Alice) You insulted my mother!
- She was a third-rate actress,...
..and she should keep
her infantile ideas on politics to herself.
She could've been a big star.
And she's smart. And she was right
not to understand your paintings.
And she was right about
you being a communist.
(Eddie) Let's have a child.
Even if you don't wanna get married.
Yeah, what would we live on?
You can't pay your bills now.
- (Eddie) Kiss me.
- I'm getting paint all over my dress.
Sh.
What's wrong?
I feel funny.
I feel very, very strange.
My God.
It's the oddest sensation.
I feel like I'm fading.
I am fading.
It's happening. Here it goes.
It was great seeing you again.
You're still wonderful.
Did you get a prize?
- So how's the rehearsal coming?
- Oh, fine.
- Great arrangement on "The Mooche".
- The Mooche?
- "Mooche." The Ellington number.
- Oh. "The Mooche." Yes.
I figured you'd know it.
You seem so knowledgeable about jazz.
I'm not really, but I'd like to learn.
(cheering)
So... you're nothing really
like you were the other day.
- (Alice laughs)
- You were coming on so strong.
I know. I was just... I was so obnoxious.
I'm so embarrassed. I...
I guess it was to counteract my shyness
or something. I don't know.
So this is me. Do you feel...
Are you disappointed?
- No, no.
- No?
- Actually, you scared me a little.
- Really?
No, Well... But I sensed it wasn't you.
Yeah.
Look, can I ask you a question?
Sure.
What?
Are you happily married?
Or is that tactless?
No. Yes. Yes, I...
Gosh, I've been married
almost 16 years now.
16 years.
Oh. Well, that... that's great.
Yeah.
No, really.
- Well, a good marriage, it's a rare thing.
- Yeah.
Why did you get divorced?
Well, my wife and I,
we were both too opinionated.
She's... very Brilliant.
Uh-huh. And attractive?
Yes.
- And very sexy.
- Uh-huh.
And when you're with her, do you...
..do you still have the urge to be with her?
- No.
- No?
No? You never have the urge to...
to grab her?
Like, you know, if the two of you
are in her office or something?
Or, I don't know, you know, just... throw
her down on the couch or something?
For old times' sake?
God, you are interesting.
(* "The Way You Look Tonight"
by Erroll Garner)
(Alice) Here's the story. A woman who's
never done a dishonest thing in her life...
..finds herself falling
into a love affair with a musician.
- It's a little vague, Alice.
- Well... Really? You think?
Look, be honest. What do you know
about that kind of woman?
- Well, I...
- Who's the woman?
Who's the man?
Who's the poor husband?
Where does it go?
What makes it interesting?
Is it lurid? Is it sexuaI? Perverse?
Is she a whore?
What's the matter? You look pale.
(Alice) I know I can write.
I'm just blocked, you know?
(Joe) You just need to relax and not press.
If there's something in you, it'll come out.
Yeah. Yeah, I know you're right.
- It's not so...
- It's like me.
- I wanted to be a classical musician.
- Yeah?
But it wasn't in me.
So I make my living doing studio work.
Shows, commercials.
But I do have a pretty good feel for jazz.
And is that where you...
where you met your wife?
- In commercials?
- Yeah, exactly.
We were doing a spot for some detergent.
- Detergent...
- It was love at first sight.
Christ, within half an hour
we were making love in the ladies' room.
- Oh, excuse me.
- No, that's fine.
You have a very charming way
of telling 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 cellist.
- Well, an evening...
Tomorrow evening
is Doug's backgammon night, so...
- What time would this be?
- Eight, eight-thirty.
- Eight?
- Yeah. If you like...
Well, I can meet you.
How about in front of the school?
In front of the school. An evening.
Yeah, I guess I could do that.
That sounds like fun.
OK. OK. It's a deal.
(Doug) Lou Gimbel's wife
has