Bananas

Don Dunphy: Good afternoon. Wide World of Sports is in the little republic of San Marcos where we're going to bring you a live, on the spot assassination. They're going to kill the president of this lovely Latin American country and replace him with a military dictatorship. And everybody is about as excited and tense as can be. The weather on this Sunday afternoon is perfect; and if you've just joined us, we've seen a series of colorful riots that started with the traditional bombing of the American embassy - a ritual as old as the city itself. Howard Cosell: This is tremendous, Don, just tremendous. The atmosphere heavy, uncertain, overtones of ugliness. A reminder, in a way, of how it was in March of 1964 at Miami Beach when Clay met Liston for the first time and nobody was certain how it would turn out. The crowd is tense; they've been here since ten this morning. And... and I think I see... the door beginning to open. El Presidente may be coming out. The door opens. It's he... it's

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Fielding Mellish: You uhhh, you busy tonight? Norma: Some old friends are coming over. We're going to show some pornographic movies. Fielding Mellish: You need an usher?

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Fielding Mellish: I love Eastern philosophy. It's... it's metaphysical, and redundant. Abortively pedantic. Nancy: I know just what you mean! ] Fielding Mellish: I've read Kierkegaard. Nancy: Oh, well, he's Danish. Fielding Mellish: Yes... he would be the first to admit it.

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Nancy: Have you ever been to Denmark? Fielding Mellish: I've been, yes... to the Vatican. Nancy: The Vatican? The Vatican is in Rome. Fielding Mellish: Well, they were doing so well in Rome that they opened one in Denmark.

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Nancy: You're immature, Fielding. Fielding Mellish: [whining] How am I immature? Nancy: Well, emotionally, sexually, and intellectually. Fielding Mellish: Yeah, but what other ways?

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Esposito: You have a chance to die for freedom. Fielding Mellish: Yes, well, freedom is wonderful. On the other hand, if you're dead, it's a tremendous drawback to your sex life.

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