Morning Glory Page #6

"I guess you don't really want

to see my CD collection

- or talk about Kerouac."

- You're nuts.

OK, look.

Let's start over.

Let's go out to dinner

like... regular people.

Just take it slowly,

just see where it leads.

- How does that sound?

- That sounds perfect.

Oh, God, I should go home.

It's eight! It's eight already.

- I know.

- It's Mike's first day tomorrow.

- You should definitely go.

- What's the big whoop?

I mean, you know, he's done this

like a million times before.

- Yeah.

- And he knows exactly what he's doing.

- Yeah.

- So...

It's fine.

He didn't open a bottle of

How do you know that?

What?

When I was working with him,

if there was something that

he didn't want to do, the Oscars,

the Olympics, something that people

might actually get a tiny twinge

of pleasure from, the night before,

he would go on a bender.

Call in sick for work the next day.

No. No, no. This is ridiculous.

I'm not...

I'm not going out there

and chasing him around.

If he wants to screw this up,

that is his problem.

- Start at Elaine's.

- Oh, God, thank you. Thank you.

I'm sorry.

We'll do it again sometime.

Thanks.

- Pomeroy?

- Yeah.

He was here.

He left about an hour ago.

Oh, no. The little woman.

- Incoming.

- Jesus Christ, Pomeroy,

they're getting younger and younger.

Mike... I need to talk to you.

Why? Is the baby mine?

I will have you know that this show

is very important to a lot of people,

including but not limited to me.

My ass is on the line here.

Actually, your ass is irrelevant.

You're just a footnote. It's my ass,

my reputation, my integrity, mine!

"Mine!" You're such an egotistical,

selfish person!

I'm on-air talent!

Get in.

Hey!

OK, I'm home. You can leave.

Oh, no. No.

Wow.

Oh, my God.

- Is that a real...

- Good night

Of course.

Here we are

Just about the same

You're alone tonight?

Makes sense.

Let me guess.

You meet a guy.

You have about three dates.

Spend the whole time talking

about your job.

He loses your phone number.

Aside from your obvious father issues,

what'd he do?

Leave you? Die?

You've got this... repellent moxie.

Look at all the stories

you could be doing here.

About art and hunting and fishing.

I mean, you have grandchildren.

I didn't even know you had kids.

Look, we could be

doing parenting segments.

You should invite them down

to the show.

The ungrateful little bastards.

I don't think so.

Well, the little tour's over.

Time to go back to your sad little life.

I'm not going anywhere

until we are on the air.

Well, please don't snore.

I'm a light sleeper.

I'm not going to be sleeping.

Just about the same

Foggy little fella

Drowsy little dame

Two sleepy people

by dawn's early light

And too much in love

to say good night

Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Let's go, girl.

- What are you doing?

- Have you ever seen a real egg?

These are from

pastured hens in Maryland.

- We have to go.

- I have them delivered once a week.

We have to go.

Now, the beauty of a frittata

is that it can be made

with any ingredient.

Anything that's in your refrigerator.

- Good. Get dressed.

- What? You want me to starve?

I've got to be in tip-top shape.

I'm going to appear on national

television in front of...

- What, six or eight people?

- Mike, come on.

Coffee?

What few people know

is that the frittata

was meant to be eaten

at room temperature.

- It was invented in Italy...

- Come on.

...for the afternoon repast.

- Look, guess what?

I don't really care

about your epicurean breakfast, OK?

I just need you to walk faster,

because we are going to be late.

Hey. Hello, there.

- Where the hell have you been?

- It's a long story.

She spent the night at my place.

Come on, everyone.

I slept on the couch.

Until I woke her up with my...

African rain stick.

All right. OK. It's Mike's first show,

so it's a really big day for us.

- Fire me today.

- Yeah, so let's go...

through the lineup from the top.

One more time.

We start with eight, full track.

We'll be cutting to nine with announce.

Nine will reveal the jib.

Jib, start a little wider.

OK. What are they promo-ing

on the Today show today?

- What aren't they promo-ing?

- What?

Crap. No.

Vieira scored that interview

with the drunk-driving

Playboy Playmate? What's on G.M. A?

- Well, she's doin' Clooney. Yeah.

- B*tch.

Try not to bore the nation into a coma

with your dull news crap, OK?

Yes, certainly.

Oh, and... suck it.

Well, they look great together,

so that's promising.

Oh, heavenly ghost

of Edward R. Murrow.

OK, the Jewish guy is crossing himself,

so we're confident.

Thirty seconds to air.

Everybody ready?

They know about the cake?

Everybody does? Stage manager's

got that covered? Good.

- Cake is good to go. D-Day.

- I want the double matte through

both names, both names.

Great. OK, stand by...

Stand by, ticker.

Stand by, Deko, that's great.

- You ready for this?

- I'm ready. Are you ready?

Stand by, announce.

Ready to roll nine.

Here we go and roll nine.

Take nine.

- We're good so far.

- Stand by to go on four.

- And... here we go.

...on Daybreak.

- And go on four.

- Seven.

- Reveals four.

- There they are.

- Five.

- Four, three...

...and Mike Pomeroy.

- Go dissolve to Mike and cue them.

Good morning, everyone.

Before we begin, today is

a historic moment here on Daybreak.

Today's the day that Mike Pomeroy

joins our little show.

We are so lucky to have a journalist

of your caliber here with us, Mike.

We're just... what can we say except,

welcome, welcome.

Yes.

- He said yes.

- That's it?

- Yes? He said yes.

- Yes. You got to be kidding me.

- That's great.

- That's all it is.

- Bring on the cake.

- We have a little surprise for you.

- Push in the cake.

- Happy First Day to you

- Happy First Day to you

- Ready three on Jane.

- Happy First...

- Thank you.

- Now on to today's top stories.

- Go, take it.

In Texas today, severe weather

continues to plague the Gulf Coast.

He's not buyin' it. Wow.

OK, all right, very good.

So far, he's a cozy blanket.

I need 22. Great.

...sexual offender is a Caucasian male

in his late thirties,

approximately six feet tall.

He apparently works alone,

gaining access to homes through

unlocked windows and doors.

- Stand by to change.

- Local police in Milwaukee

are asking anyone who recognizes this

sketch to contact them immediately.

- Change your graphic. And change it.

- In other news,

former President Jimmy Carter

continued his campaign

- for human rights in Beijing this week.

- Hey!

- What?

- Guys, the...

- The graphic.

- Are you?

- Change the graphic!

- See, the thing on the...

...on the graphic.

- Lose the graphic!

- Guys!

- Lose it!

like the type on the...

- Please.

- China has been accused

- by detractors of backsliding...

- You just...

Yep, yep. Yep, yep, yep.

Stand by to change. Deko in.

We're going to weather.

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