:25:12,933
with a demonstration
of his mediumistic powers.

557
00:25:13,063 --> 00:25:14,281
It was really something.
Am I right?

558
00:25:14,411 --> 00:25:15,368
[ Cheers and applause ]
- [ Coughs ]

559
00:25:15,498 --> 00:25:17,411
Amazing.
Our next guest

560
00:25:17,541 --> 00:25:19,541
is someone equally renowned
in his own field.

561
00:25:19,672 --> 00:25:22,150
Once known to us all
as Carmichael the Conjurer.

562
00:25:22,281 --> 00:25:23,455
You remember him? Yeah?
Well, he hung up the wand

563
00:25:23,585 --> 00:25:25,194
several years ago to become

564
00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:28,237
one of the leading voices of
the skeptics movement.

565
00:25:28,368 --> 00:25:30,455
Ladies and gentlemen,
make welcome,

566
00:25:30,585 --> 00:25:33,802
if you dare,
Mr. Carmichael Haig.

567
00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:35,324
[ Cheers and applause ]

568
00:25:35,455 --> 00:25:37,585
[ Up-tempo music plays ]

569
00:25:37,715 --> 00:25:43,411
♪

570
00:25:43,541 --> 00:25:45,846
So good to see you again, Car.
- [ Coughs ]

571
00:25:45,976 --> 00:25:47,541
It's wonderful to be here,
Jack.

572
00:25:47,672 --> 00:25:49,020
Mind if I smoke?
- [ Coughs ]

573
00:25:49,150 --> 00:25:50,498
Please be my guest.

574
00:25:50,628 --> 00:25:52,759
Oh, boy, that was good.
[ Audience murmurs ]

575
00:25:52,889 --> 00:25:55,454
Mmm.

576
00:25:55,585 --> 00:25:58,281
[ Audience murmurs ]

577
00:25:58,411 --> 00:25:59,933
Wow.

578
00:26:00,063 --> 00:26:02,237
[ Audience murmurs ]
He's still got it.

579
00:26:02,368 --> 00:26:04,846
[ Fanfare ]
Ladies and gentlemen.

580
00:26:04,976 --> 00:26:07,194
Holy smoke.
[ Audience groans ]

581
00:26:07,324 --> 00:26:10,802
Come-- Come on.
[ Applause ]

582
00:26:10,933 --> 00:26:14,454
I'm right here.
Car...

583
00:26:14,585 --> 00:26:17,324
we all know you
from the Vegas shows,

584
00:26:17,454 --> 00:26:19,889
the TV specials.
- [ Coughs ]

585
00:26:20,020 --> 00:26:22,628
Your group-hypnosis routine
was the first of its kind.

586
00:26:22,759 --> 00:26:25,628
Absolutely boggled my mind
when I saw it.

587
00:26:25,759 --> 00:26:28,410
Many regarded you
as the best in the biz.

588
00:26:28,541 --> 00:26:30,368
And I know my saying
that won't embarrass you.

589
00:26:30,498 --> 00:26:32,933
Correct. On all counts.
Continue, dear friend.

590
00:26:33,063 --> 00:26:34,410
[ Laughter ]
- But in recent years,

591
00:26:34,541 --> 00:26:36,237
it seems
you've turned your attention

592
00:26:36,368 --> 00:26:39,020
to something a little more,
shall we say, philanthropic?

593
00:26:39,150 --> 00:26:41,194
- You mean IFSIP?
- IFSIP.

594
00:26:41,324 --> 00:26:45,194
Now, IFSIP, for those of you
not in the know, is an acronym.

595
00:26:45,324 --> 00:26:46,585
It stands for-- let me
get this right here--

596
00:26:46,715 --> 00:26:49,194
the International Federation

597
00:26:49,324 --> 00:26:52,802
of Scientific Investigation
into the Paranormal.

598
00:26:52,933 --> 00:26:55,237
Ooh. It's a lot of words.
We've got some pictures up

599
00:26:55,368 --> 00:26:56,368
right here.
Take a look.

600
00:26:56,498 --> 00:26:58,976
Photogenic lot, aren't we?

601
00:26:59,107 --> 00:27:01,889
Yes, it is our mission
to test these claims

602
00:27:02,020 --> 00:27:03,628
and determine
what is trickery

603
00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:05,846
and what may, in fact,
be genuine psi phenomena.

604
00:27:05,976 --> 00:27:08,410
Oh, that's me about to embark
on a little ghost hunt

605
00:27:08,541 --> 00:27:09,933
in Amityville.
[ Audience "Oohs" ]

606
00:27:10,063 --> 00:27:11,933
My dear friends Ed
and Lorraine Warren

607
00:27:12,063 --> 00:27:13,715
declined the invitation
to join me.

608
00:27:13,846 --> 00:27:15,107
Easily spooked.
[ Laughter ]

609
00:27:15,237 --> 00:27:17,933
Car, be honest with me.
What is the harm

610
00:27:18,063 --> 00:27:20,628
for those of us who just want to
believe in something mysterious,

611
00:27:20,759 --> 00:27:22,672
something bigger than ourselves, hmm?

612
00:27:22,802 --> 00:27:24,324
Jack, I'm the first to admit

613
00:27:24,454 --> 00:27:26,672
that the world would be
a more interesting place

614
00:27:26,802 --> 00:27:31,194
if, uh-- if people
could magically bend spoons

615
00:27:31,324 --> 00:27:34,541
or divine water with a stick
or...

616
00:27:34,672 --> 00:27:38,194
talk to the dead.
[ Audience groans ]

617
00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:41,454
But until I am presented
with irrefutable proof...

618
00:27:41,585 --> 00:27:44,150
- [ Coughing ]
- I will continue to expose

619
00:27:44,281 --> 00:27:47,107
these men and women
for the swindlers they are.

620
00:27:47,237 --> 00:27:48,846
Still carry that check
with you, Car?

621
00:27:48,976 --> 00:27:50,281
Oh, yes.

622
00:27:50,410 --> 00:27:53,323
We offer a
not-insubstantial reward

623
00:27:53,454 --> 00:27:55,672
for anyone whose claims
can be verified.

624
00:27:55,802 --> 00:27:57,150
Get a shot on this?

625
00:27:57,281 --> 00:28:00,323
Camera 1. 100 grand.
[ Audience murmurs ]

626
00:28:00,454 --> 00:28:01,715
How many have taken up
the challenge?

627
00:28:01,846 --> 00:28:03,150
- [ Coughs ]
- Oh, dozens.

628
00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:04,498
And how many checks
have you signed?

629
00:28:04,628 --> 00:28:06,715
Yet to sacrifice a nickel,
Jack.

630
00:28:06,846 --> 00:28:08,933
Tonight might be the night,
though, folks.

631
00:28:09,063 --> 00:28:11,237
Right?
[ Cheers and applause ]

632
00:28:11,367 --> 00:28:13,454
I do not need
this man's money.

633
00:28:13,585 --> 00:28:16,976
No, I imagine you don't.
Not when there are so many naive

634
00:28:17,107 --> 00:28:20,107
but well-meaning people prepared
to hand over their hard-earned.

635
00:28:20,237 --> 00:28:23,628
- [ Coughing deeper ]
- You okay?

636
00:28:23,759 --> 00:28:25,498
Oh. Do you need
a drink of water?

637
00:28:25,715 --> 00:28:27,150
You okay?
- [ Coughing ]

638
00:28:27,759 --> 00:28:31,194
[ Gulping ]

639
00:28:31,323 --> 00:28:33,933
[ Coughs ]
I'm alright, thank you.

640
00:28:34,063 --> 00:28:36,541
Hey, um...

641
00:28:36,672 --> 00:28:40,498
Now, Car, explain to us
Mr. Christou's readings, then,

642
00:28:40,628 --> 00:28:44,150
before we went to break.
- What I saw was an admittedly

643
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,541
accomplished performer
digging from a bag of tricks

644
00:28:46,672 --> 00:28:48,802
that goes back
to biblical times.

645
00:28:48,933 --> 00:28:52,498
By my count, Christou flopped
no less than five times

646
00:28:52,628 --> 00:28:55,410
before he hit on the tenuous
Peterson connection.

647
00:28:55,541 --> 00:28:57,107
- It was Peterman.
- [ Chuckles ]

648
00:28:57,237 --> 00:29:00,150
He-- He's flawless
in hindsight.

649
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,628
Okay, Car, but I observed
nothing untoward

650
00:29:03,759 --> 00:29:05,410
when Mr. Christou appeared
to connect

651
00:29:05,541 --> 00:29:07,759
these two ladies
with their deceased son.

652
00:29:07,889 --> 00:29:09,498
We all saw that,
everyone here, right?

653
00:29:09,628 --> 00:29:11,107
To which I would say,

654
00:29:11,237 --> 00:29:13,541
even a broken clock
is right twice a day.

655
00:29:13,672 --> 00:29:15,846
False lies!
[ Audience boos ]

656
00:29:15,976 --> 00:29:17,541
You no more have the power
of divination

657
00:29:17,672 --> 00:29:20,150
than I resemble Burt Reynolds.
- [ Laughs ]

658
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:24,585
You, sir, like me, are a liar,
a cheat, a charlatan,

659
00:29:24,715 --> 00:29:27,236
and a fake.
The difference being,

660
00:29:27,367 --> 00:29:29,541
I'm honest about it.
[ Audience boos ]

661
00:29:29,672 --> 00:29:31,802
Come on.
[ Audience shouting ]

662
00:29:31,933 --> 00:29:34,107
Oh! Okay.

663
00:29:34,236 --> 00:29:36,672
A flair for the theatrical
doesn't go astray.

664
00:29:36,802 --> 00:29:38,498
Christou, wait, I still
have to ask you something.

665
00:29:38,628 --> 00:29:40,236
Please.
- Christou.

666
00:29:40,367 --> 00:29:41,933
We have not yet discussed
the last reading.

667
00:29:42,063 --> 00:29:45,933
Yet another cold trail.
Minnie, Molly, Mandy, anyone?

668
00:29:46,063 --> 00:29:47,107
Put a sock in it, will you,
Car?

669
00:29:47,236 --> 00:29:49,194
Enough.
[ Sighs ]

670
00:29:49,323 --> 00:29:52,802
Funny as it may seem...

671
00:29:52,933 --> 00:29:54,715
I actually believe
that that last reading

672
00:29:54,846 --> 00:29:57,846
may have been meant for me.

673
00:29:57,976 --> 00:30:00,063
[ Audience murmurs ]

674
00:30:00,193 --> 00:30:02,367
Yes?

675
00:30:02,498 --> 00:30:04,193
Minnie--
Who-- Who's Minnie?

676
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:10,236
Minnie is the
private nickname

677
00:30:10,367 --> 00:30:12,280
for...

678
00:30:12,410 --> 00:30:15,498
Madeleine, my wife.
[ Audience murmurs ]

679
00:30:15,628 --> 00:30:17,454
- Hmm.
- Your wife?

680
00:30:17,585 --> 00:30:20,759
Yes. S-She crossed over,
didn't she?

681
00:30:20,889 --> 00:30:22,323
[ Groans ]

682
00:30:22,454 --> 00:30:24,889
An unmarried man
wearing a wedding ring?

683
00:30:25,020 --> 00:30:27,846
[ Audience murmurs ]
I think you meant this.

684
00:30:27,976 --> 00:30:30,193
Jack, please.

685
00:30:30,323 --> 00:30:32,715
Half the people in this room
are wearing one.

686
00:30:32,846 --> 00:30:34,715
- Okay.
- And Madeleine's death

687
00:30:34,846 --> 00:30:36,759
was hardly a secret.
This is what I'm talking about.

688
00:30:36,889 --> 00:30:38,802
It is a statistical certainty

689
00:30:38,933 --> 00:30:40,802
that some fool
will take the bait.

690
00:30:40,933 --> 00:30:42,933
Don't be that fool.

691
00:30:43,063 --> 00:30:45,541
- What are you up to, Car?
- Let's see if the mad monk

692
00:30:45,672 --> 00:30:47,280
really can conjure up
the spirit of your dead wife

693
00:30:47,410 --> 00:30:49,020
live on air.

694
00:30:49,149 --> 00:30:50,846
Half a $1 million
should be incentive enough.

695
00:30:50,976 --> 00:30:52,367
[ Thud ]
No?

696
00:30:52,498 --> 00:30:53,715
[ Audience gasps,
Christou groans ]

697
00:30:53,846 --> 00:30:55,063
Christou.
[ Stomach growling ]

698
00:30:55,193 --> 00:30:57,280
Buddy?
[ Christou grunts ]

699
00:30:57,410 --> 00:30:59,063
[ Christou vomits,
audience screams ]

700
00:30:59,193 --> 00:31:02,149
- God damn it, man!
- [ Gasps ]

701
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,280
Go to a commercial!
Go to a goddamn commercial!

702
00:31:04,410 --> 00:31:05,846
[ Vomits ]

703
00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:10,280
[ Bell rings ]
- Clear!

704
00:31:10,410 --> 00:31:12,063
- It's okay.
- Can we get some help here?

705
00:31:12,193 --> 00:31:13,976
It's gonna be okay.
You're just overtired, baby.

706
00:31:14,107 --> 00:31:17,149
No! Something's not right!

707
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:18,541
We need a doctor!

708
00:31:18,672 --> 00:31:20,280
Get him
to his dressing room now.

709
00:31:20,410 --> 00:31:22,846
And someone just clean up
all this mess.

710
00:31:22,976 --> 00:31:24,846
The Surgeon General
strongly advises

711
00:31:24,976 --> 00:31:28,454
taking Pepto Bismol
before speaking with the dead.

712
00:31:28,585 --> 00:31:30,802
Uh, so, is anyone here
from out of town?

713
00:31:30,933 --> 00:31:32,280
This was a gift
from Charles Laughton,

714
00:31:32,410 --> 00:31:33,715
I'll have you know.
- [ Sighs ]

715
00:31:33,846 --> 00:31:35,672
You, you, you.
[ Snaps fingers ]

716
00:31:35,802 --> 00:31:37,976
Fetch the burgundy blazer
from my portmanteau, will you?

717
00:31:38,106 --> 00:31:41,106
Christ, it must have been
a seizure or something.

718
00:31:41,236 --> 00:31:43,933
You play the aw-shucks
Midwesterner so well, Jack.

719
00:31:44,063 --> 00:31:46,280
That bit about Madeleine
and your secret nickname?

720
00:31:46,410 --> 00:31:48,149
Very impressive.

721
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:49,889
What are you talking about?
There are only three ways

722
00:31:50,020 --> 00:31:51,280
he could have known about that.

723
00:31:51,410 --> 00:31:52,759
One, he's actually psychic,

724
00:31:52,889 --> 00:31:54,672
which we both know
is impossible.

725
00:31:54,802 --> 00:31:57,933
Two, he got lucky. Possible,
but highly improbable.

726
00:31:58,063 --> 00:31:59,280
Or three...

727
00:31:59,410 --> 00:32:00,715
You think that I told him?

728
00:32:00,846 --> 00:32:02,628
I wouldn't blame you
if you did.

729
00:32:02,759 --> 00:32:04,410
A little on-air drama
can't be bad for ratings, right?

730
00:32:04,541 --> 00:32:07,759
- Right, right.
- I do read the trades, Jack.

731
00:32:07,889 --> 00:32:09,323
I'd have thought
your high-powered friends

732
00:32:09,454 --> 00:32:11,628
at The Grove
could pull a few strings.

733
00:32:11,759 --> 00:32:13,367
I think you overestimate
their influence.

734
00:32:13,498 --> 00:32:15,280
You must invite me along
one of these days.

735
00:32:15,410 --> 00:32:16,715
I'd love to know
if the rumors are true--

736
00:32:16,846 --> 00:32:18,802
the secret handshakes,
the orgies,

737
00:32:18,933 --> 00:32:21,498
the arcane ceremonies.
But mostly the orgies.

738
00:32:21,628 --> 00:32:23,672
Jack, rundown briefing.

739
00:32:23,802 --> 00:32:26,323
Give me an audience
with the Grand Poobah, Jack.

740
00:32:26,454 --> 00:32:28,541
[ Sighs ]
I'll fit right in.

741
00:32:28,672 --> 00:32:30,193
Good man, Sticks.

742
00:32:30,323 --> 00:32:32,149
I told you not to leave me
alone with that asshole.

743
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,020
What am I-- your mother?
The ambulance is coming.

744
00:32:34,149 --> 00:32:35,933
You can talk to Cavendish
in the next break.

745
00:32:36,062 --> 00:32:37,759
Extenuating circumstances.

746
00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:39,672
- Any word from Bedford yet?
- Mnh-mnh.

747
00:32:39,802 --> 00:32:42,367
The switchboard lit up
like a Rosenberg, though.

748
00:32:42,498 --> 00:32:45,628
- People are upset? Offended?
- Angry, confused.

749
00:32:45,759 --> 00:32:47,323
None of which is terrible news,
of course. That's great.

750
00:32:47,454 --> 00:32:48,715
- Mr. Fiske.
- No, no, no, no, no.

751
00:32:48,846 --> 00:32:50,236
This comes out
in the next break.

752
00:32:50,367 --> 00:32:52,846
Check your rundown.
[ Bell rings ]

753
00:32:52,976 --> 00:32:55,410
Staging, the door.

754
00:32:55,541 --> 00:32:57,454
Shit. Back to the wings.
Oh!

755
00:32:57,585 --> 00:32:59,585
I'm not picking up
anything down here, Steve.

756
00:32:59,715 --> 00:33:01,498
You picking up anything weird,
Lou?

757
00:33:01,628 --> 00:33:03,498
We're on in five...
- Coming through.

758
00:33:03,628 --> 00:33:04,585
...four...

759
00:33:04,715 --> 00:33:06,193
Oh. Not my chair.

760
00:33:07,672 --> 00:33:10,715
[ Up-tempo music plays,
cheers and applause ]

761
00:33:10,846 --> 00:33:17,323
♪

762
00:33:17,454 --> 00:33:18,498
[ Music ends ]

763
00:33:18,628 --> 00:33:20,280
Thank you.

764
00:33:20,410 --> 00:33:22,062
And thank you to everyone
who's been calling in

765
00:33:22,193 --> 00:33:23,498
to check on Mr. Christou.

766
00:33:23,628 --> 00:33:25,367
Don't be alarmed, folks.

767
00:33:25,498 --> 00:33:28,323
He is receiving medical
attention backstage as we speak.

768
00:33:28,454 --> 00:33:29,976
They needn't bother.

769
00:33:30,106 --> 00:33:31,628
The man is perfectly fine,
I assure you.

770
00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:34,628
Well... your dry cleaner
may disagree, Car.

771
00:33:34,759 --> 00:33:36,323
[ Laughter ]

772
00:33:36,454 --> 00:33:38,541
Well, that's just an old
vaudeville routine.

773
00:33:38,672 --> 00:33:41,846
Spouting, they call it.
Controlled regurgitation.

774
00:33:41,975 --> 00:33:44,367
Anyway, I certainly hope
you're gonna keep

775
00:33:44,498 --> 00:33:45,889
that check handy.

776
00:33:46,019 --> 00:33:48,454
The check--
- Your breast pocket.

777
00:33:49,628 --> 00:33:52,498
Hmm? [ Laughs ]

778
00:33:52,628 --> 00:33:55,106
[ Audience "ohhs" ]
Silky as ever, Car.

779
00:33:55,236 --> 00:33:57,323
He got you, Jack.
[ Laughter ]

780
00:33:57,454 --> 00:33:59,672
My sixth sense

781
00:33:59,802 --> 00:34:03,149
is telling me we may
just see this check again

782
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:04,889
before the night is through.

783
00:34:05,019 --> 00:34:06,280
I very much doubt that.

784
00:34:06,410 --> 00:34:08,193
Wait until you meet
our next guests.

785
00:34:08,323 --> 00:34:09,541
[ Unenthusiastically ]
Giddy with excitement, Jack.

786
00:34:09,672 --> 00:34:11,062
You should be.
[ Laughter ]

787
00:34:11,193 --> 00:34:14,193
Now, about a--
[ Siren wailing ]

788
00:34:14,323 --> 00:34:17,280
[ Audience
whispering indistinctly ]

789
00:34:17,410 --> 00:34:19,149
About a month ago,

790
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:24,367
a manuscript happened
to cross my desk that, well...

791
00:34:24,498 --> 00:34:28,280
I haven't been able to stop
thinking about, quite frankly.

792
00:34:28,410 --> 00:34:30,019
The book...

793
00:34:32,889 --> 00:34:34,846
..."Conversations
with the Devil"

794
00:34:34,975 --> 00:34:37,932
by Dr. June Ross-Mitchell...
[ Audience "ohhs" ]

795
00:34:38,062 --> 00:34:41,628
...hits shelves this week,
and it is certain

796
00:34:41,759 --> 00:34:45,410
to challenge more than
a few skeptics out there.

797
00:34:45,541 --> 00:34:47,106
Now, before I bring on
the doctor

798
00:34:47,236 --> 00:34:49,280
and the young subject
of the book,

799
00:34:49,410 --> 00:34:51,323
I wanted to share with
you all a clip produced

800
00:34:51,454 --> 00:34:54,149
by June's psi-research center.

801
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,715
Hopefully catch us
all up to speed.

802
00:34:56,846 --> 00:34:58,280
But please be warned, anyone

803
00:34:58,410 --> 00:35:00,498
with young children
in the room--

804
00:35:00,628 --> 00:35:03,802
What you're about to see
is profoundly disturbing

805
00:35:03,932 --> 00:35:05,367
and shocking.

806
00:35:07,498 --> 00:35:09,280
Can we roll the tape, please?

807
00:35:11,585 --> 00:35:13,193
[ Ominous music plays ]

808
00:35:13,323 --> 00:35:16,759
A seemingly ordinary house
on an ordinary street.

809
00:35:16,888 --> 00:35:18,759
[ Bell ringing ]
Only this is the headquarters

810
00:35:18,888 --> 00:35:21,498
of the infamous
First Church of Abraxas.

811
00:35:21,628 --> 00:35:25,280
I command thee
to come forth

812
00:35:25,410 --> 00:35:29,280
and bestow
these blessings of hell upon us.

813
00:35:29,410 --> 00:35:30,888
Hail, Abraxas!

814
00:35:31,019 --> 00:35:32,846
- Hail, Abraxas!
- Hail, Abraxas!

815
00:35:32,975 --> 00:35:34,802
The church's founder
and leader,

816
00:35:34,932 --> 00:35:37,236
the enigmatic Szandor D'Abo.

817
00:35:37,367 --> 00:35:39,193
Abraxas shows us

818
00:35:39,323 --> 00:35:42,672
there is no good, no evil,

819
00:35:42,802 --> 00:35:44,845
no redemption.

820
00:35:44,975 --> 00:35:48,932
Only what we desire
and how we obtain it.

821
00:35:49,062 --> 00:35:53,323
You make it sound very easy,
Monsieur D'Abo.

822
00:35:53,454 --> 00:35:58,585
Make no mistake--
The master demands sacrifice.

823
00:35:59,541 --> 00:36:02,845
D'Abo's activities come
to the attention of the FBI,

824
00:36:02,975 --> 00:36:06,541
who suspect the cult of
kidnapping and firearm offenses.

825
00:36:06,672 --> 00:36:09,541
But even more alarming
are the stories of children

826
00:36:09,672 --> 00:36:11,585
being bred for human sacrifice.

827
00:36:11,715 --> 00:36:14,454
...and the spilling of blood.

828
00:36:14,585 --> 00:36:18,062
Come forth.
Open the gates of hell.

829
00:36:18,193 --> 00:36:21,759
D'Abo claims that anyone who
witnesses these dreadful rituals

830
00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:24,932
will fall under the spell
of the demon Abraxas,

831
00:36:25,062 --> 00:36:27,454
and so perform
his earthly bidding.

832
00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:29,454
And so it is done!

833
00:36:29,585 --> 00:36:31,715
[ Sirens wailing ]
- Events take a tragic turn

834
00:36:31,845 --> 00:36:33,280
in August '74...
[ Gunshots ]

835
00:36:33,410 --> 00:36:35,759
...when federal agencies
lay siege to the house.

836
00:36:35,888 --> 00:36:37,367
Shots have been fired.
[ Explosion ]

837
00:36:37,498 --> 00:36:39,801
After
a tense three-day standoff,

838
00:36:39,932 --> 00:36:43,236
D'Abo commands his followers
to douse the premises

839
00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:46,062
and themselves in gasoline.

840
00:36:48,149 --> 00:36:51,498
But remarkably,
among the smoldering ruins,

841
00:36:51,628 --> 00:36:54,454
a terrified 10-year-old girl
is discovered.

842
00:36:54,585 --> 00:36:56,975
She goes only
by the name of Lilly.

843
00:36:57,106 --> 00:36:59,193
Her memories of her time
in the house--

844
00:36:59,323 --> 00:37:01,323
fractured and incomplete.

845
00:37:01,454 --> 00:37:05,410
Was her survival part
of D'Abo's wicked master plan,

846
00:37:05,541 --> 00:37:08,280
or was she simply
the lucky one?

847
00:37:08,410 --> 00:37:10,975
At a loss to explain Lilly's
strange behavior,

848
00:37:11,106 --> 00:37:14,541
the FBI contacts
my psi research center.

849
00:37:14,672 --> 00:37:17,367
Lilly and I make
an immediate connection.

850
00:37:17,498 --> 00:37:19,149
Important breakthroughs follow,

851
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,106
but there is still
much work to be done.

852
00:37:22,236 --> 00:37:26,193
<i>It's 2:30 p.m.,
July 10, 1976.</i>

853
00:37:26,323 --> 00:37:28,410
<i>This is a recording
of our first session.</i>

854
00:37:28,541 --> 00:37:30,845
[ <i>Lilly breathing heavily</i>]

855
00:37:30,975 --> 00:37:32,323
<i>Okay.</i>
[ <i>Thud</i>]

856
00:37:32,454 --> 00:37:34,888
<i>It seems
we've made contact.</i>

857
00:37:35,019 --> 00:37:36,975
<i>Who am I speaking to now?</i>

858
00:37:39,498 --> 00:37:40,975
<i>Is this the demon known as--</i>

859
00:37:41,106 --> 00:37:43,106
[ <i>Lilly screaming</i>]
<i>Oh, my God!</i>

860
00:37:43,236 --> 00:37:44,715
<i>Hold her tight!</i>
[ <i>Glass shatters</i>]

861
00:37:44,845 --> 00:37:46,367
<i>Help!
We need some help in here!</i>

862
00:37:46,498 --> 00:37:48,628
[ <i>Lilly screaming</i>]

863
00:37:51,454 --> 00:37:53,410
[ Audience gasping ]

864
00:37:53,541 --> 00:37:55,280
Wow.

865
00:37:55,410 --> 00:37:57,888
Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome

866
00:37:58,019 --> 00:38:00,845
Dr. June Ross-Mitchell
and Lilly.

867
00:38:00,975 --> 00:38:03,801
[ Mid-tempo music plays,
cheers and applause ]

868
00:38:03,932 --> 00:38:10,019
♪

869
00:38:10,149 --> 00:38:12,236
Oh. You can come out.

870
00:38:13,498 --> 00:38:15,280
Hi.
[ Audience "awws" ]

871
00:38:15,410 --> 00:38:17,019
Lilly.
[ Cheers and applause ]

872
00:38:17,149 --> 00:38:18,323
June.

873
00:38:18,454 --> 00:38:22,323
♪

874
00:38:22,454 --> 00:38:24,062
How are ya?

875
00:38:26,454 --> 00:38:28,454
Whoa!
[ Laughter ]

876
00:38:28,585 --> 00:38:30,280
Good to meet ya.

877
00:38:35,672 --> 00:38:37,149
So good to see you again, June.

878
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,106
- You too, Jack.
- And, Lilly [Sighs]

879
00:38:40,236 --> 00:38:42,323
so pleased that you could
join us today.

880
00:38:42,454 --> 00:38:43,714
Thank you, Mr. Delroy.

881
00:38:43,845 --> 00:38:45,410
I'm so glad
you could join us, too.

882
00:38:45,541 --> 00:38:47,280
[ Light laughter,
Jack chuckles ]

883
00:38:47,410 --> 00:38:49,236
Now, Lilly, you don't have
to look at the camera.

884
00:38:49,367 --> 00:38:51,671
You can actually
talk directly to me.

885
00:38:51,801 --> 00:38:52,714
Oh, I'm sorry.

886
00:38:52,845 --> 00:38:54,628
Don't be silly.

887
00:38:54,758 --> 00:38:57,280
I want to start with a tough
question, if that's okay.

888
00:38:57,410 --> 00:38:59,149
I'd like to know--

889
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:00,932
Have you ever watched
my show before?

890
00:39:01,062 --> 00:39:02,367
[ Laughter ]

891
00:39:02,498 --> 00:39:04,541
No.
I'm normally in bed by now.

892
00:39:04,671 --> 00:39:06,280
But I know who you are,
Mr. Delroy.

893
00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:09,106
Oh, please.
You can call me Jack.

894
00:39:09,236 --> 00:39:10,975
June says you're
very handsome, Jack.

895
00:39:11,106 --> 00:39:12,801
[ Audience "oohs" ]

896
00:39:12,932 --> 00:39:14,367
[ June chuckles nervously ]

897
00:39:14,498 --> 00:39:16,454
You're the man
whose wife died of cancer.

898
00:39:16,585 --> 00:39:17,932
Lilly, I don't think
Jack wants to--

899
00:39:18,062 --> 00:39:20,888
I was very sad
when I heard about that.

900
00:39:21,019 --> 00:39:24,280
I know what it's like to lose
people who are close to you.

901
00:39:24,410 --> 00:39:29,149
It's lonely at first,
but you'll get through.

902
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,975
Such wise words
from one so young, huh?

903
00:39:33,106 --> 00:39:35,106
Lilly has been through more
in her 13 years

904
00:39:35,236 --> 00:39:37,975
than most adults
go through in a lifetime.

905
00:39:38,106 --> 00:39:41,323
And you needn't worry
about your TV show.

906
00:39:41,454 --> 00:39:44,498
I think you're gonna be
very famous soon.

907
00:39:44,627 --> 00:39:46,932
Why, thank you
for the reassurance.

908
00:39:47,062 --> 00:39:48,714
I was beginning to wonder,
Gus.

909
00:39:48,845 --> 00:39:50,845
[ Laughter ]
- Me too. [ Laughs ]

910
00:39:50,975 --> 00:39:52,541
[ Laughs ]
You're welcome.

911
00:39:52,671 --> 00:39:54,367
Okay, well, we're gonna
take a break.

912
00:39:54,498 --> 00:39:56,714
Um, but on the other side--

913
00:39:56,845 --> 00:39:59,671
yes, the other side--

914
00:39:59,801 --> 00:40:01,323
we're going to spend some time

915
00:40:01,454 --> 00:40:04,627
getting to know
these two extraordinary ladies.

916
00:40:04,758 --> 00:40:07,498
[ Mid-tempo music plays,
cheers and applause ]

917
00:40:07,627 --> 00:40:09,584
- Okay. That was great.
- Quite a show.

918
00:40:09,714 --> 00:40:11,280
I was afraid
you weren't gonna make it.

919
00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:12,541
I'm sorry.

920
00:40:12,671 --> 00:40:18,801
♪

921
00:40:18,932 --> 00:40:20,193
[ Music ends ]

922
00:40:20,323 --> 00:40:22,193
And we're clear.
[ Bell rings ]

923
00:40:22,323 --> 00:40:23,498
Great.
That was great, ladies.

924
00:40:23,627 --> 00:40:25,236
Lilly, you are adorable.

925
00:40:25,367 --> 00:40:26,584
Thank you, Jack.

926
00:40:26,714 --> 00:40:28,498
And which camera
do I look at now?

927
00:40:28,627 --> 00:40:31,627
Um, well, we're off air,
so none.

928
00:40:31,758 --> 00:40:33,498
Time to make ourselves
pretty again.

929
00:40:33,627 --> 00:40:35,062
Hey, Jack.

930
00:40:35,193 --> 00:40:36,888
Don't I already look pretty,
Jack?

931
00:40:37,019 --> 00:40:38,975
You're good.

932
00:40:39,106 --> 00:40:39,975
Sure, you do.

933
00:40:40,106 --> 00:40:41,627
Hi! I'm Lilly!

934
00:40:41,758 --> 00:40:43,367
- Jack, we need to talk.
- Let me take that

935
00:40:43,498 --> 00:40:44,584
for you, ma'am.
- Thank you.

936
00:40:44,714 --> 00:40:46,106
- Wow. Weird kid.
- She was looking

937
00:40:46,236 --> 00:40:48,410
right down that camera.
[ Jack sighs ]

938
00:40:48,541 --> 00:40:50,498
That was great.
You ready?

939
00:40:50,627 --> 00:40:53,845
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
- This is so much fun.

940
00:40:53,975 --> 00:40:56,106
Welcome
to the dream factory, kid.

941
00:40:56,236 --> 00:40:57,932
I really don't think
it's a good idea, Jack.

942
00:40:58,062 --> 00:41:00,062
She's becoming
more unpredictable.

943
00:41:00,193 --> 00:41:01,540
See, unpredictable--
That's a good thing.

944
00:41:01,671 --> 00:41:03,323
That's why we still do live TV.

945
00:41:03,454 --> 00:41:05,019
I mean, it's what's
gonna help sell your book.

946
00:41:05,149 --> 00:41:07,975
- This isn't about the book.
- Isn't it?

947
00:41:08,106 --> 00:41:10,498
Yesterday she went into
one of her fugue states,

948
00:41:10,627 --> 00:41:13,019
and she, uh...

949
00:41:13,149 --> 00:41:16,193
she started saying your name.

950
00:41:16,323 --> 00:41:18,236
She's excited about
being on the show.

951
00:41:18,367 --> 00:41:20,714
No, it was as if she was
recalling something.

952
00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:23,584
It was hard to make sense of it,
but it was strange even for her.

953
00:41:23,714 --> 00:41:25,540
Look, you are
ready for this.

954
00:41:25,671 --> 00:41:28,671
You told me that you're ready
for it. You know you did.

955
00:41:28,801 --> 00:41:30,627
Yes. Well, there may have been
a few lapses of judgment

956
00:41:30,758 --> 00:41:33,367
on my part that...

957
00:41:33,497 --> 00:41:36,193
This is your time.
You've done the work.

958
00:41:36,323 --> 00:41:38,367
You're not gonna
back out right now.

959
00:41:38,497 --> 00:41:40,149
Yeah, I admit you made
a convincing case.

960
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:41,888
But my first responsibility
is to Lilly.

961
00:41:42,019 --> 00:41:43,975
And I'm telling you,
it's too risky.

962
00:41:44,106 --> 00:41:45,671
[ Footsteps approaching ]
- No, I--

963
00:41:45,801 --> 00:41:47,497
I should get back to her.
[ Leo clears throat ]

964
00:41:49,584 --> 00:41:51,758
She's not getting cold feet,
is she?

965
00:41:51,888 --> 00:41:55,845
- She's fine. She is fine.
- [ Sighs ]

966
00:41:55,975 --> 00:41:57,671
I'm handling it!

967
00:41:57,801 --> 00:41:59,454
- Hey, Jack.
- Hey.

968
00:41:59,584 --> 00:42:03,236
Okay, so just got
a call from Sinai.

969
00:42:03,367 --> 00:42:04,932
[ Indistinct conversations ]

970
00:42:05,062 --> 00:42:06,236
Yeah, I know, I know,
I know.

971
00:42:06,367 --> 00:42:08,671
- Christou is dead.
- What?

972
00:42:08,801 --> 00:42:11,627
He had some kind of hemorrhage
in the ambulance.

973
00:42:13,454 --> 00:42:14,497
- Holy shit.
- I know.

974
00:42:14,627 --> 00:42:16,062
No. No, no, no.

975
00:42:16,193 --> 00:42:17,584
I thought that that was
all part of his act.

976
00:42:17,714 --> 00:42:19,367
The-- What did Haig call it?
Spouting?

977
00:42:19,497 --> 00:42:22,106
Well, apparently he was
spouting from, well, everywhere.

978
00:42:22,236 --> 00:42:23,975
The paramedics couldn't
get it under control.

979
00:42:24,106 --> 00:42:26,106
- Jesus Christ!
- I know. I know, I know, I know.

980
00:42:26,236 --> 00:42:27,932
I know, I know, I know.
- Listen to me.

981
00:42:28,062 --> 00:42:30,497
Nobody can find out about this,
especially not Gus.

982
00:42:30,627 --> 00:42:32,540
I'll do the best that I can,
gut you know how quickly

983
00:42:32,671 --> 00:42:33,845
word spreads around here.
- Staging,

984
00:42:33,975 --> 00:42:35,453
where's my sacrificial dagger?

985
00:42:35,584 --> 00:42:37,888
We're on 60 second.

986
00:42:38,019 --> 00:42:40,453
Hey, hey, Phil.
Has the rundown changed?

987
00:42:40,584 --> 00:42:43,540
Staging's saying something
about a new bit in seg five,

988
00:42:43,671 --> 00:42:45,323
and I don't see it on my--
- Wait. Shh, shh, shh.

989
00:42:45,453 --> 00:42:47,149
Look, I'm telling you, Steve,
whatever it is,

990
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:48,888
we're not seeing it
on the monitor down here.

991
00:42:49,019 --> 00:42:50,236
- Hey, Phil.
- Come on, guys!

992
00:42:50,367 --> 00:42:52,062
You just
keep switching cameras,

993
00:42:52,193 --> 00:42:54,410
and I'll make sure everybody
gets their cues, okay?

994
00:42:54,540 --> 00:42:56,280
- Phil! Phil!
- Stand by, everyone.

995
00:42:56,410 --> 00:42:57,975
- Phil!
- Then there was a questionnaire

996
00:42:58,106 --> 00:42:59,801
you had to complete
before coming in, you say?

997
00:42:59,932 --> 00:43:01,409
Yeah, that's right.

998
00:43:01,540 --> 00:43:03,149
Oh, and there was a lady
in the lobby

999
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,627
who asked a bunch
of questions, too.

1000
00:43:05,758 --> 00:43:07,801
Oh, yeah.
It was the same woman

1001
00:43:07,932 --> 00:43:10,236
who came out and helped
Mr. Christou when he...

1002
00:43:10,367 --> 00:43:14,019
Oh, yes, I know.
Most disturbing, wasn't it?

1003
00:43:14,149 --> 00:43:16,888
Thank you, ladies.
- All sorts of stuff lately.

1004
00:43:17,019 --> 00:43:18,323
- Yeah.
- No wonder we...

1005
00:43:19,932 --> 00:43:21,497
Thank you.

1006
00:43:21,627 --> 00:43:23,497
Phil said we're coming back.

1007
00:43:23,627 --> 00:43:26,497
Is everything okay, Jack?

1008
00:43:26,627 --> 00:43:28,801
Yeah.
Everything is fine, sweetie.

1009
00:43:28,932 --> 00:43:31,019
- 10 seconds!
- Where the hell is Haig?

1010
00:43:31,149 --> 00:43:32,497
[ Bell rings ]
- And we're back in five...

1011
00:43:34,497 --> 00:43:35,714
four...

1012
00:43:38,019 --> 00:43:39,497
[ Cheers and applause ]

1013
00:43:39,627 --> 00:43:42,367
[ Eerie music plays ]

1014
00:43:42,497 --> 00:43:49,409
♪

1015
00:43:49,540 --> 00:43:50,888
[ Music ends ]

1016
00:43:51,019 --> 00:43:52,932
And welcome back
to our very special

1017
00:43:53,062 --> 00:43:56,019
Halloween edition
of "Night Owls."

1018
00:43:56,149 --> 00:43:58,932
Now, ladies, there is so much

1019
00:43:59,062 --> 00:44:00,409
that I'd like
to discuss with you both,

1020
00:44:00,540 --> 00:44:01,932
but I want to start
with you, June.

1021
00:44:02,062 --> 00:44:04,627
Now, you call yourself
a parapsychologist.

1022
00:44:04,758 --> 00:44:06,323
What exactly does that--
- I call myself one

1023
00:44:06,453 --> 00:44:08,323
because that's
what I am, Jack.

1024
00:44:08,453 --> 00:44:10,323
It so happens
I have a PhD in the subject.

1025
00:44:10,453 --> 00:44:12,975
From the University of
Hogwash, if I'm not mistaken.

1026
00:44:13,106 --> 00:44:15,453
The Stanford Research
Institute, actually.

1027
00:44:15,584 --> 00:44:17,106
The difference being?
[ Audience "ohhs" ]

1028
00:44:17,236 --> 00:44:18,975
Is it really worth us
continuing if this man

1029
00:44:19,106 --> 00:44:20,801
is going to interrupt
every time you ask a question?

1030
00:44:20,932 --> 00:44:24,019
Car, please behave.
[ Scattered applause ]

1031
00:44:24,149 --> 00:44:25,932
As I was going to say,

1032
00:44:26,062 --> 00:44:28,801
we parapsychologists believe
there are certain phenomena,

1033
00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:30,627
psi phenomena,

1034
00:44:30,758 --> 00:44:33,062
that traditional science
is ill-equipped to understand.

1035
00:44:33,193 --> 00:44:35,236
Telepathy, for example.
Telekinesis,

1036
00:44:35,366 --> 00:44:37,540
apparitional anomalies.
- Demonic possession.

1037
00:44:37,671 --> 00:44:40,845
"Psychic infestation"
is the term we prefer, but yes.

1038
00:44:40,975 --> 00:44:42,322
And it's your belief

1039
00:44:42,453 --> 00:44:44,409
that Lilly here presents
just such a case.

1040
00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:46,062
For the past three years,

1041
00:44:46,193 --> 00:44:47,932
I've been combining
age regression therapy

1042
00:44:48,062 --> 00:44:50,888
with a growing understanding
of ancient Satanic rituals

1043
00:44:51,019 --> 00:44:54,975
to piece together
the details of Lilly's life

1044
00:44:55,106 --> 00:44:59,671
and to grasp the nature of
the demon that lurks within her.

1045
00:44:59,801 --> 00:45:01,758
This is the demon Abraxas

1046
00:45:01,888 --> 00:45:05,149
that the charming Mr. D'Abo
spoke of in your clips?

1047
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,019
No, I believe it's more
likely one of the minor deities

1048
00:45:08,149 --> 00:45:10,106
said to serve Abraxas.

1049
00:45:10,236 --> 00:45:12,322
These entities thrive
on our confusion.

1050
00:45:12,453 --> 00:45:13,714
And our stupidity.

1051
00:45:13,845 --> 00:45:15,279
[ Audience groans ]

1052
00:45:15,409 --> 00:45:17,279
Look, I understand
that some of this

1053
00:45:17,409 --> 00:45:19,584
might seem to stretch credulity,

1054
00:45:19,714 --> 00:45:22,584
but, remember,
big, new scientific ideas

1055
00:45:22,714 --> 00:45:25,062
are always greeted
with some resistance.

1056
00:45:25,193 --> 00:45:28,497
It's only the most close-minded
that greet them with ridicule.

1057
00:45:28,627 --> 00:45:30,888
[ Cheers and applause ]

1058
00:45:31,019 --> 00:45:33,714
Incidentally, we have
some pieces here

1059
00:45:33,845 --> 00:45:36,540
from your private collection.

1060
00:45:36,671 --> 00:45:38,236
[ June clears throat ]
- Whew!

1061
00:45:38,366 --> 00:45:40,149
Okay, well, girl's
got to have a hobby, huh?

1062
00:45:40,279 --> 00:45:41,714
[ Laughter ]

1063
00:45:41,845 --> 00:45:43,540
That dagger was recovered
from the remains

1064
00:45:43,671 --> 00:45:46,062
of the D'Abo house.
We believe it was used in many

1065
00:45:46,193 --> 00:45:48,366
of the church's
sacrificial ceremonies.

1066
00:45:48,497 --> 00:45:49,975
No!
[ Audience gasps ]

1067
00:45:50,106 --> 00:45:51,758
Oh, God!
- No! Don't do it!

1068
00:45:51,888 --> 00:45:54,062
- I can't stop it!
- Stop!

1069
00:45:54,193 --> 00:45:58,062
Turn off your TV sets before
Abraxas claims your souls!

1070
00:45:58,193 --> 00:45:59,932
Car?

1071
00:46:00,062 --> 00:46:03,366
[ Chuckles ]
You truly are a suggestible lot.

1072
00:46:03,497 --> 00:46:04,932
Handy to know.
- Mr. Haig,

1073
00:46:05,062 --> 00:46:06,801
we haven't come on here
for your amusement.

1074
00:46:06,932 --> 00:46:08,497
Don't be silly, my dear.

1075
00:46:08,627 --> 00:46:10,409
If we accept
the Gnostic interpretation,

1076
00:46:10,540 --> 00:46:14,235
Abraxas is the consummate
showman. He craves an audience.

1077
00:46:14,366 --> 00:46:15,758
After all,
his name is the source

1078
00:46:15,888 --> 00:46:18,149
of the magician's
favorite incantation.

1079
00:46:18,279 --> 00:46:19,627
Abracadabra.

1080
00:46:19,758 --> 00:46:21,497
Clever girl.

1081
00:46:21,627 --> 00:46:24,932
Now, Lilly, I understand
that you have a name

1082
00:46:25,062 --> 00:46:27,540
for this thing
that lives inside of you.

1083
00:46:27,671 --> 00:46:29,497
Mm-hmm.

1084
00:46:29,627 --> 00:46:31,497
I call him Mr. Wriggles.

1085
00:46:31,627 --> 00:46:33,845
And why do you call him that?

1086
00:46:33,975 --> 00:46:36,279
[ Sighs ]

1087
00:46:36,409 --> 00:46:40,540
He kind of wriggles his way
inside my head,

1088
00:46:40,671 --> 00:46:43,106
and then
he wriggles his way out.

1089
00:46:43,235 --> 00:46:48,627
But with June's help,
you are able to control him.

1090
00:46:48,758 --> 00:46:52,322
June says that everyone
has a demon inside them.

1091
00:46:52,453 --> 00:46:54,453
But we can't always
control them, can we?

1092
00:46:54,584 --> 00:46:57,758
[ <i>Eerie music plays</i>]

1093
00:46:57,888 --> 00:47:00,975
Gus.
Your timing is...

1094
00:47:01,106 --> 00:47:02,497
I got it, Jack.

1095
00:47:02,627 --> 00:47:04,192
It's just a matter of...

1096
00:47:04,322 --> 00:47:05,453
[ Electricity crackling ]

1097
00:47:05,584 --> 00:47:07,758
Ooh!

1098
00:47:07,888 --> 00:47:09,758
[ Electricity crackling ]
- Gus!

1099
00:47:09,888 --> 00:47:11,714
Is there off switch
for that thing?

1100
00:47:11,845 --> 00:47:13,235
How the hell should I know?!

1101
00:47:13,366 --> 00:47:15,627
[ Music continues,
feedback whining ]

1102
00:47:15,758 --> 00:47:17,322
[ Rumbling ]

1103
00:47:17,453 --> 00:47:19,106
[ Table rattling ]

1104
00:47:19,235 --> 00:47:20,453
[ Glass shattering ]

1105
00:47:20,584 --> 00:47:23,322
♪

1106
00:47:23,453 --> 00:47:24,671
[ Audience screaming ]

1107
00:47:24,801 --> 00:47:26,062
♪

1108
00:47:26,192 --> 00:47:28,148
[ Static hissing ]

1109
00:47:28,279 --> 00:47:30,497
[ Music stops ]

1110
00:47:30,627 --> 00:47:33,671
It was feeding back
through your P.A. system.

1111
00:47:33,801 --> 00:47:35,627
- No.
- It's the same physics

1112
00:47:35,758 --> 00:47:38,148
as when a soprano
hits "G" over high "C."

1113
00:47:38,279 --> 00:47:39,584
Poof!

1114
00:47:39,714 --> 00:47:41,671
Okay, Car, but come on.
That was--

1115
00:47:41,801 --> 00:47:43,062
He's wrong, you know?

1116
00:47:43,192 --> 00:47:45,192
It was Mr. Wriggles.
- Mr. Wriggles?!

1117
00:47:45,322 --> 00:47:47,192
- He did it.
- [ Sighs ]

1118
00:47:47,322 --> 00:47:50,845
If you insist, little one.

1119
00:47:50,975 --> 00:47:53,758
Why must you be
so condescending, Mr. Haig?

1120
00:47:53,888 --> 00:47:55,888
[ Audience murmuring ]
- Lilly, do you mean

1121
00:47:56,019 --> 00:48:00,409
that Mr. Wriggles is here
in the studio with us right now?

1122
00:48:01,453 --> 00:48:03,062
Mm-hmm.

1123
00:48:05,409 --> 00:48:10,019
Would it be okay if we
invited him on the show?

1124
00:48:10,148 --> 00:48:11,409
Jack, I thought
I made it clear...

1125
00:48:11,540 --> 00:48:14,758
- I think so.
- No, I can't allow that.

1126
00:48:14,888 --> 00:48:18,235
A summoning requires a carefully
controlled environment.

1127
00:48:18,366 --> 00:48:21,932
The lights, cameras,
audience--

1128
00:48:22,062 --> 00:48:23,888
Conditions here
are hardly conducive.

1129
00:48:24,019 --> 00:48:26,932
A TV studio's a controlled
enough environment for my money.

1130
00:48:27,062 --> 00:48:28,888
Half a million bucks,
to be precise.

1131
00:48:29,019 --> 00:48:31,845
Can we? June, please!

1132
00:48:31,975 --> 00:48:34,192
- Yeah!
- We want to see!

1133
00:48:34,322 --> 00:48:35,758
- Come on, June.
- Come on, June.

1134
00:48:35,888 --> 00:48:38,322
We want to see.
- Do it!

1135
00:48:38,453 --> 00:48:39,845
Come on!

1136
00:48:39,975 --> 00:48:41,409
[ June scoffs lightly ]

1137
00:48:41,540 --> 00:48:44,019
- We want to see!
- Show us, June.

1138
00:48:45,627 --> 00:48:47,671
Come on, June!

1139
00:48:47,801 --> 00:48:49,627
The people have spoken.

1140
00:48:54,019 --> 00:48:55,888
If I'm able to conduct
the session

1141
00:48:56,019 --> 00:49:00,975
with the full cooperation
of your crew, your audience,

1142
00:49:01,105 --> 00:49:02,845
and your guests,

1143
00:49:02,975 --> 00:49:05,453
then perhaps we can attempt
a brief demonstration.

1144
00:49:05,584 --> 00:49:07,627
- Yeah!
- Yes, of course.

1145
00:49:07,758 --> 00:49:09,540
[ Applause ]

1146
00:49:09,671 --> 00:49:12,453
This is great news.
It's great news.

1147
00:49:12,584 --> 00:49:14,279
Ladies and gentlemen,
please stay tuned

1148
00:49:14,409 --> 00:49:16,584
for a live television first

1149
00:49:16,714 --> 00:49:20,497
as we attempt to commune
with the devil.

1150
00:49:20,627 --> 00:49:23,105
But not before
a word from our sponsors.

1151
00:49:23,235 --> 00:49:25,888
[ Up-tempo music plays,
cheers and applause ]

1152
00:49:26,019 --> 00:49:33,322
♪

1153
00:49:33,453 --> 00:49:35,105
[ Music ends ]

1154
00:49:35,235 --> 00:49:36,627
Clear!
[ Bell rings ]

1155
00:49:36,758 --> 00:49:38,322
Step lively, people.
We have two minutes

1156
00:49:38,453 --> 00:49:41,540
to prep the main stage,
checks on June and Lilly.

1157
00:49:41,671 --> 00:49:44,322
You bastard.
You ambushed me.

1158
00:49:44,453 --> 00:49:46,192
You didn't require
too much convincing, dearie.

1159
00:49:46,322 --> 00:49:47,932
Bread and circuses.
- You shut up.

1160
00:49:48,061 --> 00:49:50,192
This is your chance
to prove people like him wrong.

1161
00:49:50,322 --> 00:49:51,714
This is your moment, June.

1162
00:49:51,845 --> 00:49:53,714
Did you hear anything
I said back there?

1163
00:49:53,845 --> 00:49:55,148
You know, for a talk show host,
you're a terrible listener.

1164
00:49:55,279 --> 00:49:56,888
Is somebody gonna
clean up the glass?

1165
00:49:57,018 --> 00:49:58,453
Lilly's okay with it.
Aren't you, sweetheart?

1166
00:49:58,584 --> 00:49:59,540
- Sure, Jack.
- Can I get you two ladies

1167
00:49:59,671 --> 00:50:00,975
to follow me downstage, please?

1168
00:50:01,105 --> 00:50:03,758
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

1169
00:50:03,888 --> 00:50:05,975
- Jack, can I get a minute?
- Can it wait?

1170
00:50:06,105 --> 00:50:08,018
No, sir. It cannot.

1171
00:50:10,453 --> 00:50:11,758
Excuse me, uh, Phil.

1172
00:50:11,888 --> 00:50:13,366
There are
some restraints backstage.

1173
00:50:13,497 --> 00:50:14,888
Would you mind?
- Sure.

1174
00:50:15,018 --> 00:50:17,105
I hope you know
what you're doing, lady.

1175
00:50:17,235 --> 00:50:20,801
We know what we're doing,
Sammy. Don't we, June?

1176
00:50:20,932 --> 00:50:22,974
Jerry, you got
the new lighting cues?

1177
00:50:24,409 --> 00:50:26,105
[ Sighs ]
What?

1178
00:50:26,235 --> 00:50:29,627
You're meddling with things
you don't understand.

1179
00:50:29,758 --> 00:50:31,322
Okay. If we...

1180
00:50:31,453 --> 00:50:34,018
manage to conjure Satan,

1181
00:50:34,148 --> 00:50:35,932
I give you express permission
to go right for that exit.

1182
00:50:36,061 --> 00:50:39,627
Okay? If Earth swallows us
whole, I apologize in advance.

1183
00:50:39,758 --> 00:50:40,888
Okay?
- What has gotten into you?

1184
00:50:41,018 --> 00:50:42,714
Half an hour ago, you thought

1185
00:50:42,845 --> 00:50:44,758
Madeleine was trying to reach
out to you from the grave.

1186
00:50:44,888 --> 00:50:46,671
And now...
- Now-- Now, buddy,

1187
00:50:46,801 --> 00:50:51,540
all I'm trying to do is save
our fucking show. Okay?

1188
00:50:51,671 --> 00:50:54,974
So enough
with the sanctimonious crap.

1189
00:50:58,671 --> 00:51:01,627
I know about Christou.

1190
00:51:01,758 --> 00:51:03,497
It's that Mr. Wriggles,
isn't it?

1191
00:51:03,627 --> 00:51:05,888
He's behind this whole thing.

1192
00:51:06,018 --> 00:51:07,540
Who else knows
about Christou?

1193
00:51:07,671 --> 00:51:09,366
Crew's scared, Jack.
<i>I'm</i> scared.

1194
00:51:09,497 --> 00:51:11,758
Okay? Some of us
are talking about jumping ship.

1195
00:51:11,888 --> 00:51:14,018
No one's going anywhere,
God damn it.

1196
00:51:14,148 --> 00:51:16,584
And you need to keep this
fire-and-brimstone bullshit

1197
00:51:16,714 --> 00:51:18,235
to yourself.
Please, Gus?

1198
00:51:18,366 --> 00:51:20,409
Okay?
- You are not a bad man, Jack.

1199
00:51:20,540 --> 00:51:22,974
You're not.
And I am begging you

1200
00:51:23,105 --> 00:51:25,235
to stop this before
something terrible happens.

1201
00:51:25,366 --> 00:51:27,627
Jack, you're gonna intro
the girls downstage.

1202
00:51:27,758 --> 00:51:29,888
Mm.

1203
00:51:30,018 --> 00:51:32,322
Is there a problem here?

1204
00:51:32,453 --> 00:51:34,322
Stand by, everybody.

1205
00:51:34,453 --> 00:51:35,974
There's no problem.

1206
00:51:37,627 --> 00:51:39,192
[ Bell rings ]

1207
00:51:39,322 --> 00:51:42,105
We are back in five...

1208
00:51:42,235 --> 00:51:43,801
four...

1209
00:51:59,845 --> 00:52:01,931
Welcome back, everyone.

1210
00:52:02,061 --> 00:52:05,105
Without further ado,
Dr. June Ross-Mitchell

1211
00:52:05,235 --> 00:52:07,584
will commence
the demonstration.

1212
00:52:07,714 --> 00:52:12,974
And might I say to you both,
Godspeed?

1213
00:52:18,105 --> 00:52:19,887
Thank you, Jack.

1214
00:52:22,409 --> 00:52:25,974
Now, if the entity
is present tonight,

1215
00:52:26,105 --> 00:52:29,887
it may manifest itself
in any number of ways,

1216
00:52:30,018 --> 00:52:34,322
but its entry into our world
is only possible through Lilly.

1217
00:52:34,453 --> 00:52:37,887
I merely provide the key
that unlocks the door.

1218
00:52:40,801 --> 00:52:47,409
Whatever you might see or hear,
I ask you all to remain calm.

1219
00:52:47,540 --> 00:52:51,018
It's vital that Lilly's
focus remains with me.

1220
00:52:51,148 --> 00:52:52,671
[ Lilly chuckles ]

1221
00:52:56,801 --> 00:52:59,409
Let us begin.
[ Breathes deeply ]

1222
00:53:01,279 --> 00:53:02,844
Lilly, to me.

1223
00:53:09,931 --> 00:53:12,497
Close your eyes, Lilly.

1224
00:53:15,235 --> 00:53:18,105
[ Breathes deeply ]

1225
00:53:18,235 --> 00:53:20,192
That's it.

1226
00:53:21,974 --> 00:53:25,148
And let yourself sleep.

1227
00:53:25,279 --> 00:53:27,235
[ Breathes deeply ]

1228
00:53:29,887 --> 00:53:31,671
Relax.

1229
00:53:42,322 --> 00:53:44,584
Lilly, can you hear me?

1230
00:53:50,497 --> 00:53:52,061
Lilly?

1231
00:53:56,931 --> 00:54:00,714
May I speak to the one
you know as Mr. Wriggles?

1232
00:54:11,279 --> 00:54:13,497
[ Breathes deeply ]

1233
00:54:13,627 --> 00:54:14,627
If Mr. Wrig--

1234
00:54:14,757 --> 00:54:15,887
[ Chair thuds ]

1235
00:54:16,018 --> 00:54:18,105
[ Audience gasping ]
Quiet.

1236
00:54:18,235 --> 00:54:20,061
[ Chair thuds ]

1237
00:54:20,192 --> 00:54:22,627
May I ask who is present now?

1238
00:54:22,757 --> 00:54:25,105
[ Lilly groans, audience gasps ]
Shh!

1239
00:54:25,235 --> 00:54:27,887
[ Lilly straining,
chair thudding ]

1240
00:54:30,018 --> 00:54:31,671
Please let yourself be known.

1241
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:34,061
[ Lilly straining,
chair thudding ]

1242
00:54:36,844 --> 00:54:40,192
[ Lilly laughing mockingly ]

1243
00:54:40,322 --> 00:54:42,974
Speak.

1244
00:54:43,105 --> 00:54:44,931
[ Demonic voice ]
You know who I am, Doctor.

1245
00:54:45,061 --> 00:54:46,584
[ Cracking ]

1246
00:54:46,713 --> 00:54:48,974
[ Audience gasps, screams ]

1247
00:54:49,105 --> 00:54:50,322
Please.

1248
00:54:50,453 --> 00:54:52,148
- Is that the devil?
- I'm so scared.

1249
00:54:52,279 --> 00:54:53,497
Is she okay?

1250
00:54:53,627 --> 00:54:54,627
[ Audience murmuring ]

1251
00:54:54,757 --> 00:54:55,757
[ Cracking ]

1252
00:54:55,887 --> 00:54:58,366
[ Audience gasps ]

1253
00:54:58,497 --> 00:55:00,018
Who are
these people?

1254
00:55:02,366 --> 00:55:03,584
[ Cracking ]

1255
00:55:03,713 --> 00:55:05,018
What is this?

1256
00:55:05,148 --> 00:55:06,887
[ Audience gasping,
chair thudding ]

1257
00:55:07,018 --> 00:55:09,887
Where am I?!
- There is no need to be alarmed.

1258
00:55:10,018 --> 00:55:11,497
What have you done to me,
Doctor?

1259
00:55:11,627 --> 00:55:13,192
We mean you no harm.

1260
00:55:13,322 --> 00:55:14,322
We've brought you into
this realm to better understand

1261
00:55:14,453 --> 00:55:15,974
your purpose.

1262
00:55:18,409 --> 00:55:19,931
My purpose?

1263
00:55:22,931 --> 00:55:25,061
He's here, isn't he?

1264
00:55:29,974 --> 00:55:33,627
Good to see you again, Jack.

1265
00:55:33,757 --> 00:55:35,584
Nah. Sorry.

1266
00:55:35,713 --> 00:55:37,105
I don't believe
we've been acquainted.

1267
00:55:37,235 --> 00:55:40,497
Don't be a fool.
We go way back.

1268
00:55:40,627 --> 00:55:42,757
We met amongst the tall trees.

1269
00:55:42,887 --> 00:55:45,887
Remember?
- Lilly, return to me.

1270
00:55:46,018 --> 00:55:48,148
Oh, Juney, Juney, Juney, Juney!

1271
00:55:48,279 --> 00:55:49,627
Be careful now.

1272
00:55:49,757 --> 00:55:51,800
You know what happened
to his last whore.

1273
00:55:51,931 --> 00:55:55,105
She died.
She died an ugly, ugly death.

1274
00:55:55,235 --> 00:55:56,974
Lilly, come back to me-- now!

1275
00:55:57,105 --> 00:55:58,974
And the worms finished off
with Minnie a long time ago,

1276
00:55:59,105 --> 00:56:00,931
didn't they, Jack?

1277
00:56:01,061 --> 00:56:05,453
So now you can screw up whoever
you want, hmm? Like Dr. June.

1278
00:56:05,584 --> 00:56:08,453
Dr. June thinks you're
very handsome, Jack.

1279
00:56:08,584 --> 00:56:11,713
Dr. June thinks
you're very, very handsome.

1280
00:56:11,844 --> 00:56:14,800
That's enough! Lilly, I need
you to come back to me now!

1281
00:56:14,931 --> 00:56:16,626
[ Singsongy voice ]
Jack and June went up the hill

1282
00:56:16,757 --> 00:56:18,497
to fuck each other's brains out.
[ Audience gasps ]

1283
00:56:18,626 --> 00:56:19,844
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to [bleep] each other's--

1284
00:56:19,974 --> 00:56:21,974
That's enough!
[ Audience gasps ]

1285
00:56:22,105 --> 00:56:24,497
[ Lilly crying ]

1286
00:56:27,453 --> 00:56:29,061
Lilly?

1287
00:56:30,670 --> 00:56:32,974
Lilly, sweetheart?
[ Lilly sniffles ]

1288
00:56:33,105 --> 00:56:35,757
[ Normal voice ] Why would
you hurt me like that, June?

1289
00:56:35,887 --> 00:56:37,322
You know I can't help it.

1290
00:56:37,453 --> 00:56:38,844
I know. I never--

1291
00:56:38,974 --> 00:56:40,061
[ Screeches ]
[ Audience gasps, screams ]

1292
00:56:40,192 --> 00:56:41,626
No, Jack! Stay where you are.

1293
00:56:41,757 --> 00:56:44,844
[ Cracking ]

1294
00:56:44,974 --> 00:56:46,105
[ Indistinct shouting ]

1295
00:56:46,235 --> 00:56:48,453
Vade retro Satana.

1296
00:56:48,583 --> 00:56:50,409
Sunt mala quae libas.
- [ Laughs ]

1297
00:56:50,540 --> 00:56:53,497
Vade retro Satana.
Sunt mala quae libas.

1298
00:56:53,626 --> 00:56:55,279
[ Laughing ]

1299
00:56:55,409 --> 00:56:59,409
You were cursed by Anum
and Antum, Lahmum and Du-rum,

1300
00:56:59,540 --> 00:57:00,540
[ Demonic voice ]
The Underworld

1301
00:57:00,670 --> 00:57:02,322
and those who lie in it,

1302
00:57:02,453 --> 00:57:04,279
that you shall not seize her,

1303
00:57:05,192 --> 00:57:08,497
and you shall not return.
- And you shall not return!!

1304
00:57:11,757 --> 00:57:13,800
[ Cracking ]

1305
00:57:13,931 --> 00:57:17,192
How could you let it happen,
Jack?

1306
00:57:17,322 --> 00:57:19,061
How could you let it happen?

1307
00:57:21,583 --> 00:57:23,061
[ Banging,
electricity crackles ]

1308
00:57:23,192 --> 00:57:25,844
[ Audience screaming ]

1309
00:57:27,192 --> 00:57:28,887
[ Banging ]

1310
00:57:29,018 --> 00:57:31,322
♪

1311
00:57:31,453 --> 00:57:33,583
[ Breathing heavily ]

1312
00:57:33,713 --> 00:57:36,626
♪

1313
00:57:36,757 --> 00:57:38,322
[ Crying ]

1314
00:57:38,453 --> 00:57:41,105
♪

1315
00:57:41,235 --> 00:57:43,148
[ Screams ]

1316
00:57:43,279 --> 00:57:46,235
[ Chair thuds,
audience screams ]

1317
00:57:46,366 --> 00:57:48,844
[ Normal voice ] Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry.

1318
00:57:48,974 --> 00:57:52,148
No, no, no, no. No, <i>I'm</i> sorry.
I'm so sorry.

1319
00:57:52,279 --> 00:57:54,583
I never should have put you
in that position. Okay?

1320
00:57:54,713 --> 00:57:57,018
[ Whispering indistinctly ]

1321
00:57:57,148 --> 00:58:00,279
You're okay. You're okay.
Just breathe.

1322
00:58:00,409 --> 00:58:02,148
That was...

1323
00:58:03,887 --> 00:58:05,409
You're okay.

1324
00:58:06,583 --> 00:58:07,931
Ladies and gentlemen,

1325
00:58:08,061 --> 00:58:11,497
have you ever seen anything
like that?

1326
00:58:11,626 --> 00:58:14,496
This is unconscionable, Jack.

1327
00:58:14,626 --> 00:58:16,192
I would like to point out

1328
00:58:16,322 --> 00:58:18,539
a number of tricks employed
by the so-called doctor.

1329
00:58:18,670 --> 00:58:21,670
And you'll get your turn, Car.

1330
00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:24,322
Right now...

1331
00:58:24,453 --> 00:58:25,844
some messages.

1332
00:58:25,974 --> 00:58:28,800
[ Mid-tempo music plays,
applause ]

1333
00:58:28,931 --> 00:58:37,757
♪

1334
00:58:37,887 --> 00:58:39,496
[ Music ends ]

1335
00:58:39,626 --> 00:58:41,148
We're clear.
[ Bell rings ]

1336
00:58:41,279 --> 00:58:44,105
Is this a talk show
or a fucking freak show?!

1337
00:58:44,235 --> 00:58:45,496
I mean, the depths you people
have sunk to.

1338
00:58:45,626 --> 00:58:47,279
Carmichael, just take it easy, okay?

1339
00:58:47,409 --> 00:58:48,974
Let's get Sammy in
to mop that brow of yours.

1340
00:58:49,105 --> 00:58:50,148
Sammy?

1341
00:58:50,279 --> 00:58:52,061
Lilly, are you okay?

1342
00:58:52,192 --> 00:58:55,322
A bit embarrassed, I guess.
I'm okay.

1343
00:58:55,453 --> 00:58:57,670
Phil. I'm sorry. Can we get
a hand with these straps?

1344
00:58:57,800 --> 00:58:58,713
- I got you.
- June.

1345
00:58:58,844 --> 00:59:00,800
Come here. Come here.

1346
00:59:00,931 --> 00:59:02,366
Just, let's...

1347
00:59:03,844 --> 00:59:05,931
You're okay.
[ Restraints clicking ]

1348
00:59:06,061 --> 00:59:08,366
Jesus.
That was-- I mean...

1349
00:59:09,887 --> 00:59:11,887
[ Gasps ]

1350
00:59:12,018 --> 00:59:15,452
I knew that we were gonna see
something amazing tonight,

1351
00:59:15,583 --> 00:59:17,539
but...

1352
00:59:17,670 --> 00:59:20,322
we got to get you guys
back on as soon as possible.

1353
00:59:20,452 --> 00:59:23,583
This could become,
like, a regular spot.

1354
00:59:23,713 --> 00:59:26,105
The tall trees.

1355
00:59:26,235 --> 00:59:28,279
What did she mean by that?

1356
00:59:28,409 --> 00:59:30,235
I don't know.
<i>You</i> tell <i>me.</i>

1357
00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:32,409
This isn't some kind
of parlor trick, Jack.

1358
00:59:32,539 --> 00:59:35,192
I know that, June.
I mean, this...

1359
00:59:35,322 --> 00:59:38,583
There is something very special
happening here with Lilly.

1360
00:59:38,713 --> 00:59:40,539
With you.

1361
00:59:40,670 --> 00:59:42,713
I just-- I want
to be a part of it.

1362
00:59:42,844 --> 00:59:45,366
- Uh! You're hurting me!
- Sorry, kid.

1363
00:59:45,496 --> 00:59:46,887
Look, I'm trying here.
- Hey, Phil.

1364
00:59:47,018 --> 00:59:48,496
It's okay, it's okay.
I got this.

1365
00:59:48,626 --> 00:59:50,800
Can I see that? Thanks.
Thanks, guys.

1366
00:59:50,931 --> 00:59:52,192
Go ahead.

1367
00:59:52,322 --> 00:59:54,018
It's okay, Lilly. It's okay.

1368
00:59:54,148 --> 00:59:55,670
- Thank you, Jack.
- Mm-hmm.

1369
00:59:55,800 --> 00:59:58,800
No, she's great.
She's got it all.

1370
00:59:58,931 --> 01:00:01,322
Well, this is all very exciting.
Thank you so much.

1371
01:00:01,452 --> 01:00:03,192
- Sorry.
- Send regards to Bonnie

1372
01:00:03,322 --> 01:00:05,018
and the kids. Okay. Bye-bye.
- We'll have you back next year.

1373
01:00:05,148 --> 01:00:08,018
This isn't about ratings
anymore, Leo. This is sorcery.

1374
01:00:08,148 --> 01:00:11,061
Listen to me, you goddamn
shit-your-pants Mick asshole!

1375
01:00:11,192 --> 01:00:14,279
Dial up that grin.
Dial it up.

1376
01:00:14,408 --> 01:00:17,192
Dial it up
and get on with your job.

1377
01:00:17,322 --> 01:00:19,496
And not one more word.

1378
01:00:19,626 --> 01:00:23,757
[ Woman singing scales ]

1379
01:00:23,887 --> 01:00:25,452
♪

1380
01:00:25,583 --> 01:00:27,408
It's all smoke and mirrors,
Gus. Trust me.

1381
01:00:27,539 --> 01:00:30,192
Leo should have cut the whole
show right after Christou died.

1382
01:00:30,322 --> 01:00:31,452
Bombed, you mean?

1383
01:00:31,583 --> 01:00:33,887
No. Didn't you hear?

1384
01:00:34,018 --> 01:00:35,452
He's dead.

1385
01:00:35,583 --> 01:00:38,713
Puked his guts out
on the way to Sinai.

1386
01:00:38,844 --> 01:00:40,583
Two minutes, everyone.

1387
01:00:40,713 --> 01:00:42,713
We're on the homestretch.
Let's keep it going.

1388
01:00:42,844 --> 01:00:45,408
- [ Grunts ]
- Thank you, Jack.

1389
01:00:45,539 --> 01:00:47,192
Yeah. Come here.

1390
01:00:49,018 --> 01:00:50,713
And what are we
doing now, Jack?

1391
01:00:50,844 --> 01:00:53,670
Um, now it's nearly time
to say good night, darling.

1392
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:55,018
- [ Sighs ] Oh.
- Jack.

1393
01:00:55,148 --> 01:00:57,974
Sammy.
Checks on June and Lilly.

1394
01:00:58,670 --> 01:01:02,539
Okay, so three of the crew
have just walked off,

1395
01:01:02,670 --> 01:01:04,322
the Communications Commission

1396
01:01:04,452 --> 01:01:09,148
have called an emergency meeting
at 7:00 a.m., and...

1397
01:01:09,279 --> 01:01:10,974
- Bedford.
- Mm-hmm.

1398
01:01:11,105 --> 01:01:12,626
What did he say?

1399
01:01:12,757 --> 01:01:14,061
Just that he thinks
it's the biggest TV event

1400
01:01:14,192 --> 01:01:15,496
since the moon landing.

1401
01:01:15,626 --> 01:01:18,452
Who was I to disagree?
- We're back!

1402
01:01:18,583 --> 01:01:20,800
Baby! Back! We're back
from the fucking dead!

1403
01:01:20,931 --> 01:01:24,496
We're talking about 35,
maybe even 40 share.

1404
01:01:24,626 --> 01:01:26,539
"The night Jack Delroy
interviewed

1405
01:01:26,670 --> 01:01:28,408
that cock-fucking devil"!
- Well, it might not

1406
01:01:28,539 --> 01:01:30,018
be the headline <i>The Times,</i>
run with, or <i>The Post,</i>

1407
01:01:30,148 --> 01:01:31,931
for that matter,
but something in that vein.

1408
01:01:32,061 --> 01:01:34,018
Oh, and Bedford also took
quite a liking

1409
01:01:34,148 --> 01:01:36,018
to-- to June, too.

1410
01:01:36,148 --> 01:01:39,105
Asked when she'd be back.
- I'll do what I can.

1411
01:01:39,235 --> 01:01:40,670
I guess I don't have to
kiss Cavendish's ass.

1412
01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:42,800
Cavendish?
Screw Cavendish.

1413
01:01:42,931 --> 01:01:45,931
After tonight, every fucking
<i>Fortune</i> 500 will be lining up

1414
01:01:46,061 --> 01:01:49,583
to be a part of the resurrection
of Jack Delroy.

1415
01:01:49,713 --> 01:01:52,018
If anyone's gonna be
kissing ass, it's them.

1416
01:01:54,105 --> 01:01:55,974
What's the matter?

1417
01:01:56,105 --> 01:01:58,278
Just [Sighs]

1418
01:01:58,408 --> 01:02:00,321
That girl's voice...

1419
01:02:00,452 --> 01:02:02,539
I know. How did she do that?

1420
01:02:02,670 --> 01:02:04,583
Yeah, but at the end, I mean,
she sounded just like Minnie.

1421
01:02:04,713 --> 01:02:06,105
You heard that.
- No, no, no, no.

1422
01:02:06,235 --> 01:02:08,496
Don't-- Don't you go
all screwy on me, Jack.

1423
01:02:08,626 --> 01:02:10,800
I've already got Gus back there
prepping for an exorcism.

1424
01:02:10,931 --> 01:02:14,018
I just got spooked.
That's all.

1425
01:02:14,148 --> 01:02:15,452
Let me tell you something.

1426
01:02:15,583 --> 01:02:17,931
If Minnie were here,
she'd be saying,

1427
01:02:18,061 --> 01:02:19,670
"You get out there,
Mr. Midnight,

1428
01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:22,105
and you knock 'em dead."

1429
01:02:22,235 --> 01:02:23,800
Positions, people.
10 seconds.

1430
01:02:23,931 --> 01:02:25,626
We'll drop the costume parade
to give Carmichael

1431
01:02:25,757 --> 01:02:27,365
a few more minutes
on his soapbox,

1432
01:02:27,496 --> 01:02:29,452
and then we'll wrap it up,
throw it to Cleo.

1433
01:02:29,583 --> 01:02:30,931
10 seconds, people.

1434
01:02:31,061 --> 01:02:32,192
- Jack.
- Can we have Cleo standing by?

1435
01:02:32,321 --> 01:02:33,626
Dagger.
[ Bell rings ]

1436
01:02:33,757 --> 01:02:35,844
And in five...

1437
01:02:35,974 --> 01:02:37,234
four...

1438
01:02:40,061 --> 01:02:43,105
[ Up-tempo music plays,
cheers and applause ]

1439
01:02:43,234 --> 01:02:49,844
♪

1440
01:02:49,974 --> 01:02:51,148
[ Music ends ]

1441
01:02:51,278 --> 01:02:52,539
Welcome back.

1442
01:02:52,670 --> 01:02:54,365
Ladies and gentlemen,

1443
01:02:54,496 --> 01:02:57,887
before we continue,
I'd like to apologize to anyone

1444
01:02:58,018 --> 01:03:00,061
who may have been upset
or offended

1445
01:03:00,192 --> 01:03:02,408
by what you saw
before the break.

1446
01:03:02,539 --> 01:03:05,365
It's not every day that you see
a demonic possession

1447
01:03:05,496 --> 01:03:07,234
on live television.

1448
01:03:10,278 --> 01:03:11,670
Lilly...

1449
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:15,148
can you assure everyone
that you're okay?

1450
01:03:15,278 --> 01:03:18,061
Yes. I'm fine, Jack.

1451
01:03:18,191 --> 01:03:19,539
And do you have
any recollection

1452
01:03:19,670 --> 01:03:22,278
of what just happened?

1453
01:03:22,408 --> 01:03:24,496
It's hard to explain.

1454
01:03:24,626 --> 01:03:28,539
It's like I'm asleep,
but I'm awake at the same time.

1455
01:03:28,670 --> 01:03:32,800
I just try to focus
on June's voice.

1456
01:03:32,931 --> 01:03:35,887
I'm sorry if Mr. Wriggles
said anything rude.

1457
01:03:36,018 --> 01:03:37,539
Alright, enough with
all this subterfuge.

1458
01:03:37,670 --> 01:03:39,626
May I, Jack?
- Yeah. Oh, please.

1459
01:03:39,757 --> 01:03:42,321
Because, you know, I'm dying
to hear you explain away

1460
01:03:42,452 --> 01:03:45,061
what we all just witnessed here.
Let's hear it.

1461
01:03:45,191 --> 01:03:46,931
Let me preface this by saying

1462
01:03:47,061 --> 01:03:48,931
that my chief concern
is the welfare,

1463
01:03:49,061 --> 01:03:50,626
indeed the sanity,
of this young girl.

1464
01:03:50,757 --> 01:03:52,931
- How dare you?
- I beg your pardon?

1465
01:03:53,061 --> 01:03:54,018
[ Scoffs ]

1466
01:03:54,148 --> 01:03:56,018
[ Audience murmuring ]

1467
01:03:56,148 --> 01:03:58,191
Before I became her guardian,

1468
01:03:58,321 --> 01:04:02,234
Lilly lived in the cruelest
conditions imaginable.

1469
01:04:02,365 --> 01:04:04,713
I studied her, yes.
I treated her.

1470
01:04:04,844 --> 01:04:06,321
But I also gave her two things

1471
01:04:06,452 --> 01:04:08,147
I'm sure you're just
as skeptical of--

1472
01:04:08,278 --> 01:04:10,539
love and compassion.

1473
01:04:10,670 --> 01:04:12,670
Lilly and I are family.

1474
01:04:14,061 --> 01:04:16,539
I can assure you all
there is no demon

1475
01:04:16,670 --> 01:04:18,800
lurking inside this child.

1476
01:04:18,931 --> 01:04:21,844
Clearly, she has been placed
in a hypnotic state,

1477
01:04:21,974 --> 01:04:23,191
then manipulated
by the good doctor

1478
01:04:23,321 --> 01:04:25,365
to perform her bit.
- Hypnosis?

1479
01:04:25,496 --> 01:04:28,974
Then-- Then how do you explain
the physical transformations

1480
01:04:29,105 --> 01:04:31,278
with her skin?
The voice changed.

1481
01:04:31,408 --> 01:04:32,887
There was banging
on the walls of the studio.

1482
01:04:33,018 --> 01:04:35,191
- She levitated, for God's sakes!
- Granted,

1483
01:04:35,321 --> 01:04:36,844
the stagecraft was impeccable.

1484
01:04:36,974 --> 01:04:38,670
[ Audience booing ]

1485
01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:40,670
- Do you know what I think, Car?
- Pray tell.

1486
01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:42,713
I think that you are just
a self-righteous,

1487
01:04:42,844 --> 01:04:44,800
coldhearted curmudgeon
who's trying to weasel

1488
01:04:44,931 --> 01:04:47,061
his way out of parting
with half a million bucks.

1489
01:04:47,191 --> 01:04:48,278
- Yeah!
- Yeah!

1490
01:04:48,408 --> 01:04:51,931
[ Applause ]

1491
01:04:52,061 --> 01:04:53,844
If you'll allow me, Jack,

1492
01:04:53,974 --> 01:04:57,670
I'd like to prove my thesis
beyond a shadow of doubt.

1493
01:04:57,800 --> 01:04:59,844
Be my guest.

1494
01:05:02,931 --> 01:05:05,670
- I'll need a volunteer.
- [ Laughs ]

1495
01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:07,278
- Thank you, Gus.
- Hmm?

1496
01:05:07,408 --> 01:05:08,757
[ Laughter ]

1497
01:05:08,887 --> 01:05:10,496
Yes, if you'll join me
center stage.

1498
01:05:10,626 --> 01:05:13,061
Could I have those chairs
back here, please?

1499
01:05:13,191 --> 01:05:16,191
Do as you're told, Gus.
Gus.

1500
01:05:16,321 --> 01:05:18,191
[ Cheers and applause ]

1501
01:05:22,061 --> 01:05:26,887
Car. You've got five minutes.
Make 'em count.

1502
01:05:27,018 --> 01:05:28,713
Don't worry, Jack.
What I have in store

1503
01:05:28,844 --> 01:05:31,496
should provide a very fitting
climax to your show.

1504
01:05:31,626 --> 01:05:33,278
My wife likes the way

1505
01:05:33,408 --> 01:05:35,496
my head sits on my shoulders,
Mr. Haig.

1506
01:05:35,626 --> 01:05:37,321
I hope you're not
planning to, uh...

1507
01:05:37,452 --> 01:05:39,060
Make it spin?

1508
01:05:39,191 --> 01:05:41,496
Oh, I plan to make
<i>everybody's</i> head spin.

1509
01:05:41,626 --> 01:05:42,626
[ Audience "oohs" ]

1510
01:05:42,757 --> 01:05:44,408
[ Breathes deeply ]

1511
01:05:46,496 --> 01:05:49,583
Could I just have the lights
dimmed, please?

1512
01:05:49,713 --> 01:05:52,104
[ Switch clicks ]

1513
01:05:52,234 --> 01:05:53,844
[ Chuckles ]

1514
01:05:53,974 --> 01:05:57,757
A bit of atmosphere never hurt,
did it, Dr. June?

1515
01:05:57,887 --> 01:06:00,104
You know what we say
in TV land--

1516
01:06:00,234 --> 01:06:03,626
Where there's smoke, there's
probably a smoke machine.

1517
01:06:03,757 --> 01:06:04,757
[ Laughter ]

1518
01:06:04,887 --> 01:06:07,321
My compliments to the producer.

1519
01:06:07,452 --> 01:06:09,713
Okay, Gus.

1520
01:06:09,844 --> 01:06:11,321
[ Breathes deeply ]

1521
01:06:11,452 --> 01:06:13,060
Are we feeling comfortable?

1522
01:06:15,496 --> 01:06:17,408
Sure.

1523
01:06:17,539 --> 01:06:20,539
I hope everyone here
in the studio

1524
01:06:20,670 --> 01:06:24,104
and you at home are
all feeling comfortable, too.

1525
01:06:24,234 --> 01:06:30,147
It's important that everyone
is as relaxed as they can be.

1526
01:06:31,321 --> 01:06:36,713
Now, I have something here

1527
01:06:36,844 --> 01:06:39,191
that I want you all to look at.

1528
01:06:39,321 --> 01:06:42,626
Do you think we might be able
to get a close-up?

1529
01:06:42,757 --> 01:06:44,626
Mm.

1530
01:06:47,147 --> 01:06:48,844
[ Watch ticking ]

1531
01:06:57,234 --> 01:07:02,973
I will now ask you all
to stare into my watch.

1532
01:07:03,104 --> 01:07:04,887
Even you, Jack.

1533
01:07:05,017 --> 01:07:08,973
Got a good shot
on all the studio monitors here.

1534
01:07:09,104 --> 01:07:12,147
I hope our viewers at home
are also paying attention.

1535
01:07:12,278 --> 01:07:16,060
Watch carefully.

1536
01:07:16,191 --> 01:07:18,626
'Round...

1537
01:07:18,757 --> 01:07:21,757
and 'round, it goes.

1538
01:07:26,670 --> 01:07:31,800
Is everyone feeling
nice and relaxed?

1539
01:07:31,931 --> 01:07:37,930
♪

1540
01:07:38,060 --> 01:07:43,278
♪

1541
01:07:43,408 --> 01:07:44,757
[ Button clicks ]

1542
01:07:44,887 --> 01:07:46,539
Good.

1543
01:07:46,670 --> 01:07:49,017
Now, Gus...
- Hmm?

1544
01:07:49,147 --> 01:07:52,496
...tell me all about
this vermiphobia of yours.

1545
01:07:52,626 --> 01:07:54,365
I'm sorry. My what?

1546
01:07:54,496 --> 01:07:58,583
Your morbid fear of worms.

1547
01:07:58,713 --> 01:08:00,365
How do you know about that?

1548
01:08:00,496 --> 01:08:03,104
What is it about them
that so unsettles you?

1549
01:08:03,234 --> 01:08:07,321
Isn't it obvious?
They're such ugly, slimy things.

1550
01:08:07,452 --> 01:08:10,060
No arms, no legs, no eyes.

1551
01:08:10,191 --> 01:08:12,017
Indeed. Quite grotesque.

1552
01:08:12,147 --> 01:08:14,973
And they seem to thrive
wherever it's dark and moist--

1553
01:08:15,104 --> 01:08:18,278
the soil, the mud,
the human body, even.

1554
01:08:18,408 --> 01:08:21,321
Disgusting.

1555
01:08:21,452 --> 01:08:25,147
Do you realize that you are now
deep in a trance?

1556
01:08:25,278 --> 01:08:27,973
No, sir, I do not.

1557
01:08:28,104 --> 01:08:30,844
A very... deep...

1558
01:08:30,973 --> 01:08:34,234
trance.

1559
01:08:34,365 --> 01:08:36,583
Okey-dokey. You're the expert.
[ Chuckles ]

1560
01:08:36,713 --> 01:08:38,583
And when I click my fingers,

1561
01:08:38,713 --> 01:08:43,365
you will be entirely
under my command.

1562
01:08:43,496 --> 01:08:45,757
Look, this is silly.
I don't think it--

1563
01:08:45,886 --> 01:08:47,886
[ Snaps fingers ]

1564
01:08:49,844 --> 01:08:52,583
Gus, can you hear me?

1565
01:08:52,713 --> 01:08:55,017
Yes.

1566
01:08:55,147 --> 01:08:57,930
Do you know where you are?

1567
01:08:58,060 --> 01:08:59,321
Here...

1568
01:08:59,452 --> 01:09:03,234
in the studio with you.

1569
01:09:03,365 --> 01:09:06,973
You don't feel any different?

1570
01:09:09,060 --> 01:09:11,278
No.

1571
01:09:11,408 --> 01:09:13,452
Why should I?

1572
01:09:13,583 --> 01:09:16,539
[ Moaning ]

1573
01:09:16,670 --> 01:09:20,408
What is that? Do you hear that?

1574
01:09:20,539 --> 01:09:25,060
♪

1575
01:09:25,191 --> 01:09:34,060
♪

1576
01:09:34,191 --> 01:09:35,930
Geez, it's...

1577
01:09:36,060 --> 01:09:37,886
It's hot in here.

1578
01:09:38,017 --> 01:09:44,060
♪

1579
01:09:44,191 --> 01:09:46,452
Skin's itchy.

1580
01:09:48,757 --> 01:09:49,886
You alright, Gus?

1581
01:09:50,017 --> 01:09:52,843
Yeah.
Just, uh, so damn itchy.

1582
01:09:52,973 --> 01:09:54,799
[ Chuckles ]

1583
01:09:54,930 --> 01:09:56,104
Your neck.

1584
01:09:56,234 --> 01:09:58,757
It's bleeding.

1585
01:09:58,886 --> 01:10:01,365
I did nick myself shaving
earlier.

1586
01:10:05,278 --> 01:10:06,539
Geez.

1587
01:10:07,973 --> 01:10:09,583
[ Audience screaming ]

1588
01:10:09,713 --> 01:10:10,670
What <i>is</i> that?

1589
01:10:10,799 --> 01:10:12,713
[ Audience "ohhs" ]

1590
01:10:12,843 --> 01:10:14,408
Jesus!

1591
01:10:14,539 --> 01:10:15,539
Now, just stay calm, Gus.

1592
01:10:15,670 --> 01:10:17,799
No. No! I can feel them.

1593
01:10:17,930 --> 01:10:20,191
They're inside me.

1594
01:10:20,321 --> 01:10:21,886
Jesus!

1595
01:10:22,017 --> 01:10:25,496
Aaaahhh!

1596
01:10:25,626 --> 01:10:27,452
Aah!
[ Lilly laughs ]

1597
01:10:27,583 --> 01:10:29,583
♪

1598
01:10:29,713 --> 01:10:31,278
[ Audience gasps, screams ]

1599
01:10:31,408 --> 01:10:33,234
Oh, God!

1600
01:10:33,365 --> 01:10:34,626
[ Snaps fingers ]

1601
01:10:34,756 --> 01:10:35,843
[ Snaps fingers ]

1602
01:10:35,973 --> 01:10:37,799
Help me, Car.

1603
01:10:37,930 --> 01:10:39,017
Oh, God!

1604
01:10:40,843 --> 01:10:41,930
Oh, Jesus Christ!

1605
01:10:42,060 --> 01:10:45,408
[ Lilly laughing ]

1606
01:10:45,539 --> 01:10:47,843
Why is Gus acting so silly?

1607
01:10:47,973 --> 01:10:50,973
[ Audience screaming ]

1608
01:10:51,104 --> 01:10:52,321
[ Choking ]

1609
01:10:52,452 --> 01:10:54,670
This wasn't meant to happen.

1610
01:10:54,799 --> 01:10:57,191
[ Audience screams ]

1611
01:10:57,321 --> 01:10:58,713
[ Worm squeaking ]

1612
01:11:00,365 --> 01:11:02,060
[ Jack gasping ]

1613
01:11:02,191 --> 01:11:03,147
Uhh!

1614
01:11:03,278 --> 01:11:04,973
Dreamer, here!

1615
01:11:05,104 --> 01:11:07,104
Awake!

1616
01:11:10,017 --> 01:11:13,452
How do you feel, Gus?
- Fine.

1617
01:11:13,583 --> 01:11:15,799
Uh, when do we begin?
[ Switch clicks ]

1618
01:11:15,930 --> 01:11:18,496
- Oh!
- Geez! When did that happen?

1619
01:11:18,626 --> 01:11:20,452
[ Laughter ]

1620
01:11:20,583 --> 01:11:22,539
Geez.

1621
01:11:22,670 --> 01:11:28,365
You mean you have no idea?
There were worms all over you.

1622
01:11:28,496 --> 01:11:30,017
Worms?

1623
01:11:30,147 --> 01:11:32,799
Oh, God, I hope not.
I hate worms.

1624
01:11:32,930 --> 01:11:34,626
[ Laughter ]

1625
01:11:34,756 --> 01:11:37,712
Okay, Car.

1626
01:11:37,843 --> 01:11:39,191
What the hell just happened?

1627
01:11:39,321 --> 01:11:42,973
I did the exact
same thing June did,

1628
01:11:43,104 --> 01:11:44,843
just with
a tad more imagination.

1629
01:11:44,973 --> 01:11:48,756
You said I used to be the best.
Perhaps I still am.

1630
01:11:48,886 --> 01:11:51,017
Now would be
the appropriate time to applaud.

1631
01:11:51,147 --> 01:11:52,104
[ Scattered applause ]

1632
01:11:52,234 --> 01:11:54,799
Mm. [ Chuckles ]

1633
01:11:54,930 --> 01:11:59,017
You're saying you
just hypnotized all of us?

1634
01:11:59,147 --> 01:12:01,539
I'm pretty sure I had
most of you here in the studio,

1635
01:12:01,669 --> 01:12:04,539
and no doubt a number
of our viewers at home.

1636
01:12:04,669 --> 01:12:07,886
Fortunately,
you're a suggestible lot.

1637
01:12:08,017 --> 01:12:09,626
What's he talking about, June?

1638
01:12:09,756 --> 01:12:11,843
He played a mean trick on us,
that's all.

1639
01:12:11,973 --> 01:12:14,452
Leo, um, can you get the guys
up in videotape

1640
01:12:14,583 --> 01:12:15,799
to play back that last bit?

1641
01:12:15,930 --> 01:12:17,583
Yep. Lining it up.

1642
01:12:17,712 --> 01:12:21,191
Now, if Carmichael's right--
if-- then...

1643
01:12:21,321 --> 01:12:24,626
oh, boy. We're in store for
some very interesting viewing.

1644
01:12:24,756 --> 01:12:26,278
Bravo. Yes, let's do that.

1645
01:12:26,408 --> 01:12:27,973
Best idea you've had
all night, Jack.

1646
01:12:28,104 --> 01:12:31,626
They're cueing it up now.
Let's start there.

1647
01:12:31,756 --> 01:12:35,234
<i>You don't feel any different?</i>

1648
01:12:35,365 --> 01:12:37,886
<i>No.</i>

1649
01:12:38,017 --> 01:12:39,712
<i>Why should I?</i>

1650
01:12:39,843 --> 01:12:44,234
<i>Because something dreadful
is about to happen.</i>

1651
01:12:44,365 --> 01:12:47,669
<i>It's dawning on you.
Hear that?</i>

1652
01:12:47,799 --> 01:12:51,452
<i>Ghostly sounds,
anguished moaning from beyond.</i>

1653
01:12:51,583 --> 01:12:54,365
That is not the way
I remember it.

1654
01:12:54,496 --> 01:12:57,886
<i>You're hot.
You're itchy.</i>

1655
01:12:58,017 --> 01:13:02,973
<i>Feels like something's
crawling under your skin.</i>

1656
01:13:03,104 --> 01:13:04,583
<i>It's hot in here.</i>

1657
01:13:08,408 --> 01:13:10,756
[ Laughter ]

1658
01:13:13,583 --> 01:13:14,886
<i>Skin's getting itchy.</i>

1659
01:13:15,017 --> 01:13:17,799
<i>Your neck. It's bleeding.</i>

1660
01:13:17,930 --> 01:13:20,147
<i>I did cut myself
shaving earlier.</i>

1661
01:13:20,278 --> 01:13:21,496
<i>- What?!
- What?!</i>

1662
01:13:21,625 --> 01:13:24,365
[ <i>Audience murmuring</i>]

1663
01:13:24,496 --> 01:13:25,625
<i>- What is that?
- Worms.</i>

1664
01:13:25,756 --> 01:13:27,321
<i>Jesus Christ!</i>

1665
01:13:27,452 --> 01:13:29,147
<i>That's right. Worms.
Dozens of them.</i>

1666
01:13:29,278 --> 01:13:31,582
<i>Hundreds of them.
Now, just stay calm, Gus.</i>

1667
01:13:31,712 --> 01:13:34,278
<i>No! They're inside of me.
I can feel 'em!</i>

1668
01:13:34,408 --> 01:13:35,973
<i>Show me.</i>

1669
01:13:36,104 --> 01:13:37,669
<i>- Get 'em out!
- They</i> are <i>coming out.</i>

1670
01:13:37,799 --> 01:13:40,191
Oh, boy.
Okay, let's stop there.

1671
01:13:40,321 --> 01:13:42,756
[ Laughter, scattered applause ]

1672
01:13:42,886 --> 01:13:45,191
I've never been
so embarrassed in my whole life.

1673
01:13:45,321 --> 01:13:46,452
[ Audience "aws" ]

1674
01:13:46,582 --> 01:13:49,060
Is there...

1675
01:13:49,191 --> 01:13:53,278
anyone who did not see the worms
the first time around?

1676
01:13:53,408 --> 01:13:55,060
I didn't see them.

1677
01:13:55,191 --> 01:13:56,452
- One.
- I didn't see them.

1678
01:13:56,582 --> 01:13:58,582
You did? Okay.
So aside from a couple

1679
01:13:58,712 --> 01:14:00,496
of people in the audience,

1680
01:14:00,625 --> 01:14:02,582
uh, it looks like you

1681
01:14:02,712 --> 01:14:05,321
have made fools of us all
once again, Car.

1682
01:14:05,452 --> 01:14:06,886
All in a day's work.

1683
01:14:07,017 --> 01:14:10,060
I did not hypnotize Lilly,

1684
01:14:10,191 --> 01:14:11,669
or the studio audience,

1685
01:14:11,799 --> 01:14:13,538
or the viewers at home.
- Oh, come on, Doctor.

1686
01:14:13,669 --> 01:14:15,712
You've been caught
dead to rights.

1687
01:14:15,843 --> 01:14:17,712
At least America can sleep
a little easier

1688
01:14:17,843 --> 01:14:21,278
knowing the devil's not going to
pop out of their TV screens.

1689
01:14:21,408 --> 01:14:24,756
If Mr. Haig thinks we're
playing a trick on everyone,

1690
01:14:24,886 --> 01:14:26,234
then maybe we should look back

1691
01:14:26,365 --> 01:14:27,712
at that part of the show, too,
Jack.

1692
01:14:27,843 --> 01:14:29,756
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

1693
01:14:29,886 --> 01:14:31,799
Do you mean when
Mr. Wriggles joined us?

1694
01:14:31,930 --> 01:14:34,408
Mm-hmm.

1695
01:14:34,538 --> 01:14:37,017
You don't think
the television cameras lie,

1696
01:14:37,147 --> 01:14:38,408
do you, Mr. Haig?

1697
01:14:38,538 --> 01:14:40,669
- No, of course not.
- Jack, please.

1698
01:14:40,799 --> 01:14:42,669
Lilly has been through enough.
No.

1699
01:14:42,799 --> 01:14:44,582
Okay, folks. I'm sorry.

1700
01:14:44,712 --> 01:14:49,017
Our producers are telling me
that the lovely Miss Cleo James

1701
01:14:49,147 --> 01:14:52,452
is standing by
to take us out.

1702
01:14:52,582 --> 01:14:55,104
And...

1703
01:14:55,234 --> 01:14:57,582
I...

1704
01:14:57,712 --> 01:15:00,886
I just think maybe we should
bring her back at a later date,

1705
01:15:01,017 --> 01:15:04,973
because we can't leave
everybody hanging like this.

1706
01:15:05,104 --> 01:15:06,930
- Yeah!
- Yeah!

1707
01:15:07,060 --> 01:15:09,321
I'm sorry. We can no longer
take any part in any of this.

1708
01:15:09,452 --> 01:15:10,973
Lilly, we're leaving.

1709
01:15:11,104 --> 01:15:12,799
But we want everyone
to know the truth.

1710
01:15:12,930 --> 01:15:15,452
Don't we, June?
- Yeah!

1711
01:15:15,582 --> 01:15:18,234
- Standing by, Jack.
- We're staying.

1712
01:15:18,365 --> 01:15:20,104
Please.
- We could start it.

1713
01:15:20,234 --> 01:15:23,669
Yeah. Right there.
[ Click ]

1714
01:15:23,799 --> 01:15:24,886
It's gonna be okay.

1715
01:15:25,017 --> 01:15:26,799
<i>Speak.</i>

1716
01:15:26,930 --> 01:15:29,538
[ <i>Demonic voice</i>]
<i>You know who I am, Doctor.</i>

1717
01:15:29,669 --> 01:15:31,669
[ <i>Audience gasps, screams</i>]

1718
01:15:31,799 --> 01:15:34,104
<i>- Quiet.</i>
- You say cameras

1719
01:15:34,234 --> 01:15:36,104
don't lie, right, Car?
<i>- Who are these people?</i>

1720
01:15:36,234 --> 01:15:37,625
<i>What is this?</i>

1721
01:15:37,756 --> 01:15:39,669
There must be
some rational explanation.

1722
01:15:39,799 --> 01:15:41,365
My IFSIP team may need
to take these tapes in

1723
01:15:41,495 --> 01:15:44,147
for forensic examination.

1724
01:15:44,278 --> 01:15:46,408
<i>My purpose?</i>

1725
01:15:46,538 --> 01:15:48,756
<i>Good to see you again, Jack.</i>

1726
01:15:48,886 --> 01:15:50,538
<i>Sorry. I don't believe
we've been acquainted.</i>

1727
01:15:50,669 --> 01:15:52,625
<i>- Don't be a fool.</i>
- Did you see that?

1728
01:15:52,756 --> 01:15:55,104
<i>- We go way back.</i>
- I'm sorry. Can you stop it?

1729
01:15:55,234 --> 01:15:56,756
Just go back a few seconds.

1730
01:15:56,886 --> 01:15:58,060
[ Tape rewinding ]

1731
01:15:58,191 --> 01:15:59,625
Stop.

1732
01:15:59,756 --> 01:16:01,625
Okay.

1733
01:16:01,756 --> 01:16:03,669
Go from there, but very slow, please.

1734
01:16:03,799 --> 01:16:06,495
[ <i>Distorted</i>]
<i>Good to see you again, Jack.</i>

1735
01:16:06,625 --> 01:16:08,538
Slower.

1736
01:16:08,669 --> 01:16:10,669
[ <i>Distorted</i>] <i>Sorry.
I don't believe we've been...</i>

1737
01:16:10,799 --> 01:16:11,886
Okay. Freeze it there.

1738
01:16:12,017 --> 01:16:13,799
That's just a glitch, Jack.

1739
01:16:13,930 --> 01:16:16,365
No, it's something else.
Now go one frame at a time.

1740
01:16:18,451 --> 01:16:21,495
No, no. Sl--
Can you slow it down?

1741
01:16:27,407 --> 01:16:28,843
Keep going.

1742
01:16:40,973 --> 01:16:42,104
<i>[ Hisses ]</i>

1743
01:16:42,234 --> 01:16:43,495
Minnie?

1744
01:16:43,625 --> 01:16:45,321
[ Audience gasping ]

1745
01:16:45,451 --> 01:16:47,799
My God!
[ Lilly crying ]

1746
01:16:47,930 --> 01:16:51,060
It <i>is</i> you.

1747
01:16:51,191 --> 01:16:53,843
You set the whole thing up.

1748
01:16:53,973 --> 01:16:56,060
Did you really think
another special appearance

1749
01:16:56,191 --> 01:16:59,191
from Madeleine might actually
save your little gabfest?

1750
01:16:59,321 --> 01:17:00,495
- You're okay.
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

1751
01:17:00,625 --> 01:17:02,365
This-- This makes
perfect sense.

1752
01:17:02,495 --> 01:17:05,799
You-- You conspire
with Christou

1753
01:17:05,930 --> 01:17:08,147
to have him reach
your dead wife,

1754
01:17:08,278 --> 01:17:10,364
throw in a few Grand Guignol
theatrics with these two,

1755
01:17:10,495 --> 01:17:11,756
and then top it all off

1756
01:17:11,886 --> 01:17:13,451
with some clever
videotape manipulation.

1757
01:17:13,582 --> 01:17:15,712
It's genius, Jack.

1758
01:17:15,843 --> 01:17:18,060
Cynical, depraved genius.

1759
01:17:18,191 --> 01:17:19,886
[ Electricity crackling ]

1760
01:17:20,017 --> 01:17:22,886
Ladies,
the encore is quite unnecessary!

1761
01:17:23,017 --> 01:17:24,407
[ Audience murmuring ]

1762
01:17:24,538 --> 01:17:26,017
Um...

1763
01:17:26,147 --> 01:17:27,930
[ Crackling continues ]

1764
01:17:28,060 --> 01:17:31,495
Can we get some help here?

1765
01:17:31,625 --> 01:17:32,843
Now!

1766
01:17:32,973 --> 01:17:34,973
[ Electricity crackling ]

1767
01:17:35,104 --> 01:17:36,495
[ Audience gasping ]

1768
01:17:36,625 --> 01:17:42,147
♪

1769
01:17:42,278 --> 01:17:44,321
[ Crackling continues ]

1770
01:17:44,451 --> 01:17:48,538
♪

1771
01:17:48,669 --> 01:17:51,930
[ Crackling continues ]

1772
01:17:52,060 --> 01:17:53,799
Uh! Aah!

1773
01:17:53,930 --> 01:17:56,278
[ Screams ]

1774
01:17:56,407 --> 01:17:58,407
Cut the show, Leo!
Cut it!

1775
01:17:58,538 --> 01:18:00,017
[ Lilly screams ]

1776
01:18:00,147 --> 01:18:03,147
♪

1777
01:18:03,278 --> 01:18:04,756
[ Audience screaming ]

1778
01:18:04,886 --> 01:18:08,582
♪

1779
01:18:08,712 --> 01:18:12,495
The power of Christ compels you!

1780
01:18:12,625 --> 01:18:14,147
The power of Christ--

1781
01:18:14,278 --> 01:18:15,147
[ Crack ]

1782
01:18:15,278 --> 01:18:16,799
[ Audience screaming ]

1783
01:18:16,930 --> 01:18:17,843
Gus!

1784
01:18:17,973 --> 01:18:19,712
[ Audience screaming ]

1785
01:18:21,278 --> 01:18:23,495
Lilly, to me!

1786
01:18:23,625 --> 01:18:24,973
[ Choking ]

1787
01:18:25,104 --> 01:18:27,843
♪

1788
01:18:27,973 --> 01:18:29,234
Aah!

1789
01:18:29,364 --> 01:18:31,277
♪

1790
01:18:31,407 --> 01:18:34,147
[ Choking ]

1791
01:18:34,277 --> 01:18:36,538
Lord of Flies,
God of Ungodliness,

1792
01:18:36,669 --> 01:18:38,538
I solemnly promise to worship
and obey thee

1793
01:18:38,669 --> 01:18:40,451
and perform thy unholy bidding.

1794
01:18:40,582 --> 01:18:45,320
♪

1795
01:18:45,451 --> 01:18:46,495
Oh, fuck.

1796
01:18:46,625 --> 01:18:47,843
[ Breathing heavily ]

1797
01:18:47,973 --> 01:18:51,756
♪

1798
01:18:51,886 --> 01:18:54,277
[ Demonic voice ]
Abracadabra.

1799
01:18:54,407 --> 01:18:56,712
[ Screaming ]

1800
01:18:56,843 --> 01:19:06,104
♪

1801
01:19:06,234 --> 01:19:07,930
Everybody, get out!

1802
01:19:08,060 --> 01:19:12,147
♪

1803
01:19:12,277 --> 01:19:14,495
Jack! Jack! Come on!

1804
01:19:14,625 --> 01:19:16,233
Come on. Please. Please.

1805
01:19:16,364 --> 01:19:21,886
♪

1806
01:19:22,017 --> 01:19:31,669
♪

1807
01:19:31,799 --> 01:19:33,669
[ Static hissing ]

1808
01:19:36,930 --> 01:19:40,147
[ Feedback whining ]

1809
01:19:40,277 --> 01:19:42,538
[ Mellow music plays ]

1810
01:19:42,669 --> 01:19:49,451
♪

1811
01:19:49,582 --> 01:19:56,364
♪

1812
01:19:56,495 --> 01:19:59,843
But now here's Mr. Midnight...

1813
01:19:59,973 --> 01:20:03,538
Jack Delroy!

1814
01:20:03,669 --> 01:20:07,277
[ Cheers and applause ]

1815
01:20:07,407 --> 01:20:09,799
- Jack! Jack!
- Whoo-hoo-hoo!

1816
01:20:09,930 --> 01:20:11,320
Jack!

1817
01:20:11,451 --> 01:20:13,277
Come on in, Jack.

1818
01:20:13,407 --> 01:20:14,843
[ Cheers and applause
continues ]

1819
01:20:14,973 --> 01:20:15,973
We love you, Jack!

1820
01:20:16,104 --> 01:20:17,538
[ Gus laughs ]

1821
01:20:17,669 --> 01:20:20,017
[ Woman chanting "Jack!" ]

1822
01:20:21,190 --> 01:20:22,582
How did I get here?

1823
01:20:22,712 --> 01:20:24,190
The same way you always
get here, Jack--

1824
01:20:24,320 --> 01:20:27,104
straight down 5th
and right on 47th.

1825
01:20:27,233 --> 01:20:29,451
[ Laughter ]

1826
01:20:29,582 --> 01:20:34,712
♪

1827
01:20:34,843 --> 01:20:37,451
[ Laughter continues ]

1828
01:20:41,146 --> 01:20:43,104
You okay, Jack?
[ Laughs ]

1829
01:20:43,233 --> 01:20:44,582
[ Laughter ]

1830
01:20:44,712 --> 01:20:52,364
♪

1831
01:20:52,495 --> 01:20:54,017
[ Laughter stops ]

1832
01:20:54,146 --> 01:20:55,886
[ Ominous music plays ]

1833
01:20:56,017 --> 01:21:05,364
♪

1834
01:21:05,495 --> 01:21:08,799
I am sick of it, Crog!

1835
01:21:08,930 --> 01:21:12,233
Stuck in the cave all day
cooking your saber-tooth stew

1836
01:21:12,364 --> 01:21:14,364
while you
and your troglodyte buddies

1837
01:21:14,495 --> 01:21:16,625
go out hunting all day long.

1838
01:21:16,756 --> 01:21:17,712
[ Laughter ]

1839
01:21:17,843 --> 01:21:19,104
♪

1840
01:21:19,233 --> 01:21:22,146
[ Applause ]

1841
01:21:22,277 --> 01:21:23,669
What the fuck is going on?

1842
01:21:23,799 --> 01:21:25,495
[ Audience "oohs" ]

1843
01:21:25,625 --> 01:21:28,017
Don't think that's the line
we rehearsed. [ Laughs ]

1844
01:21:28,146 --> 01:21:30,190
Leo!
[ Applause ]

1845
01:21:33,407 --> 01:21:35,582
Oh, where are you going, Jack?

1846
01:21:35,712 --> 01:21:39,190
Jack, we're still on air.
Jack?

1847
01:21:39,320 --> 01:21:41,103
Now, I've brought
something really special

1848
01:21:41,233 --> 01:21:42,495
for you today, Jack.

1849
01:21:42,625 --> 01:21:44,495
Here she is.

1850
01:21:44,625 --> 01:21:47,233
I'll just get her out so you
can have a really good look.

1851
01:21:47,364 --> 01:21:48,799
[ Worm shrieking ]
- [ Gasps ]

1852
01:21:48,930 --> 01:21:50,060
Hello!

1853
01:21:50,190 --> 01:21:51,712
- Jesus.
- Here she is.

1854
01:21:51,843 --> 01:21:53,712
[ Audience "awws" ]
- Relax.

1855
01:21:53,843 --> 01:21:55,364
Jack, she's perfectly harmless.
- No.

1856
01:21:55,495 --> 01:21:57,320
[ Worm hisses, shrieks ]

1857
01:21:57,451 --> 01:22:00,451
Jack and I first met
when I was doing "Oh! Calcutta!"

1858
01:22:00,582 --> 01:22:02,712
at the Eden.

1859
01:22:02,843 --> 01:22:04,190
[ Gasps ]

1860
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:05,625
My, you should have
seen him blush

1861
01:22:05,756 --> 01:22:07,538
when he came backstage
and was confronted

1862
01:22:07,669 --> 01:22:10,669
with all those
glorious naked bodies.

1863
01:22:10,799 --> 01:22:12,495
[ Jack breathing shakily ]

1864
01:22:12,625 --> 01:22:14,930
Remember, darling?

1865
01:22:15,059 --> 01:22:16,756
No.

1866
01:22:16,886 --> 01:22:19,625
Is that another thing
you've managed to forget?

1867
01:22:20,886 --> 01:22:22,103
You're dead.

1868
01:22:22,233 --> 01:22:24,146
[ Inhales deeply ]

1869
01:22:24,277 --> 01:22:26,495
[ Mellow music plays ]

1870
01:22:29,017 --> 01:22:31,669
[ Distorted music plays ]

1871
01:22:31,799 --> 01:22:37,843
♪

1872
01:22:37,973 --> 01:22:39,320
Okay, Penelope.

1873
01:22:39,451 --> 01:22:41,495
Now give the Wheel of Wonder
a big spin.

1874
01:22:41,625 --> 01:22:43,233
Just remember to let go.

1875
01:22:43,364 --> 01:22:47,277
Last week we had a lady
go 'round for hours and hours.

1876
01:22:47,407 --> 01:22:48,973
Spin the wheel!

1877
01:22:49,103 --> 01:22:51,538
[ Up-tempo music plays,
rhythmic clapping ]

1878
01:22:53,843 --> 01:22:55,843
Switch off your televisions.
[ Gus laughs ]

1879
01:22:55,973 --> 01:22:57,582
Turn off your TV sets.

1880
01:22:58,582 --> 01:23:00,930
Stop watching this.

1881
01:23:01,059 --> 01:23:02,277
Turn it off!

1882
01:23:02,407 --> 01:23:03,495
Turn it off!

1883
01:23:03,625 --> 01:23:05,059
Turn it off!

1884
01:23:05,190 --> 01:23:06,103
[ Tempo increases ]

1885
01:23:06,233 --> 01:23:08,973
Stop!

1886
01:23:09,103 --> 01:23:10,146
Please.

1887
01:23:10,277 --> 01:23:12,756
♪

1888
01:23:12,886 --> 01:23:14,016
Aah!

1889
01:23:14,146 --> 01:23:16,669
♪

1890
01:23:16,799 --> 01:23:17,930
Stop it!

1891
01:23:18,059 --> 01:23:19,451
[ Camera shutters clicking ]

1892
01:23:19,582 --> 01:23:20,930
[ Indistinct shouting
in distance ]

1893
01:23:21,059 --> 01:23:22,843
- Welcome to the family, Jack.
- Over here!

1894
01:23:22,973 --> 01:23:25,364
Jack, Jack. Congratulations
on your ratings win.

1895
01:23:25,495 --> 01:23:27,320
What did you have to sacrifice
to get here tonight?

1896
01:23:27,451 --> 01:23:32,669
Oh, Jack Delroy's greatest
sacrifice is yet to come.

1897
01:23:32,799 --> 01:23:36,103
[ Bell ringing ]

1898
01:23:36,233 --> 01:23:44,756
♪

1899
01:23:44,886 --> 01:23:46,103
Hm.

1900
01:23:46,233 --> 01:23:55,190
♪

1901
01:23:55,320 --> 01:24:04,320
♪

1902
01:24:04,451 --> 01:24:07,320
Great show tonight, Jack.

1903
01:24:07,451 --> 01:24:10,233
At least a 40 share.

1904
01:24:10,364 --> 01:24:12,886
Maybe even a 50.

1905
01:24:16,669 --> 01:24:18,190
Come.

1906
01:24:18,320 --> 01:24:26,843
♪

1907
01:24:26,972 --> 01:24:30,669
♪

1908
01:24:30,799 --> 01:24:32,103
[ Whimpers ]

1909
01:24:35,582 --> 01:24:38,146
Now drink up, Jack.

1910
01:24:38,277 --> 01:24:40,495
[ Group shrieking ]

1911
01:24:40,625 --> 01:24:47,799
♪

1912
01:24:47,929 --> 01:24:49,451
[ Gulping ]

1913
01:24:49,582 --> 01:24:50,756
♪

1914
01:24:50,886 --> 01:24:52,886
[ Coughs ]

1915
01:24:53,016 --> 01:24:55,972
[ Breathing heavily ]

1916
01:24:56,103 --> 01:25:03,712
♪

1917
01:25:03,843 --> 01:25:06,190
[ Woman vocalizing ]

1918
01:25:06,320 --> 01:25:08,190
[ Respirator hissing ]

1919
01:25:08,320 --> 01:25:16,712
♪

1920
01:25:16,843 --> 01:25:25,233
♪

1921
01:25:25,364 --> 01:25:27,712
There you are.

1922
01:25:27,843 --> 01:25:32,929
♪

1923
01:25:33,059 --> 01:25:36,799
I was worried they wouldn't
let you see me.

1924
01:25:36,929 --> 01:25:43,233
♪

1925
01:25:43,364 --> 01:25:47,059
They told you
you could have it all.

1926
01:25:47,190 --> 01:25:49,972
Didn't they?

1927
01:25:50,103 --> 01:25:51,756
Be number one?

1928
01:25:51,885 --> 01:25:55,495
Well, you finally made it, darling.

1929
01:25:55,625 --> 01:25:57,842
But you had to pay a price.

1930
01:25:57,972 --> 01:26:01,277
Exit Minnie, stage left.

1931
01:26:04,669 --> 01:26:06,799
I never thought that they'd...

1932
01:26:09,190 --> 01:26:12,277
Your soul belonged to them.

1933
01:26:12,407 --> 01:26:14,320
Still does.

1934
01:26:14,451 --> 01:26:17,712
[ Gasping ]

1935
01:26:17,842 --> 01:26:20,669
It wasn't supposed
to turn out this way.

1936
01:26:20,799 --> 01:26:22,451
You have to believe me.

1937
01:26:24,625 --> 01:26:27,277
You're on your own now, Jack.

1938
01:26:30,929 --> 01:26:32,103
I love you.

1939
01:26:32,233 --> 01:26:34,320
[ Sobs ] I love you, Minnie.

1940
01:26:34,451 --> 01:26:36,885
[ Crying ]

1941
01:26:37,538 --> 01:26:39,495
[ Voice breaking ]
Then, please...

1942
01:26:40,538 --> 01:26:43,538
do this one last thing for me.

1943
01:26:43,669 --> 01:26:49,364
♪

1944
01:26:49,495 --> 01:26:51,712
[ Gasps, groans ]

1945
01:26:51,842 --> 01:26:54,885
The pain. Please.

1946
01:26:55,016 --> 01:26:58,407
Please.
You know what to do.

1947
01:26:58,538 --> 01:27:00,016
Please.

1948
01:27:00,146 --> 01:27:01,669
[ Groans ]
- Oh.

1949
01:27:02,625 --> 01:27:05,842
[ Breathes sharply ]

1950
01:27:05,972 --> 01:27:08,625
Do it. Do it.

1951
01:27:10,103 --> 01:27:12,146
[ Gasps ]

1952
01:27:12,277 --> 01:27:14,972
[ Breathing heavily ]

1953
01:27:15,103 --> 01:27:20,755
♪

1954
01:27:20,885 --> 01:27:22,669
Yes.

1955
01:27:26,755 --> 01:27:28,929
[ Screams ]

1956
01:27:29,059 --> 01:27:32,103
♪

1957
01:27:32,233 --> 01:27:34,407
[ Screams ]

1958
01:27:34,538 --> 01:27:36,016
[ Gasps ]

1959
01:27:36,146 --> 01:27:42,059
♪

1960
01:27:42,190 --> 01:27:48,016
♪

1961
01:27:48,146 --> 01:27:50,059
Dreamer, here. Awake.

1962
01:27:53,625 --> 01:27:55,669
Dreamer, here. Awake.

1963
01:27:55,798 --> 01:27:57,538
Dreamer, here. Awake.

1964
01:27:57,669 --> 01:28:00,364
[ Sirens wailing in distance ]

1965
01:28:00,495 --> 01:28:02,669
Dreamer, here. Awake.

1966
01:28:05,842 --> 01:28:06,451
Dream, here. Awake.

1967
01:28:06,582 --> 01:28:07,407
Dream, here.

1968
01:28:07,538 --> 01:28:09,538
[ Sustained beep ]

1969
01:28:13,972 --> 01:28:16,277
[ Static hissing ]

1970
01:28:19,277 --> 01:28:21,407
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

1971
01:28:21,538 --> 01:28:28,798
♪

1972
01:28:28,929 --> 01:28:33,451
♪ Write another song
for the money ♪

1973
01:28:33,582 --> 01:28:36,233
♪ Something they can sing,
not so funny ♪

1974
01:28:37,929 --> 01:28:44,059
♪ Money in the bank
to keep us warm ♪

1975
01:28:47,103 --> 01:28:51,495
♪ Roll another joint
for the Gipper ♪

1976
01:28:51,625 --> 01:28:55,755
♪ Get the Gipper high,
he gets hipper ♪

1977
01:28:55,885 --> 01:29:02,538
♪ Stick it in his mouth
and keep him warm ♪

1978
01:29:04,885 --> 01:29:09,320
♪ Elect another jerk
to the White House ♪

1979
01:29:09,451 --> 01:29:14,016
♪ Gracie Slick is losing
her dormouse ♪

1980
01:29:14,146 --> 01:29:21,146
♪ Take her off the streets
and keep warm ♪

1981
01:29:22,277 --> 01:29:24,582
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]

1982
01:29:24,711 --> 01:29:32,016
♪

1983
01:29:32,146 --> 01:29:41,798
♪

1984
01:29:41,929 --> 01:29:51,668
♪

1985
01:29:51,798 --> 01:30:01,451
♪

1986
01:30:01,582 --> 01:30:11,233
♪

1987
01:30:11,364 --> 01:30:21,016
♪

1988
01:30:21,146 --> 01:30:30,798
♪

1989
01:30:30,929 --> 01:30:40,668
♪

1990
01:30:40,798 --> 01:30:50,451
♪

1991
01:30:50,581 --> 01:31:00,233
♪

1992
01:31:00,364 --> 01:31:10,059
♪

1993
01:31:10,190 --> 01:31:17,537
♪

1994
01:31:17,668 --> 01:31:19,842
[ Woman vocalizing ]

1995
01:31:19,972 --> 01:31:29,755
♪

1996
01:31:29,885 --> 01:31:38,103
♪

1997
01:31:38,233 --> 01:31:46,494
♪

1998
01:31:46,624 --> 01:31:52,842
♪

1999
01:31:52,972 --> 01:31:59,146
♪

2000
01:31:59,277 --> 01:32:08,929
♪

2001
01:32:09,059 --> 01:32:18,755
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2002
01:32:18,885 --> 01:32:28,668
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