Up Close and Personal 4 Page #7

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- When we're not together...

...everything shuts down.

As Councilman, you were influential

in securing the permits and waivers...

that allowed Patriot Hill

to begin construction.

Yes, I cut through some of the

red tape for the developers.

When Patriot Hill was still

called Dog Bottom...

these same developers bought up the

neighborhood for dog bottom prices.

- They also are in business.

- Big business, from what I understand.

Evacuations continue at the Holly

Ball, the scene of a suspicious fire.

- Tally, what's the latest?

- Whether the chandelier went down...

before or after 9-1-1 got

called nobody is saying.

But this has to be one of the

most incendiary affairs of...

what social register types here

call "The Season."

The Holly Ball is one of our prettiest

and most traditional events.

How do you suppose such

a thing happened?

A kid with too much time and

nothing to do with it.

Bored silly. And dressed to kill.

- Is that your opinion, Tally?

- No, that is observable fact.

- Thank you, Tally.

- Bucky.

Right, she is looking good.

Id like to sit down with you

sometime this week.

So, the ratings are up.

The research says it's Tally.

I owe you one. I hadn't factored

she was gonna need her hand held.

You make your living off of

people that need their hands held.

- She can go all the way, can't she?

- Assuming she doesn't go wiggy again?

Does a first-rate job, makes a few

breaks for herself. I.B.S. is the shot.

Unless Wendy Chan shows more

than she's been showing'.

- How long?

- A year, two years, eighteen months.

Timeout to decode.

You up for the duration?

No comment, read yes.

Miami know this?

Dan and I don't put each other

on speed dial.

If Dan hears you're even thinking,

you've seen your last moon over Miami.

From the point of view of the guys,

you don't exactly read user-friendly.

- You left too much scorched earth.

- What is this, Bucky? Tough love?

Try Pete Raymond.

The last time I saw Pete Raymond...

I told Id be interested in watching

him cover his own retirement.

That's funny. But you see the problem.

I got it. I didn't mention to Tally

I was seeing you today.

Still doing it your way, I see.

Tell Merino if he wants to keep her

happy, there's a cameraman in Miami.

He's a good man.

- What are you doing here?

- Old Warren pulled a few strings.

- Really?

- That's right.

Hell of a temptation, Warren,

having you back on the market.

Never though you'd leave Miami. But,

end of the day, you're a hard news guy.

- We did a five-parter on nannies.

- Five-parter on nannies.

- Right off the charts, response-wise.

- That right?

Okay, you don't do nannies.

You don't take prisoners.

You ought to pitch somebody

you don't have a history with.

There's a hot young kid at Four in

Baltimore. Cord Otavio.

Hold all my calls. So, tell me

something about yourself...

Warren.

You first, Cord.

I talked to Bucky today, mentioned

your being here. He already knew it.

Asked how you were.

So, how are you?

I never thought an eclipse would get

to be my idea of a good time.

- You know what I wish?

- That this eclipse would move faster.

I wish you didn't have

to go back to Miami.

It's Warren Justice calling for

Pete Raymond again.

Not Mister Warren. Mister Justice.

If Mister Raymond doesn't know who I

am, he doesn't have to call me back.

Another blue heaven morning here at

Radio Rock It Sock It Philadelphia.

Channel Seven. They got the babe

that makes me shout.

Talking 'bout Marcia, I am not.

Ooh, Tally, what you got?

Marcia, you may be overreacting.

She takes my broadcast with

which I am identified...

and for which I am responsible

and she makes my broadcast...

and by extension, me, the object

of vulgar innuendo.

The object is not you, it's me.

- Lf you wanna talk about the DJ...

- Forget about the DJ.

We've got an election coming up here.

Marcia knows more about politics...

than the polls do. So, I offered her

Senior Political Correspondent and...

Director of Campaign Coverage. I don't

know whatever the title she wanted.

And she passed.

I want you to take over

some of her duties.

Is that what this is all about?

Is she staying?

She has an offer in Cincinnati.

Anchor.

It's nice market for her.

You don't use hypo-allergenic?

My red twenty-eight.

You should use twenty-nine.

A quick comb-out and I'm ready to go

on air tomorrow night in Cincinnati.

Quelle irony. I was offered a job

in W.M.I. A this week.

Chris Reiss phoned me to come in

and co-anchor with Rob Sullivan.

- Chris Reiss?

- From Chicago. Dynamite news guy.

What's he doing at M.I.A.?

Getting along with Dan, which is more

than Warren ever bothered to do.

Miami's a little Chiquita banana for

me, but Chris is shaking things up.

I actually considered blowing off

Cincinnati, streaking my hair...

and going down to work with Chris.

But, you get to be 42, you know what

it costs to jump off high board.

You didn't know it was Chris

who replaced Warren?

- What does it take to jump off?

- You beet to be 42, you won't ask.

It's not your fault, you know that.

It's not anybody's fault.

This is the way it works.

Actually, I'm forty-four.

Not even Bucky knows that.

- Been a while, Buford.

- Good times.

Good times.

You're looking for a job, aren't you?

Sh*t, Warren, you got a habit of

calling' a horse's ass a horse's ass.

We got some folks around that

shop just don't appreciate that.

You mean like Gabe Lawrence,

Vice President of Info-tainment?

Yeah, what was it you said about

Gabe's Granada coverage?

Blood, sweat and Perrier.

He never made in invasion. It coincided

with a periodontal appointment.

The flossers are in charge, now.

I'm just a noble, f***in' savage they

trot out to the affiliate meetings.

Are your sources at the

Pentagon still good?

- Think so, why?

- You might ask 'em about SOUTHCOM.

1999 we got to give back the Panama

Canal. And I can't. See that...

happening' without a whole bunch of

people running' lot of plays.

- This intuition or you hear something'?

- The usual people are interested.

You got anybody on it?

Old Gabe don't think there's a story.

You go down there, you'd own it.

I kind of wanted to stay

around here for a while.

She worth it?

Deep down, she wants

to shoot up the town.

- I'm always good for lunch.

- You've heard all my stories.

- Take care of yourself.

- You, too.

- Ive been trying to call you all day.

- I should tell you, I went up to NY.

- To do what?

- You should've been up there.

There was this street fair, on one

of the incredible New York days.

- See anybody you know?

- All these little kids running' around.

- What?

- Anything happen up there?

I got a cab driver that could

find Penn Station.

Wait a second now.

- Is there something you don't tell me?

- You ask a lot of questions.

I don't get a lot of answers.

Reporters think the job in Washington

is cover their bets. Warren didn't.

He was there to tell the story, which

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