Hanging Up Page #6

I can't believe it.

I can't remember the name of this blond,

bland actress from the '50s...

...who was short and always suffering.

Is that a normal thing?

A little bit of forgetting is nothing.

When you are upset, it's...

Wait, hold on. Excuse me. Sorry.

Herplane tickets didn't arrive.

Well, then, Kim, will you call Fed-Ex!

God!

God!

Where is your husband?

He's in South Dakota,

where they have beautiful sunsets.

You need a prescription.

For what? What do I need

a prescription for?

I'm gonna tell you.

It's very nearby. You're in luck.

Thank you. It was nice to see you.

Man!

Olivia de Havilland. Was it?

No.

Kim Novak?

Okay, so, what?

Georgia thinks that you should

sign a blank check...

...in case we need some money.

She needs dough?

No. She thinks that you should

sign a blank check.

She broke?

No, Dad.

She just thinks that you should

sign this check.

Seems to go against all the rules

of civilized existence.

In case we need to get money out

of your account to hire...

- For who?

- For you.

We don't have to make out

a blank check.

We'll make out a check for whatever

purposes we need a check for.

It makes it much easier for us

if you would sign...

Take this pen. Just take the pen

and sign your name right here.

I'm not gonna sign my name

on a blank check.

Sign the check, please!

Is that Eve Marks?

I am Ogmed Kunundar.

- Who?

- Omar's mother.

Omar says you do not have an arm

or a shoulder for leaning on.

I don't. I don't, no.

I am here.

How are you today?

Patsy?

Not Mom.

You're wearing a wig?

No, Dad. This is not Mom.

It's Ogmed Kunundar.

Then do me a favor.

Piss off, will you?

Get out of here with that

ill-fitting wig!

Piss off, will you?

I'm really... I'm very, very sorry.

I apologize.

You want to go get some coffee

or tea or something? Excuse us.

It's the first rule in business;

Never sign a blank check,

because you'll wind up...

...in the you-know-where.

In the old craperooney.

- How about here?

- That's great. Yeah, sure.

I'm very sorry about my father.

You know what I see?

I see your father.

He is an uproar man,

just like Ayatollah...

...and that is why I leave Persia.

The Ayatollah, he is never happy

unless everyone is upset all the time.

Your father, he has

a bad case of uproar.

But not so bad as the Ayatollah.

Sorry.

He's always been such a nightmare.

You love your father very much.

Oh, I do?

I don't know how I could. How could I

possibly love this nutcase?

Now he's dying, and I'm stuck with him.

I'm stuck with him.

This mess is my father

forever and ever?

He'll never clean up his act.

He'll never get it together.

He's never gonna give me wisdom.

Comfort.

And he wants something from me.

He wants me to call my mother.

And she's gonna refuse to come.

And he knows it.

He knows it. I swear, somewhere

in there, he knows it...

...and it's gonna break

his heart anyway.

And I don't want to do it.

I don't want to do it. I can't.

I just can't.

We must make two toasts.

To your bravery.

To my bravery.

And to your grief.

To my grief.

His machine.

Omar, this is your mother.

I am here with Eve. She has too many

worries. She should not have to pay.

One ovary will pay for three cars,

and that will be the end of it.

You don't have to do that.

That accident was my fault.

Fault is never the point.

You are a very warm person.

What makes me think you got

this warmth from your father?

I don't know what to do.

What do you think I should do?

What should I do?

Would you press "end"?

I never could seem to find the "end."

You know, sometimes it is necessary

to disconnect.

About Mom...

There was an earthquake.

A big one.

In Big Bear.

A nine-point...

...eleven...

...on the Richter scale.

And the house that she lived in...

...wasn't really very strong.

Especially the doorways.

And you know how you're always

supposed to stand in the doorways.

Dead?

I won.

Yes, you did.

Hey, Jesse.

I'm home.

Hi, Mom.

Eve, dear, it's Madge.

Regarding the party tomorrow,

how about having nametags?

There are only about 500 women coming.

I thought ifyou got up early, you'd...

Do you do calligraphy?

There. Good dog!

Do you think we made a mistake,

not having nametags?

Because there's just never a moment

then that you can't remember a name.

It's just that that would be amazing.

I hope that Georgia's plane landed.

I think it should have.

I can't remember which flight

she was on, if it was 845, 854...

...but I wouldn't worry.

Oh, my God, it's Georgia!

It's Georgia!

It's Georgia.

There she is!

Oh, honey!

When did everybody start

kissing air? It's...

Affected. I know. Look at this!

Hot off the press!

Oh, it's so beautiful!

- Madge Turner. I'm head of it all.

- Hello, Madge!

I'm Martin. I'll be your liaison.

I don't want any more lights.

I hope you'll sign the cover!

And we would love for you to write

an article for our newsletter.

Let me just talk to Georgia

just for a second.

Look at you. Aren't you gorgeous?

- Did you get the banner?

- It's behind the podium.

Thank God. You're so brilliant.

How's Daddy?

He could go at any minute.

Don't tug at your face.

I'm not tugging, I'm mushing.

You cannot do that.

You know your face is falling.

And your nose never stops growing.

My nose and my ears.

You always tell me. I know.

No, but I can look short.

I gotta go.

We need to get going, Georgia.

Several VIPs are waiting

for a photo with you.

Thank you so much. That's enough.

No, really. Stop!

Thank you so much.

I'm sort of embarrassed.

Look at this.

What a surprise!

Thank you!

It's so nice to be back

in Los Angeles again.

All right, that's enough.

Thank you. Stop.

Really, you have to stop. Thanks.

All right, anyway...

I'm so excited to be here.

I was on the plane going over my speech,

the speech I always give...

...and of course I talk about

Georgia, my magazine...

...which is about to celebrate

its fifth anniversary.

Can you believe that?

I was going to talk about

the issue of face-lifts;

To do or not to do.

About aging.

About the fact that

it's okay to age...

...but, of course,

I don't believe that.

Anyway, I was sitting

on the plane and...

...I realized I didn't want

to talk about any of that...

...because something

very important is happening.

And that's what I wanna talk about.

My father is in the hospital.

My father...

...is dying.

This has been the hardest

challenge of my life;

To put out the fifth anniversary edition

while my father's life slips away.

Any of you who have lost a parent

knows how wrenching it is...

...to see your mother

or your father's life ebb.

Excuse me.

This is so embarrassing for me.

But as upset as I was...

...I forged on because I knew that...

...that is what my father

would want me to do.

Incredible. We spend our lives

at that hospital.

We?!

- of the daddy that I love.

As we embark on the new millennium

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