The Bronx Bull Page #6

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Besides, you're turning into an a**hole.

Yeah, I'm an a**hole.

On my honor,

nothing happened between us.

Go ahead, take your best shot.

You mean it?

Yeah.

You are right, Jake.

I owe you one.

Yeah, good luck with

the Howard Hughes balls thing.

Yeah, right.

Jane, rehearsal!

[POP MUSIC PLAYING]

[APPLAUSE]

Buonasera, buonasera!

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Now, tonight is a very

special night for me,

because we have as a guest,

on the Vito Lazio Show,

the Bronx Bull himself,

Jake LaMotta!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[LAUGHTER]

Hey, it's good to see you.

Yeah, it's good to see you too.

So, Jake, thank you

for coming to my show.

Ah, it's really nice to be on your show.

So, Jake, I want to ask you,

how many times you have been married?

Five times so far.

Five times.

What happened to your first wife?

She died from eating poisoned mushrooms.

That's so...

And your second wife, what...?

She also died from eating

poisoned mushrooms.

And your third wife, Jake?

Dead too.

What happened to her?

Cracked skull.

She wouldn't eat the mushrooms.

[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]

Ah, Jake.

He's funny and tough.

Good combination.

Jake, we could not bring

your five wives tonight, champ.

Thank God. You don't want all

those hens in one room, buddy.

However, we have a very...

special surprise guest.

Someone that you have known

a very long time,

yet you have not seen for over 20 years.

Tonight, Jake, we have with us...

your father.

Mr. Giuseppe LaMotta!

[APPLAUSE]

Ladies and gentlemen, please!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I love you, Papa.

Love you, Papa.

I'm sorry.

[CRYING]

You forgive me?

[WHISPERS]

Yeah, Papa.

[SPEAKS IN ITALIAN]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Hang on!

[KNOCKING CONTINUES]

Hey, Pops, we made it.

Lisa, your daughter?

- Lisa?

- Yeah.

What a surprise! Look at you.

[LAUGHS]

All grown up. Come in.

[MAN SIGHS]

I'm Paco.

Lisa's my old lady.

Yeah, well, I'm Jake.

Lisa's my daughter.

[PACO LAUGHS]

Uh, yeah. I knew that.

Really?

What else you know?

I know I'm thirsty as hell,

Pops. You got any beer?

What do you think this is,

the Plaza, punk?

Cut him some slack.

We've been riding for 16 hours.

PACO:

Yeah, relax, man.

Mwah!

We've been together almost a year now.

Sh*t, I kinda expected

a better layout than this.

Where's your...

where's the bedroom?

Stop.

[PACO LAUGHS]

You pick that bag up, punk,

and you get the f*** outta my apartment.

Whoa... easy on the language

around the girl, huh?

What'd you say?

I'm kinda hard of hearing.

Hey. Hey, Pops.

Pops, if he goes, then I go.

He's my old man.

Yeah. But right now,

I'm your old man,

and you ain't going anywhere.

Hey!

See this?

Follow it out the door or I'll

break your f***ing head open.

Paco.

Paco, let me talk to him.

Okay? Go wait outside.

- All right.

- Go.

I'll be outside with the bike.

Go.

Don't take too long.

Hey, look at me.

All right?

Everything's gonna be all right,

sweetie.

Jesus, look at you.

You're so beautiful.

Huh?

And one day,

you're gonna find the right guy.

The right guy for you.

You know?

Not some two-bit biker scum

like Paco.

You know, a real classy guy.

You make yourself at home.

I got some clean towels over there.

I'm gonna go out

and I'm gonna go shopping,

and I'm gonna pick us up some groceries,

and I'm gonna make you

the best breakfast

you ever had in your life, all right?

Everything's gonna be good,

you'll see. All right?

Make yourself at home.

[LISA SHOUTING AND CURSING]

LISA:
Get away!

JAKE:

What the f*** is going on here?

Calm down.

She's f***ing crazy, man.

She was gonna f***ing kill me!

- What'd you give her?

- Nothing bad, man.

Tell me right now

what you f***ing gave her.

Look, let me just handle it, Pops...

What the f*** did you give her?

Look, man, we f***ing smoked

angel dust, all right?

She's f***ing crazy!

It's never happened...

Ah! Ah!

Listen to me.

You ever come near her again,

you're gonna be a blind cripple

the rest of your life.

You hear me?

Stay the hell away!

Baby, it's me, Dad.

Everything's gonna be okay, honey.

Stay away!

It's okay.

It's me, Papa.

All right?

Just gimme the knife, honey.

No. Don't...

don't try and hurt me.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

I'm your father.

[SOBBING]

I'm so, so scared.

I just want my...

I just want my mom.

It's all right.

It's all right, honey.

Daddy's here.

[SOFT PIANO MUSIC]

[SNIFFLING]

Can you cook?

No. Not at all.

You definitely take after

your mother on that one.

You know, Pop, you ain't so bad.

JFK.

Please take care of her, Ray.

I will.

[CAR DOOR OPENS

AND CLOSES]

I'm gonna miss you, Dad.

I'm gonna miss you too, baby.

Will you at least come

visit me and Mom in Florida?

You know, I don't really

think that's such a good idea.

Listen, I want you to know

something, all right?

When you were a little girl,

I never wanted you to go away.

I never wanted to be without you.

I'm just so happy having you

back in my life, honey.

[SIGHS]

Come on, get out of here before

the April showers come, huh?

[CAR STARTS]

Hey, lady.

How'd you get to be so beautiful?

Thank you so much.

Not you, her.

[LAUGHS]

I mean, no offense or nothing.

I'm sure you were a real dish

in your day.

But I wanna get to know this young lady.

[LAUGHS]

I'm Jake LaMotta.

You wanna get a drink sometime?

My mother's late husband

did pretty well on Wall Street.

I've just been living with her

since my divorce.

Divorce?

That means you were married.

That's good.

Why is that good?

Been married a few times myself.

Four, to be exact.

[LAUGHS]

Oh, my God.

Sorry.

I don't think God had much

to do with it, but...

at least I'm not a quitter, right?

Hello, champ.

Hey, how's it going, fellas?

I can't believe it's really you!

[LAUGHS]

I just wanted to let you know

that you are my all-time

favorite fighter.

Didn't mean to bother you,

but if I hadn't said anything,

I would always have been kicking myself.

Don't go kicking yourself, pal.

Thanks for saying that.

Enjoy your trip back to Jersey, fellas.

MAN:
Thanks.

That was phenomenal.

They were like little children

seeing Santa Claus.

[LAUGHS]

I wouldn't go that far.

I mean, but it's nice to know

I have a future.

Grow a nice big, fat belly,

a white beard.

You think I got a future as Santy?

Yeah, definitely.

[LAUGHS]

You wanna sit on Santy's lap?

[LAUGHING]

Oh, my gosh!

It's you.

You look like you're about to

walk into a den of lions. Hmm?

It's all right, come on.

So this is where you live?

No, not really.

I live in New York.

- This is where I sleep.

- Oh.

Look, I know it's a little messy,

but I've been a little bit busy

and I had to fire my housekeeper.

[LAUGHS]

You want a drink?

Oh, I... I don't know.

I know you're drinking.

Come on, let me pour us

a couple, all right?

[LIQUID POURING]

Hey, I got an idea.

What do you say we order some Chinese?

I'll get out my scrapbooks,

all my fights,

and we'll check them out.

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