Lenny Page #9

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She's my wife, man. And I gave her away.

Where are you going?

Wait a minute.

Hey, where are you people going?

Oh, come on, man, I haven't

even said "cocksucker" yet.

Let 'em go, man. Let 'em go.

I can't work this shithouse.

My stomach is killing me.

I know what I want to do.

I know what I want to do.

This is for you guys over there.

I read in the Chicago paper...

I read in the Chicago paper.

There's an article here

about these transvestites

who are posing as policemen.

Police officers who are

dressing up like pretty ladies.

Here is Officer Dolan. Stan, as the

guys call him down at the baths.

"Officer Stanley Dolan said that

the hardest part of police work

was learning how

to walk in high heels, man. "

And I think that's a gas, man.

You guys are so naive, man.

I defend you all the time,

but you're so naive.

You think the guy's gonna

grab you and you're gonna say

"OK, now, stop that. You can't touch

me. I'm not a beautiful woman. "

"I'm a police officer

and you're under arrest. "

But you don't... guys don't know

who you're dealing with, man!

They don't care.

They'll just grab ya and they'll say

"I don't care if you are a cop,

you got a cute ass,

and I'm gonna schtup you anyway, man. "

It's not nice, man.

Hey! It's not nice to incite!

It's not nice to entrap!

It's not nice to exploit those people, man.

They're sick people.

You wanna know what I'm talking about?

I'm talking about Vietnam!

It's like...

Catholicism is like

one big franchise, man.

It's like... it's like Howard Johnson's.

And Kennedy, man.

He... No, no, man, no. He can't...

Man, I can't put together

what I'm trying to say,

and the thing that I'm trying to tell you

is it's harassment, man!

It's repression!

It's club owners being called up

in the middle of the night,

and being told not to hire me

or they're gonna lose their liquor licence!

It's Vietnam! It's atrocities here and there!

I'm sorry.

I'm not funny.

I'm not a comedian.

Listen to the ovation.

- Get that door.

- Get out of the way!

- Let's go, lady!

- Please, don't hurt him.

Take it easy.

This is America. You can't come

in my shithouse without a warrant.

I love you.

I was arrested 13 times in the next year.

Um, I flipped out mentally.

I kept schlepping him

in and out of hospitals.

We were getting cancellations, bad press.

I wound up in a hospital...

in the psychiatric division...

in a padded cell.

Then he got picked up

for possession of narcotics.

Now he's got to fight that

in the courts, too, right?

Then his health started to go bad.

- Rita?

- Yes, sir.

Would you change my barber

appointment to 3.15 tomorrow?

He had pleurisy. One lung

had to be peeled three times.

And finally it collapsed.

There were days that would go by

when I didn't even know where I'd been.

He was going broke fast, what

with the lawyer bills and the doctor bills.

The dope, and the pressure

with Honey and...

Just... I mean, poor guy, you know.

He had an incision that went from

his chest right through to his back.

I'm sorry. Where were we?

This obscenity circus has been

going on for about four years!

It's a three-ring circus

starring the district attorney,

the Lower Court

and the Supreme Court.

I'm a schmuck who fell off a high wire

in the middle of it. It's killing me.

Can you turn the sound up, please?

The people can't hear me.

Thanks. OK, now, where was I?

Chicago bust:
guilty.

That case is

now being appealed in lllinois,

citing the Daylight Book Company versus

Summerville, US268- no, wait a minute.

US 652. That's not...

Where are you going?

These are the jokes!

- You want a bit?

- Do "Tits and Ass".

No, I don't wanna do "Tits and Ass"!

I can't do...

You want to know

where it's really at with tits?

You see that chick? She has beautiful tits.

We couldn't take a picture

for the newspaper

because that's obscene, that's offensive.

I'll tell you what's offensive to me.

The pictures in the newspapers are

of tits that have been shot up, maimed...

- Turn the house lights on.

- .. burned. It's really weird.

- Come on. What's happening?

- This man's under arrest.

What, again? Oh, what the f***

is going on here, man?

What is it, getting chic to arrest me?

- He used the words... "f*** you".

- Objection, Your Honour!

Come on! That's out of context,

and you know it.

Overruled. Counsel will control

their client. You may continue.

All right, what else do you recall?

I mean, did he make a gesture...

- Objection!

- Leading the witness!

I'm sorry, Your Honour.

I'll rephrase the question for Mr Bruce.

All right, Sergeant.

What else do you recall happening?

You could refer to your notebook.

- He made a gesture.

- Hey, man, you got it in.

- What sort of gesture?

- He used the microphone.

Would you mind demonstrating it

for the court, please?

I never meant that to mean "jack off".

It's pathetic!

He's doing my act for the court!

- Mr Bruce!

- How can you make a fair judgment?

What he is doing is obscene!

No, man, I want to tell them!

- I should be doing my act!

- Mr Bruce!

I can do me better than he does me!

I've been at it longer than anybody!

If I could just talk to him eye to eye.

He's not a bad guy.

I can make him understand me.

He's a human being.

He doesn't want to hear

one more word from you.

He'll cite you for contempt.

You guys are not representing me

the way I have asked.

We're doing the best we can, Lenny.

Did you talk to him about me

doing my act for the court?

- No.

- Why?

He has all the tapes,

you've had several witnesses,

and you're not in

a proper emotional state...

I'm fine, man. I just know if I don't do

my act for the court, I'm gonna lose!

Come on, man. You know it,

he knows it. I know it.

Will you give us a coupla minutes alone?

No, if it's about me,

I wanna hear it, man. I'm not a baby.

OK, have it your way.

You don't have to whisper.

When it goes to the appellate court,

I don't want you in the record.

We'll have to eat a guilty verdict.

You are wild!

You eat the verdicts, I do the time!

- It is really bizarre!

- These lower courts are meaningless.

- They don't mean a thing.

- It'll be like Chicago.

We'll appeal to the state,

you'll get relief there.

That took two years

and every nickel I had!

I had to borrow 10 bucks just to get here!

I'm like a n*gger

looking to use the toilet!

By the time I get relief, it'll be too late.

I don't wanna go to jail!

And I'll tell you something else!

Either put me on the stand,

you let me do my act for that court,

or I'm gonna sue your asses,

and go in there and represent myself,

and that's it! No more bullshit!

If it please the court...

I wish to defend myself.

Your Honour, I can no longer

relate to my counsel.

Mr Bruce, my suggestion is

that you now make a request

for a continuance,

for the purpose of retaining new counsel.

If you do, then I will so grant that request.

I just want a chance to talk to the court,

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