1 00:00:00,070 --> 00:00:02,557 One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, 2 00:00:02,592 --> 00:00:04,500 Shake it, dude. 3 00:00:25,776 --> 00:00:27,820 Cue the pulse to begin 4 00:00:36,662 --> 00:00:39,623 Cue the pulse to begin 5 00:00:40,458 --> 00:00:42,877 Cue the pulse to begin 6 00:00:44,086 --> 00:00:46,255 Cue the pulse to begin 7 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:19,364 Relax and count backwards from 10, Mr. Kinney. 8 00:02:16,330 --> 00:02:17,230 Brian? 9 00:02:17,330 --> 00:02:18,783 Don't say anything. 10 00:02:18,810 --> 00:02:21,619 Look, I'm sure it's just a temporary malfunction. 11 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:25,777 It takes time for your body to heal itself and for you to regain your strength. 12 00:02:25,860 --> 00:02:29,137 Be patient. Everything will be up and running in no time. 13 00:02:30,792 --> 00:02:33,270 Thanks for not saying anything. 14 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:43,134 I want to get those cool pumas and a pair of diesel jeans, 15 00:02:43,140 --> 00:02:44,640 maybe two. 16 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,362 Hey, hey. What do you think I am, made of money? 17 00:02:47,397 --> 00:02:48,780 Like, yeah. 18 00:02:48,810 --> 00:02:50,450 You're having a movie made. 19 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,591 We hope. And I didn't work my ass off so I could put expensive jeans on yours. 20 00:02:54,620 --> 00:02:57,980 Ben, I want to get a couple pairs of diesel jeans. 21 00:02:58,010 --> 00:03:00,080 Pull up your pants. I can see your shorts. 22 00:03:00,110 --> 00:03:01,836 That's the fucking point. 23 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,190 We're taking Hunter to buy some new clothes. 24 00:03:04,220 --> 00:03:05,777 And have pizza and go to a movie. 25 00:03:05,890 --> 00:03:08,524 Not a Brett Keller movie. 26 00:03:08,559 --> 00:03:10,194 So, tomorrow night? 27 00:03:10,260 --> 00:03:11,490 The mall? The three of us? 28 00:03:11,530 --> 00:03:12,977 Uh, sure. Fine. 29 00:03:13,012 --> 00:03:16,670 Ah, must be Mark Bluestein. He has the flu. I said I'd cover his class. 30 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:18,370 Hello? 31 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:20,600 Hey. 32 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,910 Uh-huh. 33 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,970 Sure. 34 00:03:26,010 --> 00:03:28,180 Uh, breakfast, lunch, whatever. 35 00:03:28,715 --> 00:03:30,510 Yeah, see you then. 36 00:03:30,550 --> 00:03:35,180 For somebody who's laid up with the flu, he has a pretty healthy appetite. 37 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:37,078 Uh, yeah, that wasn't Mark. It was Anthony, 38 00:03:37,113 --> 00:03:38,990 from the library. You remember, I told you about him? 39 00:03:39,020 --> 00:03:41,420 Yeah, how could I forget? He only calls you every hour. 40 00:03:41,730 --> 00:03:43,070 That's not true. 41 00:03:43,105 --> 00:03:44,668 Maybe he has a crush on you. 42 00:03:44,703 --> 00:03:47,399 That's not true either. He's just a nice kid who wants to be a writer. 43 00:03:47,434 --> 00:03:50,532 We get together and discuss books, that's all. 44 00:03:50,567 --> 00:03:52,172 So, tomorrow night. 45 00:03:52,207 --> 00:03:55,267 Pizza, a movie and diesel jeans. 46 00:03:55,302 --> 00:03:57,265 Tight. 47 00:03:57,300 --> 00:03:59,241 Yeah, you mean, "loose". 48 00:04:20,780 --> 00:04:21,150 Oh, touchdown. 49 00:04:27,230 --> 00:04:30,851 My, how the boy can score. 50 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,713 I've got a good kicker. 51 00:04:34,810 --> 00:04:36,716 I'll say. 52 00:04:36,940 --> 00:04:40,031 That's a quarterback's secret weapon. 53 00:04:41,679 --> 00:04:43,580 Speaking of secrets... 54 00:04:43,620 --> 00:04:46,320 does your fiancée know? 55 00:04:46,350 --> 00:04:48,048 Know what? 56 00:04:48,250 --> 00:04:50,396 That you're... mm? 57 00:04:50,431 --> 00:04:52,087 That I'M...? 58 00:04:52,268 --> 00:04:54,130 Do I really have to say it? 59 00:04:52,287 --> 00:04:56,330 That you're, uh, the "h" word. 60 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,260 Hard-bodied? 61 00:04:58,300 --> 00:05:00,980 Hot? Hung? 62 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,340 Yeah, she knows all that. 63 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,270 I meant, uh, homosexual. 64 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:06,740 Gay. Queer. 65 00:05:06,770 --> 00:05:08,344 Hey, I'm not a fag. 66 00:05:08,379 --> 00:05:11,610 Did I use that word? 67 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,610 A fag is a sissy, girl, pansy. 68 00:05:15,650 --> 00:05:17,144 You think I’m that? 69 00:05:17,179 --> 00:05:18,221 Hardly. 70 00:05:18,321 --> 00:05:19,971 A fag can't even throw a ball. 71 00:05:19,990 --> 00:05:21,010 Do you know how far I can throw? 72 00:05:21,110 --> 00:05:23,305 I reckon a country mile. 73 00:05:23,340 --> 00:05:25,260 I'm a hero, to millions. 74 00:05:25,290 --> 00:05:27,760 Name one fag who's a hero. 75 00:05:27,790 --> 00:05:30,830 Name one fag who's got a call from the president saying, "great game." 76 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:33,605 Name one fag that's fucked every Dallas cheerleader, 77 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,617 and I don't even play for Dallas. 78 00:05:38,126 --> 00:05:40,372 Name one fag every kid wants to grow up to be. 79 00:05:40,472 --> 00:05:42,590 Harvey Fierstein? 80 00:05:43,340 --> 00:05:46,487 So why would anyone think I was a fag? 81 00:05:46,522 --> 00:05:50,130 Maybe because you had your dick up my ass? 82 00:05:50,165 --> 00:05:53,550 So I like to fuck guys. 83 00:05:53,580 --> 00:05:55,950 Doesn't mean that I love them, 84 00:05:55,990 --> 00:05:57,327 or want to kiss them, 85 00:05:57,427 --> 00:05:58,890 or even know them. 86 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,930 This is just for fun. 87 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,265 To get off. 88 00:06:04,465 --> 00:06:06,719 And no one's to ever hear about this. 89 00:06:06,819 --> 00:06:08,630 Understand? 90 00:06:09,674 --> 00:06:12,914 Who'd believe me if I told them? 91 00:06:14,649 --> 00:06:21,319 Next week, an enormous 250-foot mural of yours will be unveiled at Penn Plaza. 92 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:26,837 Tomorrow, an exhibition of your drawings opens here, at the Sidney Bloom Gallery. 93 00:06:26,872 --> 00:06:31,155 Tell me, Mr. Auerbach, why did you choose Pittsburgh? 94 00:06:31,255 --> 00:06:34,196 Well, unless you're a Pirates fan, there's not a goddamn reason to come here. 95 00:06:34,296 --> 00:06:35,552 Now there will be. 96 00:06:35,652 --> 00:06:36,618 That's perfect. 97 00:06:36,718 --> 00:06:39,543 I've heard your ego is as big as your mural. 98 00:06:39,578 --> 00:06:42,260 I hope I haven't let you down. I mean... 99 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:46,370 I hope this bagel-deprived burg feels the same way when they see my work. 100 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,760 I think that's all we need. That's good. 101 00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:51,700 That was great. 102 00:06:51,740 --> 00:06:52,427 Thank you. 103 00:06:52,462 --> 00:06:54,879 Any time, honey. 104 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,554 How was I? 105 00:06:59,610 --> 00:07:01,280 Okay. I guess. 106 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:02,720 I wasn't really listening. 107 00:07:02,750 --> 00:07:04,220 I was working. 108 00:07:04,250 --> 00:07:05,720 I'm glad I didn't distract you. 109 00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:07,290 Not at all. 110 00:07:09,130 --> 00:07:11,384 You know, 111 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:13,940 I have this strange feeling that I'm being... 112 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:16,230 ignored. 113 00:07:16,260 --> 00:07:19,578 Strange, because, I mean, let’s... let's face it, I'm not used to being ignored. 114 00:07:19,678 --> 00:07:22,199 In fact, I think the last time it happened, I was 14. 115 00:07:22,234 --> 00:07:24,897 Suzie Schroeder was her name. 116 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:29,157 She ditched me at a Tastee Freeze for a guy with a triple scoop. 117 00:07:29,192 --> 00:07:31,634 Broke my heart. 118 00:07:31,810 --> 00:07:33,403 Well, you needn't worry. 119 00:07:33,503 --> 00:07:35,905 I haven't been to a Tastee Freeze in years. 120 00:07:35,940 --> 00:07:38,936 So why don't you go over and flirt with that nice girl reporter, 121 00:07:39,136 --> 00:07:41,714 and leave me to my work? 122 00:07:47,649 --> 00:07:51,659 Harvey, when have I ever let you down? 123 00:07:51,830 --> 00:07:52,731 Are you fucking kidding me? 124 00:07:52,770 --> 00:07:53,971 Name one time. 125 00:07:54,006 --> 00:07:56,116 The time I asked you out on a date, and you said, "thanks, but no. " 126 00:07:56,126 --> 00:07:57,434 Okay, name a second. 127 00:07:57,444 --> 00:07:59,836 Oh, Jesus, Brian, I was one of your first clients. 128 00:07:59,871 --> 00:08:00,852 Just because you're a big shot now... 129 00:08:00,862 --> 00:08:03,140 Hold on. 130 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:06,160 Mr. DeCarlo, sorry to keep you. 131 00:08:06,195 --> 00:08:07,724 When is that campaign going to be ready? 132 00:08:07,734 --> 00:08:08,839 We're right on schedule. 133 00:08:08,839 --> 00:08:09,950 How does it look? 134 00:08:09,980 --> 00:08:11,030 It looks great. 135 00:08:11,065 --> 00:08:12,887 I need it for the next stock-holder's meeting. 136 00:08:12,922 --> 00:08:13,955 When? 137 00:08:13,990 --> 00:08:16,694 Friday, 3:00 o'clock, or they'll have my balls. 138 00:08:16,729 --> 00:08:18,661 Hold on. 139 00:08:18,890 --> 00:08:23,879 Tell Jacob that if the art for dandy lube isn't on my desk by 9:00 A.M. Friday, 140 00:08:23,914 --> 00:08:28,027 he'll be teaching remedial finger-painting to kindergartners. 141 00:08:28,062 --> 00:08:32,583 Mr. DeCarlo? How does 10:00 A.M. Friday sound? 142 00:08:32,599 --> 00:08:34,773 I love my balls. 143 00:08:38,210 --> 00:08:40,326 Harvey? Did you think of a second? 144 00:08:40,361 --> 00:08:41,354 Actually, no. 145 00:08:41,389 --> 00:08:42,635 See? I told you. 146 00:08:42,670 --> 00:08:44,819 Look, you owe me big, Brian. I don't know what I’m supposed... 147 00:08:44,854 --> 00:08:46,852 Now stop worrying, I'll get you the back cover. 148 00:08:46,872 --> 00:08:48,870 I'm counting on you, hot shot. 149 00:08:48,905 --> 00:08:54,358 Jeez, with an act like that, you should be in Vegas making tigers vanish into thin air. 150 00:08:54,458 --> 00:08:59,132 Throw me a bone. I'm trying to juggle 15 balls at once. 151 00:09:00,265 --> 00:09:02,424 No remarks. 152 00:09:02,770 --> 00:09:04,370 That's a nice suit. 153 00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:06,987 Yeah? Worked wonders on Son of Dandy Lube. 154 00:09:08,895 --> 00:09:12,433 You know, I like your new-found self-confidence, Theodore. 155 00:09:12,468 --> 00:09:15,294 Far preferable to your former lack thereof. 156 00:09:15,329 --> 00:09:17,359 So what's my next assignment, Jim? 157 00:09:17,394 --> 00:09:18,950 Congrats. 158 00:09:18,990 --> 00:09:21,164 Brown Athletics is committing a cool mil 159 00:09:21,174 --> 00:09:23,471 to snag a model for their new underwear line. 160 00:09:23,491 --> 00:09:25,232 Well, as luck would have it, I'm available. 161 00:09:25,332 --> 00:09:28,060 Unfortunately, they're looking for someone with a higher profile. 162 00:09:28,090 --> 00:09:29,973 Not to mention a bigger basket. 163 00:09:30,008 --> 00:09:31,540 They want a famous sports figure. 164 00:09:31,575 --> 00:09:35,440 I happen to be Pittsburgh’s 1986 junior class ping pong champion. 165 00:09:35,470 --> 00:09:37,230 Well, runner-up. 166 00:09:38,095 --> 00:09:42,440 So, at what hour of the day or night am I supposed to conduct this star search? 167 00:09:43,061 --> 00:09:45,101 I'll do it for you, Bri. 168 00:09:45,869 --> 00:09:47,122 You? 169 00:09:47,157 --> 00:09:48,680 Yeah. 170 00:09:48,710 --> 00:09:50,790 I landed dandy lube, didn't I? 171 00:09:50,825 --> 00:09:53,646 Look, I-I-I'll talk to some agents, a few managers, 172 00:09:53,681 --> 00:09:55,338 see who's interested, then put together a short list. 173 00:09:55,373 --> 00:09:56,984 Final draft choice, of course, is yours. 174 00:09:57,019 --> 00:09:59,324 Yeah, that sounds perfect, except for one itty-bitty detail, 175 00:09:59,359 --> 00:10:01,312 you don't know a fucking thing about sports. 176 00:10:01,412 --> 00:10:05,149 But I know about sex, what looks good in a pair of shorts. 177 00:10:05,184 --> 00:10:10,775 After all, I am a gay man, and sex is our national pastime. 178 00:10:13,810 --> 00:10:19,031 These drawings of Rage and JT are hot. 179 00:10:19,075 --> 00:10:22,586 Why can't we ever see Zephyr in a fuck-fest with some great-looking guy? 180 00:10:22,630 --> 00:10:25,840 Because nobody buys our comics to see Zephyr get laid. 181 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:28,557 That is so not true. Just because you don't want to see it. 182 00:10:28,670 --> 00:10:32,742 It's not that I don't want to see it, it's that I can't imagine it. 183 00:10:32,777 --> 00:10:34,195 Well, I can. 184 00:10:34,199 --> 00:10:37,560 When he and his hunky boyfriend, the world-famous palaeontologist, 185 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:39,767 professor Ken Kirschner, get it on, they really 186 00:10:39,777 --> 00:10:42,382 rattle the old dinosaur bones. 187 00:10:45,157 --> 00:10:49,883 Except ever since the scientific community rejected the professor's latest research findings, 188 00:10:49,918 --> 00:10:52,659 they haven't felt much like doing it. 189 00:10:52,694 --> 00:10:54,618 I know what that's like. 190 00:10:54,653 --> 00:10:58,804 JT hasn't gotten a rise out of rage since 191 00:10:58,904 --> 00:11:02,839 Ice Teena zapped him with her radiation gun. 192 00:11:02,974 --> 00:11:03,959 You mean...? 193 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,379 Not since the operation. 194 00:11:06,979 --> 00:11:08,571 But I thought the doctor said that... 195 00:11:08,581 --> 00:11:10,065 "Nothing would be affected"? 196 00:11:10,165 --> 00:11:12,926 Yeah, well, something sure as hell isn't working. 197 00:11:14,726 --> 00:11:16,424 Maybe he just needs some Viagra. 198 00:11:16,924 --> 00:11:19,449 You try telling him that. 199 00:11:20,338 --> 00:11:23,061 Okay, so how about we take a little trip to Chinatown? 200 00:11:23,261 --> 00:11:24,692 I already ate. 201 00:11:24,727 --> 00:11:26,852 I meant to see Master Nee. 202 00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:29,000 Who's he? 203 00:11:29,030 --> 00:11:30,760 He's this herbalist Ben sees. 204 00:11:30,795 --> 00:11:32,677 He says he's a miracle worker. 205 00:11:32,712 --> 00:11:35,189 He gave him this stuff that actually helped lower his viral load. 206 00:11:35,289 --> 00:11:37,230 Come on. You don't actually believe that. 207 00:11:37,565 --> 00:11:41,525 Chinese medicine's been working for thousands of years. Who am I to doubt it? 208 00:11:41,530 --> 00:11:46,623 Besides, if he can help lower Ben’s count, maybe he'll be able to raise... 209 00:11:47,423 --> 00:11:49,348 the "Titanic"? 210 00:11:52,183 --> 00:11:56,307 I give them an assignment to critique one of Tennessee Williams' plays, 211 00:11:56,390 --> 00:11:58,363 and what do they do? They rip him to shreds, 212 00:11:58,420 --> 00:12:00,934 like a pack of jackals. 213 00:12:00,969 --> 00:12:03,690 Oh, you know how some queers are. 214 00:12:03,730 --> 00:12:07,896 They're not content to criticize, they have to seek and destroy. 215 00:12:07,931 --> 00:12:09,674 All I know is, 216 00:12:09,684 --> 00:12:11,841 it's a lot harder to create something 217 00:12:11,861 --> 00:12:14,217 than it is to tear it apart. 218 00:12:14,370 --> 00:12:16,028 Like your book. 219 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,440 That must've been like giving birth. 220 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,417 Most people have no idea. 221 00:12:21,437 --> 00:12:22,758 I do. 222 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:24,680 Every sentence I write, or 223 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,673 try to, is agony. 224 00:12:27,708 --> 00:12:29,339 I don't know why I do it. 225 00:12:29,420 --> 00:12:30,920 Probably for the same reason I do, 226 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:32,806 you have no choice. 227 00:12:32,841 --> 00:12:35,706 If you ever want me to read anything, 228 00:12:35,741 --> 00:12:39,738 a story, chapter, sentence... 229 00:12:39,773 --> 00:12:42,382 just ask. I promise to be gentle. 230 00:12:42,417 --> 00:12:44,467 I'm sure you would be. 231 00:12:44,941 --> 00:12:48,371 So, what do you think about Edmund White? 232 00:12:49,755 --> 00:12:54,981 Why, his essays and articles on being positive influenced me tremendously. 233 00:12:55,016 --> 00:12:58,539 But I particularly love his autobiographical fiction. 234 00:12:58,574 --> 00:13:02,104 In fact, "A Boy's Own Story" inspired me to write "R-U-1-2". 235 00:13:02,139 --> 00:13:06,196 Then how about coming with me to his lecture tomorrow night? 236 00:13:06,231 --> 00:13:07,906 I've got an extra ticket. 237 00:13:08,908 --> 00:13:12,848 You know, I... I would love to, but, uh, 238 00:13:12,883 --> 00:13:16,209 I already made plans with my partner and our foster son. 239 00:13:16,244 --> 00:13:17,537 That takes priority. 240 00:13:17,572 --> 00:13:22,285 But in case something changes, I'll save you the seat. 241 00:13:22,851 --> 00:13:24,955 Okay. 242 00:13:48,190 --> 00:13:49,519 Honey? 243 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:50,735 Hm? 244 00:13:50,790 --> 00:13:52,156 That feels wonderful. 245 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:53,710 I'm glad. 246 00:13:53,740 --> 00:13:55,743 But... but do you mind if we... 247 00:13:55,778 --> 00:13:57,432 What? 248 00:14:02,780 --> 00:14:05,131 If we use this? 249 00:14:05,166 --> 00:14:07,950 Glinda’s magic wand? 250 00:14:07,985 --> 00:14:10,437 We haven't used this since Dorothy went home to Kansas. 251 00:14:10,472 --> 00:14:13,606 I just felt, I don't know, in the mood, I guess. 252 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:15,056 But if you don't want to... 253 00:14:15,091 --> 00:14:17,764 No, no, no, if it's what you want, then let's give it a whirl. 254 00:14:28,852 --> 00:14:31,061 Oh, God. 255 00:14:35,696 --> 00:14:37,162 There you go. 256 00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:39,395 Thanks. 257 00:14:42,046 --> 00:14:43,720 Take it easy, deb. 258 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,431 Yeah, you too, betty, honey. 259 00:14:45,466 --> 00:14:46,884 See you tomorrow. 260 00:14:59,519 --> 00:15:03,776 In case you didn't notice, I was in the diner. 261 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,863 I noticed. 262 00:15:08,410 --> 00:15:09,827 Walk you home? 263 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,289 No, it's okay. 264 00:15:12,928 --> 00:15:15,034 It's late. 265 00:15:15,069 --> 00:15:18,210 I've been doing it on my own for 20 years. 266 00:15:18,220 --> 00:15:20,316 I can take care of myself. 267 00:15:20,351 --> 00:15:22,807 And you've got a right hook to prove it. 268 00:15:27,205 --> 00:15:29,634 You're working late. 269 00:15:29,669 --> 00:15:31,157 Just got to get the job done. 270 00:15:31,192 --> 00:15:35,213 Used to be the only reason you'd stay up was because it was still up. 271 00:15:36,375 --> 00:15:38,811 A lot of things "used to be". 272 00:15:38,911 --> 00:15:40,943 You're telling me. 273 00:15:42,932 --> 00:15:47,467 I shouldn't have said what I did about Vic. 274 00:15:54,036 --> 00:15:57,531 You're damn straight you shouldn't have. 275 00:15:57,566 --> 00:15:59,925 Not that you were wrong. 276 00:16:01,886 --> 00:16:04,853 He was lucky he got those extra years. 277 00:16:04,888 --> 00:16:06,651 But it's the way you said it. 278 00:16:06,686 --> 00:16:10,044 Just tossing it off like it didn't mean a thing, 279 00:16:10,079 --> 00:16:12,907 like his whole fucking life didn't mean a thing. 280 00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:19,055 I see your point. 281 00:16:19,090 --> 00:16:22,053 Yeah, so why didn't you see it then? 282 00:16:25,656 --> 00:16:29,353 Maybe because I didn't know that I had cancer then. 283 00:16:30,323 --> 00:16:32,123 What? 284 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:35,769 Are you going to make me say it twice? 285 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:40,307 I just want to be sure that I heard you... 286 00:16:40,342 --> 00:16:42,090 You heard it. 287 00:16:44,172 --> 00:16:46,875 Shit. 288 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,558 Are you...? 289 00:16:49,593 --> 00:16:50,925 All right? 290 00:16:51,045 --> 00:16:53,434 They think. 291 00:16:53,469 --> 00:16:57,098 But, who the hell knows? 292 00:16:57,133 --> 00:17:00,149 Well then, what the fuck are you doing out at 2:00 in the morning? 293 00:17:00,184 --> 00:17:02,833 You should be home getting your rest, honey. 294 00:17:02,868 --> 00:17:04,978 I can't sleep. I keep having these dreams. 295 00:17:05,013 --> 00:17:06,925 Well, force yourself. 296 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,148 And make sure you eat, you hear me? You got to keep your strength up. 297 00:17:13,371 --> 00:17:16,481 Yes, mother. 298 00:17:17,933 --> 00:17:20,264 Does she know? 299 00:17:23,010 --> 00:17:26,464 So far, just Michael and Justin. 300 00:17:26,499 --> 00:17:27,963 And... 301 00:17:27,973 --> 00:17:29,625 Theodore. 302 00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:33,067 And nobody told me? 303 00:17:33,167 --> 00:17:34,953 I'm telling you. 304 00:17:36,192 --> 00:17:37,517 How come? 305 00:17:37,552 --> 00:17:43,030 So that you'll forgive me and take pity on me. 306 00:17:44,907 --> 00:17:47,333 Son of a bitch. 307 00:17:52,896 --> 00:17:55,737 You're going to be okay, you hear me? 308 00:18:00,526 --> 00:18:03,261 You're going to be okay. 309 00:18:11,496 --> 00:18:13,518 I'm making a list for the grocery. 310 00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:16,233 Tide, butter, oatmeal. Can you think of anything else? 311 00:18:16,620 --> 00:18:18,230 Batteries. 312 00:18:18,260 --> 00:18:19,107 Huh? 313 00:18:19,207 --> 00:18:22,709 After last night, Glinda’s magic wand's going to need recharging. 314 00:18:22,744 --> 00:18:23,570 Oh. 315 00:18:23,580 --> 00:18:25,694 You were wild, honey. 316 00:18:25,729 --> 00:18:26,770 Mel. 317 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:27,915 Don't be embarrassed. 318 00:18:27,925 --> 00:18:30,277 It was hot to see you so turned on. 319 00:18:30,312 --> 00:18:32,249 We're out of fruit. 320 00:18:32,284 --> 00:18:34,876 Pears, apples. Should I get more bananas? 321 00:18:35,347 --> 00:18:36,660 I mean... 322 00:18:36,670 --> 00:18:38,687 I would say so. 323 00:18:38,722 --> 00:18:43,238 By the way, I talked to Dusty and she said that we can drop Gus off around 4:00 o'clock, 324 00:18:43,248 --> 00:18:45,539 which gives us plenty of time to get ready and go to the opening. 325 00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:46,935 Cranapple juice... 326 00:18:47,070 --> 00:18:49,083 Do you want to go together, or do you have to get there early? 327 00:18:49,183 --> 00:18:50,726 I don't need to be there at all. 328 00:18:50,761 --> 00:18:52,486 Oh, so you can be a guest just like anyone else? 329 00:18:52,521 --> 00:18:54,586 I mean I've decided not to go. 330 00:18:54,621 --> 00:18:57,957 What are you talking about? It's your show. You put the whole thing together. 331 00:18:57,992 --> 00:18:59,180 I know. 332 00:18:59,215 --> 00:19:00,553 Well, so, wouldn't you want to... 333 00:19:00,588 --> 00:19:02,587 I've spent enough time on it already, okay? 334 00:19:02,622 --> 00:19:05,855 It's time I started being more attentive to you, to our family. 335 00:19:05,865 --> 00:19:09,271 Michael even had to go to Lamaze for me. 336 00:19:09,306 --> 00:19:13,815 Hey, hey, hey, when I feel like I’m not getting enough attention, I'll let you know. 337 00:19:13,850 --> 00:19:17,906 Now, I want you to go and get some of the attention you deserve. 338 00:19:17,941 --> 00:19:21,412 Well, maybe I'll stop by later, when it's over. 339 00:19:21,447 --> 00:19:23,269 See how it went. 340 00:19:25,177 --> 00:19:27,777 Now... 341 00:19:27,812 --> 00:19:30,010 I'm off to the grocery. 342 00:19:37,445 --> 00:19:39,797 Since when did Ted Schmidt, 343 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,740 reigning opera queen of Pittsburgh, 344 00:19:41,770 --> 00:19:44,355 trade in Puccini for pigskin? 345 00:19:44,390 --> 00:19:47,564 Since I told Brian I'd help him find a famous sports figure 346 00:19:47,574 --> 00:19:49,397 to model Brown Athletics' new underwear line. 347 00:19:49,432 --> 00:19:51,333 Mmm, sounds hot. 348 00:19:51,368 --> 00:19:55,810 So, uh, which hunky jock did you select to drop trou and smile for the birdie? 349 00:19:55,845 --> 00:19:57,960 I don't know who any of these guys are. 350 00:19:57,990 --> 00:19:59,760 Oh, perhaps I can help you out. 351 00:19:59,790 --> 00:20:02,160 You? 352 00:20:02,190 --> 00:20:05,091 Look, at least I know the difference between a football, a baseball and a basketball. 353 00:20:05,691 --> 00:20:06,851 Balls are balls. 354 00:20:08,836 --> 00:20:10,948 What about him? 355 00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:12,095 Who? 356 00:20:12,695 --> 00:20:14,769 Drew Boyd. 357 00:20:15,404 --> 00:20:17,792 Star quarterback for the Iron Men. 358 00:20:18,462 --> 00:20:20,590 62% pass completions, 359 00:20:20,625 --> 00:20:23,768 threw 2 touchdown passes last game, and ran for 2, 360 00:20:23,803 --> 00:20:25,850 led all quarterbacks in the league in rushing yards. 361 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,424 I mean, if he keeps playing the way he's been, 362 00:20:27,434 --> 00:20:30,125 he's a cinch to lead his team to a conference championship, 363 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,372 then to the super bowl. 364 00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:36,928 What? 365 00:20:36,930 --> 00:20:38,550 How do you know all that? 366 00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:41,800 Hmm. You know, life's full of surprises. 367 00:20:42,551 --> 00:20:44,240 He's also gorgeous. 368 00:20:44,270 --> 00:20:45,792 Look at that smile 369 00:20:45,810 --> 00:20:48,464 and those broad shoulders 370 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,548 and those burly... burly arms... 371 00:20:52,558 --> 00:20:53,969 And that rock-hard butt... 372 00:20:53,990 --> 00:20:56,550 All right, all right, all right, all right, you're drooling all over the magazine. 373 00:20:59,781 --> 00:21:01,938 Ah, he is hot. 374 00:21:03,490 --> 00:21:06,282 Mm, too bad he's straight. 375 00:21:07,150 --> 00:21:09,732 A girl can always dream. 376 00:21:48,930 --> 00:21:50,404 Excuse me. 377 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:52,920 Uh, we're looking for something to... 378 00:21:52,930 --> 00:21:54,395 improve performance. 379 00:21:54,660 --> 00:21:57,370 You a singer? 380 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,440 Dancer? 381 00:21:59,470 --> 00:22:00,463 Comedian? 382 00:22:00,483 --> 00:22:02,810 Uh, no, not that kind of performance. 383 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,210 Um, uh... 384 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,713 sexual performance. 385 00:22:07,813 --> 00:22:08,714 Huh? 386 00:22:08,914 --> 00:22:11,620 Sexual performance. 387 00:22:11,650 --> 00:22:13,171 Sexual? 388 00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:15,049 Sexual? 389 00:22:16,690 --> 00:22:18,179 ...Sexual... 390 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:19,796 Ah, sexual. 391 00:22:22,850 --> 00:22:25,308 Oh! You not get hard? 392 00:22:25,343 --> 00:22:27,336 Come too fast? 393 00:22:27,436 --> 00:22:30,137 Uh, no, it's not for me, it's for my friend. 394 00:22:30,337 --> 00:22:32,713 Oh, it's what they all say. Huh? 395 00:22:34,094 --> 00:22:36,248 Weak pulse. 396 00:22:36,610 --> 00:22:37,540 Ah, low qi. 397 00:22:37,580 --> 00:22:40,023 Exhausted chang meridian. 398 00:22:40,058 --> 00:22:44,595 You have decline of fire in your gate of life, but no worry. 399 00:22:44,620 --> 00:22:47,284 We make you hard, like rock. 400 00:22:47,319 --> 00:22:51,557 Hey, I... I told you, it’s... it's for someone else. 401 00:22:51,592 --> 00:22:52,525 It's for my boyfriend. 402 00:22:52,625 --> 00:22:56,362 He had to have a testicle removed and they gave him radiation. 403 00:22:56,538 --> 00:22:58,430 Oh, cancer, huh? 404 00:23:02,070 --> 00:23:04,570 Western medicine. 405 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,840 Kill you before it cure you. 406 00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:10,722 Too much water, drown out his fire. 407 00:23:12,427 --> 00:23:15,012 Velvet deer horn, 408 00:23:15,758 --> 00:23:17,628 cinnamon bark 409 00:23:17,629 --> 00:23:20,091 warm kidneys. 410 00:23:20,764 --> 00:23:22,490 Morinda root, 411 00:23:22,950 --> 00:23:25,990 Chinese leek seed... 412 00:23:26,020 --> 00:23:28,490 strengthen yang. 413 00:23:28,530 --> 00:23:32,799 The rehmannia root nourish blood, 414 00:23:33,434 --> 00:23:36,444 and, uh, yeah, cornus flower 415 00:23:36,479 --> 00:23:38,228 moistens yin, huh? 416 00:23:38,263 --> 00:23:40,011 Make a tea. 417 00:23:40,046 --> 00:23:42,617 Plenty good sex. 418 00:23:42,652 --> 00:23:45,628 See? I told you. 419 00:25:35,620 --> 00:25:38,700 Your turn. 420 00:25:38,890 --> 00:25:40,655 I'm in no hurry. 421 00:25:44,922 --> 00:25:47,794 Did anyone ever tell you how hot you look in your undies? 422 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,467 About 300 women. 423 00:25:49,567 --> 00:25:51,309 How many men? 424 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,257 It's a shame the rest of the world can't see. 425 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,310 See what? 426 00:25:56,340 --> 00:25:57,171 How gorgeous you are. 427 00:25:57,210 --> 00:25:58,420 Cut it out. 428 00:25:58,455 --> 00:26:02,359 I'm serious. You should display your manly charms. 429 00:26:02,394 --> 00:26:04,625 Flash my cock in "Playgirl"? 430 00:26:04,660 --> 00:26:08,060 I was thinking more like, hm, underwear ad. 431 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:11,660 You're kidding? 432 00:26:11,690 --> 00:26:14,090 I have this friend who, uh, works for an ad agency, 433 00:26:14,130 --> 00:26:19,000 says Brown Athletics is looking for a famous sports figure 434 00:26:19,035 --> 00:26:21,443 to be their new underwear model. 435 00:26:21,478 --> 00:26:22,870 And you... 436 00:26:22,970 --> 00:26:24,859 have quite the figure. 437 00:26:24,894 --> 00:26:26,716 I'm not posing in my shorts. 438 00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:29,270 Everyone will think I'm a homo. 439 00:26:29,305 --> 00:26:31,372 What everyone will think is, 440 00:26:31,407 --> 00:26:35,750 "I wish I had a body like that, and that someone would pay me all that money to show it off." 441 00:26:35,780 --> 00:26:37,520 Come on. 442 00:26:37,550 --> 00:26:39,517 Why don't you pose? 443 00:26:39,705 --> 00:26:40,922 Here? 444 00:26:40,957 --> 00:26:42,185 Why not? 445 00:26:42,220 --> 00:26:43,937 I'll snap your picture. 446 00:26:44,037 --> 00:26:45,790 Come on. 447 00:26:45,820 --> 00:26:47,367 Give it up, 448 00:26:47,402 --> 00:26:49,371 show me what you got. 449 00:26:49,406 --> 00:26:51,209 Oh-ho, yeah. 450 00:26:51,244 --> 00:26:53,974 That's it, yeah. 451 00:26:54,009 --> 00:26:56,084 That's the ticket. 452 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:03,489 Ho-o-o! Ho, ho, ho, yeah! Give me some of that trademark Drew Boyd action. 453 00:27:03,524 --> 00:27:05,444 Make love to the camera. 454 00:27:05,479 --> 00:27:08,197 Yeah, that's the way. 455 00:27:08,232 --> 00:27:12,844 Make me want to suck your dick. 456 00:27:17,879 --> 00:27:19,782 Would you stop nagging me already? 457 00:27:19,790 --> 00:27:22,198 I'm not going to pay $150 for a pair of jeans. 458 00:27:22,220 --> 00:27:23,925 Diesel's quality, man. 459 00:27:24,020 --> 00:27:25,230 They're ripped full of holes. 460 00:27:25,250 --> 00:27:27,355 They're going to be rags after two washings. 461 00:27:27,390 --> 00:27:29,399 Please, dad? I mean, dude. 462 00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:32,665 There you are. 463 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,900 Hurry up and put down your books, we got to go to the mall. 464 00:27:35,430 --> 00:27:40,143 You know, uh, if it's okay with you, uh, I think I’ll pass. 465 00:27:40,243 --> 00:27:43,574 No, it's not okay. We had this planned. 466 00:27:43,609 --> 00:27:47,222 Trashy movie, greasy pizza, over-priced clothes. What more could a man ask for? 467 00:27:47,257 --> 00:27:49,235 I-I got invited to a lecture; 468 00:27:49,270 --> 00:27:50,510 Edmund White. 469 00:27:50,545 --> 00:27:51,328 Who? 470 00:27:51,363 --> 00:27:53,139 One of our greatest gay writers. 471 00:27:53,174 --> 00:27:55,923 Who invited you? 472 00:27:56,678 --> 00:27:57,820 Anthony. 473 00:27:58,245 --> 00:28:00,049 Anthony. 474 00:28:01,060 --> 00:28:03,090 Look, this is important to me. 475 00:28:03,130 --> 00:28:04,691 And this is important to Hunter. 476 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,853 It doesn't take two of us to buy him a pair of jeans. 477 00:28:06,953 --> 00:28:08,002 That's not the point. 478 00:28:08,102 --> 00:28:09,736 Hey. Hey! It's just the mall. 479 00:28:09,740 --> 00:28:13,214 In fact, how about you both not go and give me your credit card? 480 00:28:13,314 --> 00:28:17,315 Thank you for the thoughtful suggestion, but, uh, I'm still going. 481 00:28:17,350 --> 00:28:18,957 I'm sorry you're not. 482 00:28:27,180 --> 00:28:30,444 I'm sorry I'm late, Sidney, but it couldn't be helped. 483 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,368 Gus got a fever. Mel had to work late. 484 00:28:32,390 --> 00:28:33,386 My hands were full. 485 00:28:33,421 --> 00:28:34,664 So were mine, 486 00:28:34,699 --> 00:28:38,257 accepting cheques, Visa, or MasterCard. 487 00:28:38,330 --> 00:28:39,705 Then it was a success? 488 00:28:39,740 --> 00:28:40,416 Awesome. 489 00:28:40,516 --> 00:28:41,809 It's too bad you missed it. 490 00:28:41,870 --> 00:28:44,007 Why don't you go home? I'll close up. 491 00:28:44,042 --> 00:28:45,570 Don't forget to turn on the alarm. 492 00:28:45,605 --> 00:28:46,452 All right. 493 00:28:46,487 --> 00:28:48,460 Shall we go for a drink? 494 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,033 Absolutely. 495 00:28:50,068 --> 00:28:51,363 How about jerry? 496 00:28:51,380 --> 00:28:52,988 That's a great idea. 497 00:29:10,741 --> 00:29:12,951 Oh, my God! 498 00:29:12,986 --> 00:29:14,343 You scared me to death. 499 00:29:14,378 --> 00:29:16,094 Good thing I came back from the can. 500 00:29:16,129 --> 00:29:17,486 You would have locked me in. 501 00:29:17,521 --> 00:29:19,401 What are you doing here? 502 00:29:19,436 --> 00:29:22,138 Well, I had an opening tonight, in case you forgot. 503 00:29:22,173 --> 00:29:23,359 I didn't forget. 504 00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:24,352 Then where the hell were you? 505 00:29:24,387 --> 00:29:25,517 I had things to attend to. 506 00:29:25,552 --> 00:29:28,776 Don't give me that shit. This was the most important night of your life. 507 00:29:28,811 --> 00:29:30,402 Oh, don't flatter yourself. 508 00:29:30,437 --> 00:29:32,379 Your Aunt Minnie could've died and you wouldn't have missed it. 509 00:29:32,414 --> 00:29:33,767 I don't have an Aunt Minnie. 510 00:29:33,802 --> 00:29:37,601 Yeah, well, I do, and believe me, if you knew her, 511 00:29:37,636 --> 00:29:40,072 it's all the more reason you would have been here. 512 00:29:41,310 --> 00:29:42,322 So why weren't you? 513 00:29:42,330 --> 00:29:43,269 I already told you. 514 00:29:43,304 --> 00:29:45,123 Now let me lock up so I can go home. 515 00:29:48,392 --> 00:29:50,581 What's your rush? 516 00:29:50,616 --> 00:29:52,644 You just got here. 517 00:29:52,679 --> 00:29:53,930 What are you doing? 518 00:29:53,965 --> 00:29:56,115 Responding to my senses. It's what an artist does. 519 00:29:56,150 --> 00:29:57,813 Well, tell your senses to respond to this: 520 00:29:57,820 --> 00:29:59,592 Back off. 521 00:29:59,627 --> 00:30:00,774 You sure? 522 00:30:00,809 --> 00:30:02,520 Yes, I'm sure. 523 00:30:02,555 --> 00:30:03,489 Well, I'm not. 524 00:30:03,524 --> 00:30:07,503 As a matter of fact, I think you've got a lot of contradictory feelings going on here. 525 00:30:07,538 --> 00:30:08,589 Oh, is that so? 526 00:30:08,624 --> 00:30:09,359 Yeah. 527 00:30:09,394 --> 00:30:11,817 I knew from the minute I met you, you wanted me to fuck you. 528 00:30:11,852 --> 00:30:15,722 Why, you smug, arrogant... 529 00:30:15,757 --> 00:30:18,788 I want you to leave. Now! 530 00:30:19,443 --> 00:30:21,510 Sure. 531 00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:24,977 But you ain't foolin' me, lady. 532 00:30:25,077 --> 00:30:28,047 More important, you ain't foolin' yourself either. 533 00:30:28,082 --> 00:30:30,189 Don't you dare tell me how I feel. 534 00:30:30,210 --> 00:30:32,244 You have no idea how I feel. 535 00:30:32,279 --> 00:30:32,962 Yeah. 536 00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:34,410 And it isn't true what you said. 537 00:30:34,445 --> 00:30:36,219 Liar, liar. 538 00:30:36,254 --> 00:30:37,740 I have no feelings for you. 539 00:30:37,775 --> 00:30:40,578 I mean, how could I? I'm a lesbian. 540 00:30:43,624 --> 00:30:45,188 That's how. 541 00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:41,216 He was amazing. 542 00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:44,558 And to think I never would've heard of him if it hadn't been for your class. 543 00:31:44,593 --> 00:31:48,389 Oh-h-h, I'm sure you would've discovered his work eventually. 544 00:31:49,964 --> 00:31:52,317 I thought the part where he talked about... 545 00:31:52,352 --> 00:31:57,417 how being positive changed his life was particularly powerful, didn't you? 546 00:31:57,452 --> 00:31:59,342 Hmm. Oh, I'd better not. 547 00:31:59,377 --> 00:32:01,072 Aw, come on. 548 00:32:01,107 --> 00:32:02,564 Got to help me finish the bottle. 549 00:32:05,993 --> 00:32:10,191 You know what constantly impresses and amazes me, 550 00:32:10,226 --> 00:32:12,755 how when confronted with the worst of circumstances, 551 00:32:12,790 --> 00:32:15,964 we, as gay men, somehow manage to rise to the challenge. 552 00:32:15,999 --> 00:32:18,257 Like Edmund White. 553 00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:21,209 Like you. 554 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:32,108 Anthony... 555 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,865 if this is where all this has been leading, 556 00:32:36,965 --> 00:32:39,358 you've made a mistake. 557 00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:41,515 I don't think so. 558 00:32:43,284 --> 00:32:44,862 I have a partner. 559 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:46,174 We have a foster kid. 560 00:32:46,209 --> 00:32:47,023 I know. 561 00:32:47,058 --> 00:32:50,678 And I'm not asking for anything I can't have. 562 00:32:50,974 --> 00:32:53,633 All I want... 563 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,654 is this. 564 00:33:00,455 --> 00:33:04,152 From the moment I saw you, I fantasized about you... 565 00:33:04,187 --> 00:33:06,645 admired you... 566 00:33:11,562 --> 00:33:15,132 wanted to be like you. 567 00:33:18,105 --> 00:33:22,762 That's why I want you to give me the gift. 568 00:33:26,453 --> 00:33:28,137 What? 569 00:33:28,886 --> 00:33:31,498 I want you to be the one. 570 00:33:31,789 --> 00:33:32,943 Anthony... 571 00:33:33,043 --> 00:33:35,086 Make me positive... 572 00:33:35,121 --> 00:33:36,107 like you. 573 00:33:36,207 --> 00:33:37,337 What are you... Stop it! 574 00:33:37,772 --> 00:33:41,549 It's going to happen anyway. It's just a matter of time before it does. 575 00:33:41,684 --> 00:33:43,601 Not if you're safe. 576 00:33:43,801 --> 00:33:45,554 Why be safe? 577 00:33:46,585 --> 00:33:50,711 All my friends who've converted say they feel liberated. 578 00:33:50,746 --> 00:33:52,536 Free. 579 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,977 They don't have to worry about it any more. 580 00:33:56,012 --> 00:33:58,922 It's over. Done. 581 00:33:59,155 --> 00:34:01,475 I want to be like them... 582 00:34:02,326 --> 00:34:04,683 like you. 583 00:34:10,514 --> 00:34:11,609 It's late. 584 00:34:13,624 --> 00:34:15,665 I have to get home. 585 00:34:53,990 --> 00:34:55,766 Here. 586 00:34:55,830 --> 00:34:57,879 Drink this. 587 00:34:57,914 --> 00:35:00,064 It smells like yak shit. 588 00:35:00,164 --> 00:35:02,625 Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that was in it too. 589 00:35:03,225 --> 00:35:05,878 It's a magic potion from a Chinese herbalist. 590 00:35:06,278 --> 00:35:09,383 Will it make me small? 591 00:35:09,583 --> 00:35:11,164 I'm hoping... 592 00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:13,365 that it will make you large, 593 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,091 very, very large. 594 00:35:34,734 --> 00:35:36,191 That's disgusting. 595 00:35:36,391 --> 00:35:38,436 Who cares, as long as it works. 596 00:35:55,641 --> 00:35:57,774 Are you feeling anything? 597 00:36:00,563 --> 00:36:03,904 Well, if you're expecting my glasses to steam up, I hate to disappoint you. 598 00:36:05,132 --> 00:36:09,224 It's supposed to rekindle the fire in your life gate. 599 00:36:09,259 --> 00:36:10,701 My life gate? 600 00:36:10,736 --> 00:36:13,870 I know it sounds ludicrous, but... if it works, who gives a shit? 601 00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:16,710 Yeah, well, maybe it can also stop me from thinking about what's no longer there, 602 00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:19,206 and that in its place is this piece of plastic. 603 00:36:21,466 --> 00:36:26,864 Or from picturing them sucking a bloody, disease-ridden ball out of me. 604 00:36:28,356 --> 00:36:32,409 Or from feeling so shitty from having them burn me to a crisp with their ray gun 605 00:36:32,444 --> 00:36:35,131 that all I want to do is dig a hole and crawl in, 606 00:36:35,166 --> 00:36:37,879 only I'm too busy vomiting. 607 00:36:40,059 --> 00:36:41,981 Who knows? 608 00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:45,619 Maybe then I might even be able to get it up. 609 00:36:45,654 --> 00:36:48,102 There's got to be something. 610 00:36:49,175 --> 00:36:53,632 Whatever it is, it's not a cup of Lipton’s. 611 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,968 You're all wet. 612 00:37:33,250 --> 00:37:36,480 How was the opening? 613 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,025 It was practically sold out. 614 00:37:39,125 --> 00:37:41,118 Oh, that's great. 615 00:37:41,153 --> 00:37:42,930 Congratulations. 616 00:37:43,030 --> 00:37:44,500 Thanks. 617 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,355 Aren't you glad I made you go? 618 00:38:03,390 --> 00:38:06,657 As you know, I don't come here a hell of a lot. 619 00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:10,272 I figure you've got enough on your hands without hearing from me. 620 00:38:10,820 --> 00:38:15,727 But, um, this is important. 621 00:38:16,362 --> 00:38:20,892 It's about my brother, Vic. Vic Grassi. 622 00:38:22,131 --> 00:38:26,709 He's gay, which seems to, um, 623 00:38:26,744 --> 00:38:29,852 bother some of the people you've got working for you. 624 00:38:29,852 --> 00:38:32,271 But I say... 625 00:38:32,371 --> 00:38:37,411 Considering what's been going on in your church lately, they got some hell of a nerve judging others. 626 00:38:41,309 --> 00:38:45,791 I'm sure you have more love in your heart than they do... 627 00:38:45,826 --> 00:38:51,478 and that there's a special place in heaven just for Vic. 628 00:38:51,513 --> 00:38:53,903 But, uh... 629 00:38:54,393 --> 00:38:58,970 keep an eye on him, just in case. 630 00:39:00,397 --> 00:39:02,604 One more thing. 631 00:39:02,704 --> 00:39:04,221 Brian Kinney. 632 00:39:04,321 --> 00:39:07,152 No doubt you've heard of him. 633 00:39:09,392 --> 00:39:12,104 He wouldn't like me telling you this, but... 634 00:39:12,139 --> 00:39:15,623 the biggest organ he's got is his heart. 635 00:39:16,731 --> 00:39:19,499 So please, God... 636 00:39:20,574 --> 00:39:23,376 make him well. 637 00:39:23,411 --> 00:39:25,674 Please. 638 00:39:28,309 --> 00:39:30,412 Well... 639 00:39:30,512 --> 00:39:34,602 I guess that's about it. Thanks for listening. 640 00:39:35,144 --> 00:39:36,897 Amen. 641 00:39:50,446 --> 00:39:52,512 Joan? 642 00:39:54,063 --> 00:39:55,559 It's Debbie. 643 00:39:55,659 --> 00:39:57,366 Debbie Novotny? 644 00:39:57,750 --> 00:39:59,720 Hello, Debbie. 645 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:03,642 I'M... surprised to see you here. 646 00:40:03,677 --> 00:40:06,038 Well, as I was just saying, I don't stop by too often. 647 00:40:06,073 --> 00:40:09,564 But when the going gets tough, I still haul my ass back here, 648 00:40:09,570 --> 00:40:11,634 you know, like a good little catholic girl. 649 00:40:12,130 --> 00:40:15,178 Well, that's the blessing of suffering. 650 00:40:15,213 --> 00:40:17,250 It brings us closer to God. 651 00:40:17,350 --> 00:40:19,352 Well, that's one way of looking at it. 652 00:40:19,540 --> 00:40:23,404 Another way is to say to him, "Could you cut it out already?" 653 00:40:24,417 --> 00:40:27,375 I heard about your brother's passing. 654 00:40:27,410 --> 00:40:29,611 Please accept my condolences. 655 00:40:29,615 --> 00:40:30,817 Thanks. 656 00:40:30,917 --> 00:40:34,439 I remember when I lost my sister. 657 00:40:34,961 --> 00:40:37,249 I felt like I had... 658 00:40:37,892 --> 00:40:41,589 lost my best friend, my confidante, 659 00:40:42,074 --> 00:40:43,643 My witness. 660 00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:46,024 That about sums it up. 661 00:40:46,514 --> 00:40:49,071 Well, at least we have our children. 662 00:40:49,106 --> 00:40:51,117 That's some comfort. 663 00:40:51,353 --> 00:40:54,198 Provided they're talking to you. 664 00:40:55,169 --> 00:40:56,631 Well... 665 00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:58,550 God bless. 666 00:41:00,069 --> 00:41:01,687 Joan. 667 00:41:03,358 --> 00:41:06,354 When's the last time you spoke to Brian? 668 00:41:06,589 --> 00:41:09,364 It’s... been a while. 669 00:41:09,599 --> 00:41:12,430 Well, you might want to give him a call. 670 00:41:13,130 --> 00:41:16,683 I doubt he has anything to say to me. 671 00:41:16,718 --> 00:41:19,836 Well, there might be something you want to say to him. 672 00:41:23,270 --> 00:41:24,869 I got him. 673 00:41:25,910 --> 00:41:27,138 Got who? 674 00:41:27,173 --> 00:41:30,547 Drew Boyd. He's agreed to be the new underwear model for Brown Athletics. 675 00:41:30,582 --> 00:41:32,057 That's wonderful, Teddy. 676 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,785 Huh. It's beyond wonderful. 677 00:41:34,820 --> 00:41:37,529 It's incredible. It's astonishing. It’s... 678 00:41:37,930 --> 00:41:39,196 unbelievable. 679 00:41:39,296 --> 00:41:40,800 It's not that unbelievable. 680 00:41:40,810 --> 00:41:42,799 After all, they are paying him a million dollars. 681 00:41:42,999 --> 00:41:44,184 How do you know that? 682 00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:48,064 Uh, well, they are, aren't they? 683 00:41:48,099 --> 00:41:49,077 Well, yeah, but... 684 00:41:49,112 --> 00:41:50,320 so why are you so amazed? 685 00:41:50,355 --> 00:41:52,119 Never mind. 686 00:41:52,740 --> 00:41:55,611 You know, I-I absolutely hate when you do that. 687 00:41:55,646 --> 00:41:57,188 Do what? 688 00:41:57,223 --> 00:41:59,648 Start to say something and then say, "never mind." 689 00:41:59,748 --> 00:42:02,192 Then I have to spend the next 10 minutes begging you to tell me what it is. 690 00:42:02,292 --> 00:42:04,598 I never knew it irritated you that much. Why didn't you tell me? 691 00:42:04,633 --> 00:42:06,776 Well, what good would it do? You'd just get hurt and sulk. 692 00:42:06,876 --> 00:42:08,290 I would not sulk. 693 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,666 And then I'd have to spend another 10 minutes 694 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,637 convincing you that I love you and begging you to forgive me, which you finally would, 695 00:42:12,737 --> 00:42:18,057 so will you please just tell me what the fuck it is so we don't have to go through the entire song and dance? 696 00:42:18,092 --> 00:42:20,531 I forgot what it is I wasn't going to tell you. 697 00:42:21,413 --> 00:42:25,665 You weren't going to tell me why it is so unbelievable 698 00:42:25,675 --> 00:42:28,928 that Drewsie... D... uh, Drew Boyd said, "yes." 699 00:42:29,337 --> 00:42:30,510 Uh, right. 700 00:42:30,540 --> 00:42:34,754 Because I was sure that he would say "no." 701 00:42:34,789 --> 00:42:36,312 That he would turn me down flat, 702 00:42:36,347 --> 00:42:39,203 and that I'd have to face Brian’s wrath for being a wretched failure. 703 00:42:39,238 --> 00:42:40,790 But that's not what happened. 704 00:42:40,820 --> 00:42:42,720 He said "yes." 705 00:42:42,750 --> 00:42:44,603 And it's all because of you. 706 00:42:44,803 --> 00:42:46,020 Me? Wh...? 707 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,065 Well, you're the one who suggested him, aren't you? 708 00:42:48,165 --> 00:42:50,395 Well, yeah, hm, I suppose I did. 709 00:42:50,695 --> 00:42:53,060 Although... 710 00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:58,416 I must've been pretty damn impressive to convince a big-time jock like 711 00:42:58,451 --> 00:43:02,234 Drew Boyd to stand around in his shorts. 712 00:43:08,527 --> 00:43:09,607 There you go. 713 00:43:12,110 --> 00:43:13,498 Professor Bruckner. 714 00:43:13,510 --> 00:43:14,956 I'd like to check these out. 715 00:43:15,090 --> 00:43:16,120 - Certainly. - Anthony... 716 00:43:16,220 --> 00:43:17,719 I'm sorry about last night, Ben. 717 00:43:17,754 --> 00:43:21,039 I didn't mean to put you in an awkward situation. 718 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:24,240 It wasn't so much awkward as it was upsetting 719 00:43:24,275 --> 00:43:26,743 to learn that what you really wanted was for me to give you 720 00:43:26,778 --> 00:43:28,186 "the gift". 721 00:43:28,221 --> 00:43:31,403 You were and still are my inspiration. 722 00:43:31,438 --> 00:43:33,618 Then listen to me. 723 00:43:33,653 --> 00:43:36,321 You have no idea what it's really like to be positive. 724 00:43:36,356 --> 00:43:39,600 No book, no lecture could ever describe that. 725 00:43:39,630 --> 00:43:42,864 So please believe me when I tell you you don't want it. 726 00:43:42,899 --> 00:43:44,851 You don’t. It's not what you think. 727 00:43:44,886 --> 00:43:49,066 Well, thanks for trying to talk me out of it, but it's too late. 728 00:43:49,906 --> 00:43:51,347 You see, I went to a party last night. 729 00:43:51,382 --> 00:43:52,945 What kind of party? 730 00:43:52,980 --> 00:43:55,322 It's called a conversion party. 731 00:43:55,357 --> 00:43:57,912 I had unprotected sex with a dozen or so guys. 732 00:43:58,047 --> 00:44:00,384 It's not the way I would've preferred it, 733 00:44:00,419 --> 00:44:02,163 but hopefully it worked. 734 00:44:03,489 --> 00:44:05,119 Oh, Anthony, for God's sake... 735 00:44:05,219 --> 00:44:07,515 They said I should know in a couple of weeks. 736 00:44:08,855 --> 00:44:12,287 The same time these books are due back. 737 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:28,358 Your new office is very impressive. 738 00:44:28,610 --> 00:44:30,806 And I like the name, 739 00:44:30,850 --> 00:44:32,310 Kinnetik, with two "ns". 740 00:44:32,350 --> 00:44:35,050 That's very clever. 741 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:40,520 I'm glad to see you're doing so well. 742 00:44:42,485 --> 00:44:45,435 Well, that makes two of us. 743 00:44:47,794 --> 00:44:51,003 I saw that... 744 00:44:51,103 --> 00:44:53,658 Debbie Novotny in church this morning. 745 00:44:53,758 --> 00:44:55,063 Well, what the hell was she doing there? 746 00:44:55,163 --> 00:44:57,230 What most people do, pray. 747 00:44:59,299 --> 00:45:02,604 Huh. She's quite a character. 748 00:45:02,639 --> 00:45:04,239 Yeah, well, I'll drink to that. 749 00:45:04,339 --> 00:45:06,898 I don't know how her poor son ever survived. 750 00:45:06,933 --> 00:45:09,163 Maybe because she loved him. 751 00:45:16,054 --> 00:45:17,881 And I love you. 752 00:45:19,589 --> 00:45:22,436 Well, you may not believe that, but it's true. 753 00:45:23,930 --> 00:45:28,201 That's why it hurt so much that I had to hear it from her, 754 00:45:28,236 --> 00:45:29,453 and not from you. 755 00:45:32,084 --> 00:45:33,852 Why didn't you tell me? 756 00:45:35,613 --> 00:45:37,057 The reason being? 757 00:45:37,290 --> 00:45:38,790 So I could help you. 758 00:45:38,830 --> 00:45:42,115 Well, I'm a big boy, mom. I can dress myself. 759 00:45:42,514 --> 00:45:46,199 I meant pray for you. Help you to see God's plan. 760 00:45:46,234 --> 00:45:48,139 God has a plan? 761 00:45:48,439 --> 00:45:50,222 He spared you for a reason. 762 00:45:50,257 --> 00:45:52,454 Do you know why? 763 00:45:52,489 --> 00:45:53,803 To torment you. 764 00:45:55,124 --> 00:45:59,951 I mean, no martyr was ever sainted without going through a shitload of pain and suffering. 765 00:45:59,986 --> 00:46:05,784 Well, Saint Joan, say hello to your shitload. 766 00:46:05,819 --> 00:46:07,420 Brian. 767 00:46:07,460 --> 00:46:12,854 Whatever anger, whatever hatred you have for me, 768 00:46:12,889 --> 00:46:14,845 you're still my son, 769 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:18,575 and that's why I'm trying to save you from the eternal fire. 770 00:46:18,610 --> 00:46:24,090 Every time you engage in behaviour that the bible expressedly says is an abomination, 771 00:46:24,125 --> 00:46:27,709 you're adding another eternity to your sentence. 772 00:46:27,744 --> 00:46:29,923 Well, I wish I was engaging in it. 773 00:46:29,958 --> 00:46:33,402 It brings tears to Jesus' eyes, knowing that you've sinned. 774 00:46:33,437 --> 00:46:38,193 But only you can save yourself from God's punishment. 775 00:46:38,328 --> 00:46:44,329 You think God gave me cancer to punish me? 776 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,393 It's not too late. 777 00:46:49,428 --> 00:46:51,190 You can still change. 778 00:46:51,225 --> 00:46:53,192 I know you can. 779 00:46:53,827 --> 00:46:55,996 I can? 780 00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,730 Though it won't be easy. 781 00:46:57,765 --> 00:47:00,422 You'll have to fight temptation. 782 00:47:00,457 --> 00:47:02,898 Be strong. Harden yourself. 783 00:47:03,098 --> 00:47:05,375 I want to be hard, mom. 784 00:47:05,410 --> 00:47:09,565 You have no idea how much I want to be hard. 785 00:47:10,797 --> 00:47:17,449 Oh, lord, make me hard, so that I can fuck every hot guy I see. 786 00:47:18,329 --> 00:47:21,594 That's why God gave me a second chance, mom, 787 00:47:21,629 --> 00:47:23,817 so that I can use the one ball I have left. 788 00:47:23,852 --> 00:47:25,396 Shame. 789 00:47:26,810 --> 00:47:28,726 Shame on you! 790 00:47:28,761 --> 00:47:32,691 If I have to spend an eternity of eternities burning in hell, 791 00:47:32,726 --> 00:47:37,581 it's better than spending one good day in heaven with you. 792 00:48:07,088 --> 00:48:09,225 Thank you. 793 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,171 So, in this dream 794 00:48:14,130 --> 00:48:16,019 there's this gigantic billboard of you, 795 00:48:16,054 --> 00:48:19,369 Times Square, like, 40 storeys high, 796 00:48:19,404 --> 00:48:21,722 in your underwear. 797 00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,780 My agent said it'd be great exposure. 798 00:48:24,810 --> 00:48:30,483 Anyway, you know I have this, um, little eccentricity about size, 799 00:48:30,518 --> 00:48:36,810 and your crotch goes from, like, the 16th to the 23rd floor. 800 00:48:36,845 --> 00:48:41,349 So I get on this scaffolding that conveniently happens to be there, 801 00:48:41,449 --> 00:48:44,165 pull myself up, and the amazing thing is, 802 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,323 the billboard comes to life. 803 00:48:47,358 --> 00:48:50,119 So I leap out onto your shorts, 804 00:48:50,154 --> 00:48:55,234 pull them down, and you have this humongous boner 805 00:48:55,269 --> 00:48:58,569 that extends halfway across Times Square. 806 00:48:58,604 --> 00:49:03,043 So I climb out onto it to give you a blow-job, and I'm hanging off it... 807 00:49:03,078 --> 00:49:07,500 doing my thing, when suddenly you shoot. 808 00:49:07,535 --> 00:49:11,332 Okay, it is like this exploding cascade 809 00:49:11,367 --> 00:49:15,995 and I ride it, and land safely 810 00:49:16,030 --> 00:49:18,434 in front of the Winter Garden Theatre 811 00:49:18,930 --> 00:49:20,425 where "Mamma Mia!" is playing. 812 00:49:22,133 --> 00:49:25,489 You're a very weird guy. 813 00:49:26,368 --> 00:49:28,605 You know what I think it means? 814 00:49:28,940 --> 00:49:31,501 For one thing, you're a bigger-than-life person. 815 00:49:31,536 --> 00:49:32,421 Got it. 816 00:49:32,456 --> 00:49:35,406 And I guess, I'm afraid that... 817 00:49:35,506 --> 00:49:37,951 once the rest of the world sees you, 818 00:49:38,010 --> 00:49:41,771 I'll be just another face in the crowd. 819 00:49:50,941 --> 00:49:53,184 What did you do that for? 820 00:49:54,229 --> 00:49:56,429 'Cause I wanted to. 821 00:50:08,370 --> 00:50:09,457 Hey! 822 00:50:12,110 --> 00:50:13,840 What's up? 823 00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,381 Funny you should ask. 824 00:50:17,059 --> 00:50:18,741 Whoa! 825 00:50:18,776 --> 00:50:21,137 Is that a thing of beauty? 826 00:50:21,172 --> 00:50:24,058 Unh! And a joy forever. 827 00:50:39,206 --> 00:50:42,803 So that happy-time tea actually worked? 828 00:50:42,838 --> 00:50:44,628 Mmm, unlikely. 829 00:50:45,940 --> 00:50:48,502 Then whence the woody? 830 00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:54,092 Let's just say that God gave me a second chance. 831 00:50:55,226 --> 00:50:57,445 I don't want to blow it. 832 00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:01,909 But... you feel free to. 833 00:51:44,610 --> 00:51:46,600 Well? 834 00:51:47,110 --> 00:51:49,773 You sure you want my opinion after the last time? 835 00:51:50,380 --> 00:51:53,892 Yeah, I wouldn't have asked you to read it if I didn’t. 836 00:51:56,474 --> 00:51:58,989 Okay. Um... 837 00:51:59,024 --> 00:52:02,846 my honest opinion is... 838 00:52:03,381 --> 00:52:05,865 it's brilliant. 839 00:52:06,665 --> 00:52:09,364 I mean it. 840 00:52:09,837 --> 00:52:12,781 At first I was shocked and even disgusted, 841 00:52:12,816 --> 00:52:15,370 that anyone would actually want to be positive. 842 00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,393 But somehow, by the end, I-I really felt sorry for the guy... 843 00:52:20,281 --> 00:52:23,153 that he could be that lost... 844 00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:25,970 and alone. 845 00:52:30,733 --> 00:52:33,848 And it takes a pretty amazing writer... 846 00:52:33,883 --> 00:52:37,157 to be able to pull that off. 847 00:53:05,127 --> 00:53:06,912 So how was the trip to the mall? 848 00:53:09,306 --> 00:53:12,801 I splurged. I bought Hunter his jeans. 849 00:53:14,288 --> 00:53:18,127 And he got us something, a CD. 850 00:53:18,162 --> 00:53:19,876 Uh, not some rap crap. 851 00:53:19,911 --> 00:53:23,344 Now, now, dear. Mustn't criticize the younger generation's music. 852 00:53:23,444 --> 00:53:24,401 Yeah. 853 00:53:34,533 --> 00:53:36,883 Not bad. 854 00:53:37,183 --> 00:53:40,183 Come on, you big lug, waltz me around the room. 855 00:54:15,765 --> 00:54:19,160 You know what part of your story I liked best? 856 00:54:19,190 --> 00:54:24,172 Hmm? What? 857 00:54:25,170 --> 00:54:30,475 The part where the gift-giver decides not to sleep with the bug-chaser... 858 00:54:31,495 --> 00:54:34,508 and goes back to his partner. 859 00:56:52,191 --> 00:56:55,775 Moo!