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Now maybe l can say something.

Listen, let me ask you guys something.

Why can't l walk out in the street?

No, don't answer me,

l'll tell you why l can't.

Because you owe everybody

in the world money.

Your friend owes everybody

in the world money.

l want to go to Chinatown.

l happen to like Chinese food, right?

l live right next door to Chinatown.

Biggest Chinatown in the world,

but l can't go.

Seven blocks, l can't walk.

l walk out of here, people jump out

of every block to get me when l walk.

So l may have to go to China

to get Chinese food.

So do me that favor. No borrowing

from Chinese people, okay? Good.

l only got one more thing to say.

Now, what are we gonna do tonight?

-Go to Chinatown.

-What, you haven't been listening to me?

l can't walk to Chinatown

because of you two.

l don't even like

what they put in the food.

-Makes you sick.

-You've eaten it before.

Yeah, and l got sick before,

so l don't eat it anymore.

l'll tell you what, let's go uptown.

Come on. l hear they got a new broad

uptown. We'll go and have some fun.

-l don't feel like going uptown.

-What do you mean, you don't?

There's a new broad.

She's supposed to be very nice.

We'll take a ride and go uptown.

-l don't feel like going.

-All right--

Let's go down to the Village,

get a couple drinks.

Go down to the Village

and get a couple drinks?

-What do you think l got?

-l'm paying.

You're paying for it.

l'm not worried about it.

You're a jerk-off.

What do you think l got, a library?

-l got all the booze you want.

-Don't worry about it. l'm paying!

l'll get you a drink.

l gotta go sit in Greenwich Village with

a bunch of fairies? l don't need that.

-Let's go.

-l don't feel like going uptown.

l don't feel good.

l have to go up there?

You don't feel good?

You just wanted a drink.

-Shut up, will you?

-Hey, the kid's right.

When he's right, he's right. You don't

feel good, why you want a drink?

-You want to come uptown?

-l don't feel like going.

You don't wanna, l feel like going.

l think l'm gonna go.

Let's go to the Village, l'll buy.

Why are you buying drinks?

l got all the liquor in the world.

-l'm going uptown. Wanna go?

-l'll be out in the car.

-All right. Yeah.

-You got any money?

No, l ain't got no money.

-Go to the Village. l'll buy your drinks.

-l don't want you to buy.

l'll go for a ride.

l don't wanna go to the Village.

l'm locking up, so that's it.

-l don't feel like going uptown.

-So walk the streets with your money.

-Aren't you cold?

-Thanks.

Little bit, yeah.

-Why don't we sit down over there?

-Okay.

Yeah, you know,

we all like Wayne epics.

Yeah? Who's we?

Well, me and Joey. . .

. . .Sally Gaga.

-Sally what?

-Gaga.

-Who 's she?

-It's a he, not a she.

He's a. . . .

He's a good kid, you know?

He's really okay. He's a little younger

than Joey and l, but. . . .

No, he's all right. Yeah.

l don't think l've seen too many

of John Wayne's pictures.

-Were you born in America?

-Sure.

Aren't you ashamed you haven't

seen a John Wayne picture?

Well, l don't know.

l never thought of it that way.

-Maybe l have.

-Yeah.

lsn't it cold out here?

Would you mind sitting inside?

-No, l wouldn't mind.

-What are we doing out here? Come on.

Come on, this isn't

a regular movie magazine.

l mean, it costs a dollar.

Playboy only costs 75 cents.

You must have something to do

with movies.

-No, l don't.

-How about TV commercials maybe?

-Right?

-No.

l swear to God, you know,

you look familiar.

l saw the magazine.

lt looked interesting, so l bought it.

All right. You were a Girl Scout.

All right, then swear to it

like a Girl Scout.

-l swear.

-Okay.

-You swear what?

-Oh, come on.

Okay, l'll quit it.

What do you do with yourself?

-Well, that depends.

-Oh, no, no. l mean, seriously.

Do you go to school,

do you work or what?

Well, l am, as they say. . .

. . .at the moment,

sort of, in between. . .

. . .at this time,

sort of, in between positions.

-Let us say.

-Well, what did you do?

Well, why didn't you say that?

l was in banking.

-Banking.

-Yeah, you know, a teller.

You know, they say

''Don't kiss a girl in a bank--''

''Because she's a teller. '' Soupy Sales.

Right. 1 963.

All right, so you knew it.

Big deal.

Well, what do you do now?

Why?

Okay.

Sorry. Forget it. Come on.

Okay.

-How many points for that guy?

-1 6 points.

What you mean 1 6 points?

-He's bouncing all over.

-So?

-Why don't you hit him? Go ahead.

-1 6 points.

-l'm gonna hit him. Watch me.

-Real smart.

Yeah, of course l'm real smart.

l'm Smart Joey.

-Smart Joey, turn up the radio, huh?

-Yeah, okay.

-l give up.

-What do you give up?

Somebody's got a gun

in your head?

l don't feel like going.

Let's do something else.

-Anyplace you wanna go.

-We settled that in the club.

-Uptown.

-Do me--

l'm not doing you anything.

-We're going uptown.

-Big man.

-Got a set of wheels?

-l'm a real big man.

-That's what you said.

-l'm a real big man, don't forget.

-Any more toys to play with?

-Don't worry.

This is my car.

The only toy l need.

That's right.

The only toy l need.

-Will you turn up the radio a little louder?

-Okay.

l'd like to see you get a girl

without paying $5.

Don't worry about me

getting girls without paying $5.

None of your business.

-You couldn't get one to talk to you.

-Yeah? Don't worry.

l can get plenty to talk to me.

-You could get.

-Right, l could get.

-That's right.

-All brains.

That's right. l got brains. l'm as smart

as you any day of the week.

-Stupid.

-Yeah, don't call me stupid.

Jerk-off.

-Could we turn it up?

-How much louder?

-Shut up.

-For crying out loud, it's loud enough.

lt's loud enough.

You can hear it in China.

-You're yelling over here.

-Don't worry about my yelling.

-Smarten up sometime, pal.

-Don't talk about me being smart.

Shut your stupid mouth.

l know what's bothering you.

lt's that girl.

-Shut up.

-Don't tell me!

-Shut up!

-You don't tell me to!

Get out! You get out! You don't tell me

to shut up in my car. Now, get out!

-Let me sit up front, Joey.

-Get up front.

Come on.

You always like bad guys, huh?

Lee Marvin.

Now, there's a real bad guy.

You see, he doesn't just play

a tough guy, he has to go all the way.

He dresses in black,

you know. He snarls.

He breaks things.

He kicks people. He bites.

-Right. He can't-- Better be careful.

-l'll be all right.

He was in this movie, Liberty Valance.

You ever see that one?

-No.

-Liberty Valance. Lee Marvin. Anyway.

He comes into a room in the picture.

He can't just walk into a room.

He walks in. He snarls.

He kicks over a few chairs and tables.

He breaks a few things.

And then he sits down.

l mean, that's really a bad guy.

You mean, he just

does that on his own.

-Better be careful.

-Oh, l'll be all right.

Let's walk. l feel uncomfortable

with you sitting here.

You know, Marvin just can't

do anything normal. He's gotta. . . .

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