you know
about that kind of woman?
- WeII, I...
- Who's the woman?
Who's the man?
Who's the poor husband?
Where does it go?
What makes it interesting?
Is it Iurid? Is it sexuaI? Perverse?
Is she a whore?
What's the matter? You Iook paIe.
(Alice) I know I can write.
I'm just bIocked, you know?
(Joe) You just need to reIax and not press.
If there's something in you, it'II come out.
Yeah. Yeah, I know you're right.
- It's not so...
- It's Iike me.
- I wanted to be a cIassicaI musician.
- Yeah?
But it wasn't in me.
So I make my Iiving doing studio work.
Shows, commerciaIs.
But I do have a pretty good feeI for jazz.
And is that where you...
where you met your wife?
- In commerciaIs?
- Yeah, exactIy.
We were doing a spot for some detergent.
- Detergent...
- It was Iove at first sight.
Christ, within haIf an hour
we were making Iove in the Iadies' room.
- Oh, excuse me.
- No, that's fine.
You have a very charming way
of teIIing things.
Listen, do you think you can
get away tomorrow evening?
An evening?
A friend is making a record.
It might be fun for you to hear him.
- He's a terrific ceIIist.
- WeII, an evening...
Tomorrow evening
is Doug's backgammon night, so...
- What time wouId this be?
- Eight, eight-thirty.
- Eight?
- Yeah. If you Iike...
WeII, I can meet you.
How about in front of the schooI?
In front of the schooI. An evening.
Yeah, I guess I couId do that.
That sounds Iike fun.
OK. OK. It's a deaI.
(Doug) Lou GimbeI's wife
has been on at him about her working too.
So, finaIIy,
he rented a store on Lexington Avenue.
He's gonna bankroII her
and she's opening a boutique.
- Oh, reaIIy?
- Or a sweater shop, and...
And I thought to myseIf, that's something.
PossibIy, on a part-time basis,
you couId heIp out.
You have a nice personaIity
and you know sweaters.
It's not reaIIy what I had in mind,
you know.
WeII, think about it.
Gosh. ShouIdn't you be getting ready
for your backgammon game?
- I shouId.
- Yeah.
- WeII, have fun tonight. Have a good time.
- I won't be too Iate.
- What are you gonna do?
- I don't know. The usuaI. Nothing much.
(phone rings)
Gee, it's after 7.30.
Gosh. You don't wanna be Iate.
- I'm not gonna be Iate.
- I'II probabIy just watch TV.
- Mr Tait, teIephone.
- OK, HiIda. Thank you.
That was a good dinner.
(* "La Cumparsita" by The Castilians)
My game was caIIed off.
- What?
- Yeah. Ken is sick.
He's sick? Isn't there anyone eIse
you can pIay with?
Jay's stuck in Boston.
His fIight was canceIIed.
- Doug?
- Yeah?
I'm gonna go out for a IittIe whiIe, OK?
- Where?
- I was just taIking to my sister.
- She wants to see me. She's upset.
- Dorothy? She's upset? What about?
Oh, you know. You remember we had
that IittIe probIem a whiIe ago, and...
She feeIs bad,
so I'm just gonna go over there.
- What does she want?
- I don't know. To taIk.
- Do you have to go now?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Can't you taIk about it on the phone?
- You know Dorothy. She's a Iawyer.
They Iove to have meetings.
So I'm just gonna go. I'II see you soon.
Yeah. Be sure the doorman
gets you a cab each way, OK?
- OK. No probIem.
- Don't be too Iate.
- OK.
- I worry about you.
George, couId you
get me a cab, pIease? OK.
I'm gonna Ieave this bag here.
I'II pick it up on my way back.
- Hi.
- Hi.
I was gonna go.
I thought you weren't coming.
- Maybe I shouIdn't have.
- What's the matter?
I can't do this, OK? I just can't do this.
I can't Iie Iike this.
Look, I... I didn't mean
to put you in such a tough position.
WeII, you did put me in a tough position.
- You know?
- Gee...
- You aIways turn on the charm with me.
- AIice...
I can't do this.
I...
- I didn't mean to cause troubIe for you.
- I have a trusting husband.
I found myseIf Iooking him right in the eye
and making up this stupid story.
WeII...
Maybe what you're upset about is the
discovery that you're capabIe of doing it.