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Clips from NewsRadio - Jumper (S04E04)

"Thank you, Bill."
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""I was recently fired from my job."
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""even though they were all a bunch of jerks and liars..."
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""who claimed I was hostile."
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""Because the real villain in my sad little story..."
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"That jumper dude wants to know why he's not on the air anymore."
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"Oh, I don't know. Tell him the transmitter got knocked over..."
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"by some gigantic wild birds or somethin'."
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"Bill didn't fall or anything? No, no. It's all right."
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"They're fine. Oh, okay. They're not dead!"
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"[ Reporters Groaning ] Mr. James, let go of the kill switch."
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"who's got a beef to pick with me."
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"Could we save Bill and cut the wacko loose? I'm on it."
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"Tell the guy that if he lets us reel him in, you'll give him his job back..."
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"live, out there, on TV."
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"Okay. But, Joe, please, don't do that "falling out the window backwards" thing."
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"- It makes me really nervous. - Oh. All right. Sorry."
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"A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous,"
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"kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty and-- finish it."
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"Don't ask me to explain, but was anybody here ever a Boy Scout?"
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"Hi. I'm Dave Nelson, the news director."
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"we'll put you on TV and Mr. James will spontaneously decide..."
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"Scout's honor? Yes. I make you this pledge..."
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"as I once pledged to keep myself physically strong,"
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"No. Matthew, look out!"
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"Yea! All right! Let's make it official."
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"I need you to sign right-- Here."
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"You got a passport, Mike? No."
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"Do you want to? Sure!"
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"All right! Then I want you to sign right there. Look at that."
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"Well, there you have it, folks."
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"Another happy ending from the good people at Jimmy James Incorporated."
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"Okay, people, the show's over, but if you'll follow me,"
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"I guess I should say welcome aboard again, huh?"
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"Listen, I'm sorry if-- No, don't even think about it. Don't worry about it."
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"Anyone would've done the same thing in your position. Well, look at that."
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"Yeah!"
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"And the jet takes him to? Siberia."
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"You don't have any companies in Siberia."
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"And, Dave? Uh-huh?"
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"My pleasure. You're a good friend."
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"Going downstairs, getting outside and lying flat on our backs..."
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"on some cold, hard New York asphalt."
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"What the hell are we waitin' for? Let's do it."
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"Use this. Ah. All right. Thanks."
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"Oh, my God. I'm on it. I'm on it. Thank you."
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"No, this is not a crank call."
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"Okay, Bill, take off the harness."
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"[ Matthew Groans ] Hey, Matthew."
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"Yes, sir, and I have the situation firmly in hand. Oh. Okay."
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"Yeah. It's in the top right-hand corner of your desk."
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"So if you're going out, be sure to take a jacket."
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"Ah, to be young again."
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"Excellent. I just happen to have a spare one right here."
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"He's just a normal guy who got fired from his job."
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"We're debating that right now. I got an idea."
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"You're probably right, but let's hurry it up. I haven't got all day! Go!"
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"Why would I have to do that? Some kind of F.C.C. regulation or something."
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"The man, whoever he is, is deeply upset,"
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"he has the right to be heard right here on WNYX."
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"All right. So we got a deal?"
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"Can I trust you? This isn't a trick? I promise."
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"Yeah. Scout's honor. I knew it. You were never a scout."
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"Uh-huh. And here."
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"Smile. Am I going somewhere?"
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"Oh, come on."
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"Thank you for, you know, savin' my life and all that."
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"No. It was worth a shot."
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"If you get nervous, just say, "Thank you, Bill McNeal, for helping me through this.""
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"Tell him we're gonna go live on the air, but tell him to behave."
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"We're gonna put you on TV, and Mr. James is gonna spontaneously give you your job back."
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"Ow!"
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"Look, will you hold on a second?"
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"Nice to meet you, Mike. Nice to meet--"
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"All right. Any other dead weight? Just the microphone."
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"Right, Joe?"
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"Thanks, sweetheart. That's real good. Real good."
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"Helicopter? Yeah, helicopter takes him to the jet."
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"Still a little dizzy. Yeah, me too."
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"Yeah."
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"Matthew? Of course."
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"Bill, nobody is going out on that ledge."
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"Well, if you can't trust a scout, who can you trust?"
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"We're gonna wait for the police to get here and take care of it."
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"No offense, Jim."
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"I was trying to look busy in case you walked by and wanted me to do some real work."
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"If you can clip the safety line to him, we'll put you on the air."
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"Dial 911. I can't."
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"Sure I was. Bill will vouch for me. Right, Bill?"
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"Eagle Scout, decorated by Admiral Douglas MacArthur himself."
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"- Oh, geez! - Okay, listen."
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"Wait a minute. Are you saying this rope might not be strong enough?"
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"14 floors above the cold, hard asphalt below."
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"Oh, it's you. What's up, dude?"
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"Which is close enough. All right?"
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"Mm-mmm. No. I can get it! I can get it! What are you doing?"
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"I'm gonna go out there and talk this poor, miserable bastard off that ledge, live on the air."
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"David, there's a man on your ledge threatening to jump."
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"There. You okay? Yeah. It just all happened so fast."
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"No. No, no, no, no. Absolutely not. I never said that."
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"Beth, do you have the key to my door?"
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"Yeah, this guy strapped to my back's gotta be 200 pounds, easy."
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"Now, do you know how to warm up your voice? No."
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"If you should get pulled under there, do you mind opening the door from the other side?"
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"and his life is literally hanging from a strand of Joe's homemade rope."
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"Do I have to wear a costume? No."
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"What? Finish it."
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"Well, I should probably be going now."
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""is the man who owns the company that fired me--"
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"- How we doin' today? - I've been better."
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"Okay, you have a nice day too."
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"Nah. Hmm?"
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"[ Rope Sliding ]"
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"Yeah. Matthew."
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"I'm sorry about that, Bill, but still, I'm not gonna let go."
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"I have a statement I wanna read on the air, or I'm going to jump."
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"We'd need a microphone for that."
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"I think you're missing the fundamental issue here."
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"There we go. No problem."
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"This is Bill McNeal broadcasting live..."
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