s far past my usual
bedtime.
And let's just
say I'm... I'm not tense.
Yes, you are. I can feel
it, Cliff, right up in there.
My lattisimus dorsi,
you're so right.
It's only natural
on a night
that could
change your life.
Ah, nothing's gonna
change my life.
My life is set.
What could possibly happen?
How'd you like to
come into this business?
The entertainment business?
Exactly.
All I wanna do is
share my good fortune,
my... my involvement
with other people,
my world.
Oh, I...
I don't know.
See, I have a business,
I teach comparative literature
at Monroe College.
I'm a full
assistant professor now.
My father is
chancellor of the college.
L... I... I'm committed.
Think about it, Cliffie.
Just think about it.
Your own business.
Your piece of
the American dream.
A nice company pad,
the best employee roster
this side of heaven.
Thelma, Karen,
Monica, Jasmine.
Now, that's
entertainment.
And they'd all be
working for you.
All for you.
It's all very sudden...
I have responsibilities...
I... I... I...
Well...
Soak!
Think about it.
Relax.
Enjoy.
Oh, yeah!
Yeah!
Oh!
ETA to splashdown:
Two seconds!
You dark,
burnished thing, you!
Oh, you beauties!
Ooh! Your legs are so
muscular for a teacher.
Do you exercise?
Yeah, as a teacher,
I stand a lot.
Listen, sweetheart,
do you think we can use
battery-operated
devices under water?
Yes! Use them.
I'm gonna show
you how to play
"find the gunboat. "
This is the best time
I've ever had
in my entire life!
Do you hear me, world?
My entire life!
You gonna make it, man?
Yeah, yeah, thank you,
I think so.
Thank you, thank you.
Take care, my brother.
Hello, Son.
Hello, Father.
That's a late night.
I guess, a little.
Good morning, Clifford.
Breakfast anyone?
No, none for me.
Oh, of course not.
You're probably gonna
starve yourself to death.
What makes you think
that I'd take my own life?
Oh, I was speaking
figuratively, dear.
But these
financial statements...
Clifford, cash
your paycheck quickly.
Margaret! Mar... Mar...
Would you please excuse me?
That is private business
between the trustees and me.
Forget it,
everything's peachy...
Harmon Rousehorn,
I'm gonna call him
and tell him to
cancel his visit.
We don't need
his endowment check.
Don't you dare.
My God!
Oh! Honestly, some people
just can't take a joke.
I'm gonna water
my begonias.
Well, I would prefer
for you to hear it from me.
But without the
Rousehorn endowment check
this college can't even meet
its current payroll.
But we are getting the check.
I mean, Rousehorn's coming in
to present it himself.
It's a major endowment.
It's in the press.
Look, son, without
that check, Monday next
the banks are gonna
close this college down.
Close it down.
One hundred years
of scholarship
and public service
shot to shit.
I've gotta go up
and get some winks
before my 11:00 lecture.
You've got a 9:00.
Is today Wednesday?
Yes, Wednesday.
I thought it was Thursday.
Excuse me, please.
Thank you.
Morning.
Ah-ah-ah. Places, please.
Let's begin. Sorry I'm late.
We were discussing
the hero's role in chivalry
as exemplified by
the character of Lancelot,
based on Thomas Malory's
Le Morte d'Arthur.
Entranced by
Arthur's Queen Guinevere,
Lancelot,
a knight of impeccable virtue,
faces a crisis
as his idйe fixe
confronts his libido.
Any comments?
Mr. Frankman,
what do you think
of Lancelot's crisis?
Well, I think
Lancelot was an idiot.
Mr. Frankman,
how long have you been
in the first-year program?
Four years.
Uh, duty, selfless honor,
chastity, humility,
uh, purity,
a devotion to a greater good.
I mean, by now,
don't any of these things
mean anything to you?
All together now:
What is the chivalric ideal?
The chivalric ideal is one
of duty to a higher cause
in which purity and
chastity are virtues
and manly strength and honor
are devoted
to their preservation.
And justice for all.