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Clips from NewsRadio - Pilot (S01E01)

Oh, God, Ed. Are you all right?

"Oh, God, Ed. Are you all right?"

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Yeah. Sometimes the pain makes me a little nauseous.

"Yeah. Sometimes the pain makes me a little nauseous."

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What's on your mind?

"What's on your mind?"

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How long have you been here at WNYX, Ed?

"How long have you been here at WNYX, Ed?"

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Four years.

"Four years."

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Four years, four good years from all that I've heard, Ed.

"Four years, four good years from all that I've heard, Ed."

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Ed, I just heard you gave Catherine the Al Gore interview,

"Ed, I just heard you gave Catherine the Al Gore interview,"

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and I have some thoughts on that

"and I have some thoughts on that"

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which I'd like to share with you.

"which I'd like to share with you."

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Bill, uh, have you, uh, met Dave?

"Bill, uh, have you, uh, met Dave?"

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New sports guy, right?

"New sports guy, right?"

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Great, I love sports and I hear you're the best, buddy.

"Great, I love sports and I hear you're the best, buddy."

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Oh yeah.

"Oh yeah."

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Where did you hear that?

"Where did you hear that?"

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I...heard your audition tape.

"I...heard your audition tape."

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Good stuff. Good pipes. Clean delivery.

"Good stuff. Good pipes. Clean delivery."

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I didn't send in a tape.

"I didn't send in a tape."

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You're from Canada, eh?

"You're from Canada, eh?"

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Wisconsin actually. Wisconsin, cool.

"Wisconsin actually. Wisconsin, cool."

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The badger state. The nation's dairy land.

"The badger state. The nation's dairy land."

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Great country "out dair."

"Great country "out dair.""

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Not so fast, Ed.

"Not so fast, Ed."

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Don't you think I should do the Al Gore interview?

"Don't you think I should do the Al Gore interview?"

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Because phone interviews keep me alert,

"Because phone interviews keep me alert,"

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and if I'm not alert,

"and if I'm not alert,"

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I might just start reading the news very slowly...

"I might just start reading the news very slowly..."

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like this...

"like this..."

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I will see what I can do.

"I will see what I can do."

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Thanks, buddy.

"Thanks, buddy."

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I know you'll make the right decision.

"I know you'll make the right decision."

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I love cheese.

"I love cheese."

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Ciao.

"Ciao."

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That was completely disrespectful, wasn't it?

"That was completely disrespectful, wasn't it?"

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I am the news director.

"I am the news director."

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He can't talk to me like that.

"He can't talk to me like that."

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Ed?

"Ed?"

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Catherine wanted me to tell you--

"Catherine wanted me to tell you--"

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her words, not mine--

"her words, not mine--"

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that you have 5 seconds to drag your fat ass

"that you have 5 seconds to drag your fat ass"

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into the booth and make the right decision

"into the booth and make the right decision"

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on the Al Gore interview.

"on the Al Gore interview."

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Coffee, Dave?

"Coffee, Dave?"

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Oh, yes, please.

"Oh, yes, please."

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Great. It's over by the booth.

"Great. It's over by the booth."

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Thank you.

"Thank you."

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Ed, um...

"Ed, um..."

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All right, that does it.

"All right, that does it."

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I quit.

"I quit."

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I'm sorry. What, Ed?

"I'm sorry. What, Ed?"

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I said I quit.

"I said I quit."

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I am not gonna put up with this lunacy anymore.

"I am not gonna put up with this lunacy anymore."

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I've had it with Bill. I've had it with Catherine.

"I've had it with Bill. I've had it with Catherine."

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Uh-huh.

"Uh-huh."

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I've had it with the whole Bill-Catherine thing.

"I've had it with the whole Bill-Catherine thing."

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I don't need any Bills or any Catherines in my life.

"I don't need any Bills or any Catherines in my life."

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I'll pick this up over the weekend.

"I'll pick this up over the weekend."

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I got it.

"I got it."

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Ed, I can't tell you how sorry I am to hear you feel this way,

"Ed, I can't tell you how sorry I am to hear you feel this way,"

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but, obviously, there's no point in me trying to talk you

"but, obviously, there's no point in me trying to talk you"

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out of a decision you've put so much thought into.

"out of a decision you've put so much thought into."

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You got that right.

"You got that right."

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Yeah, yeah. I mean, all I can do is tell you how sorry I am.

"Yeah, yeah. I mean, all I can do is tell you how sorry I am."

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You tell Jimmy he can find some other idiot

"You tell Jimmy he can find some other idiot"

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to run this station.

"to run this station."

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I'll pass that along to him, Ed.

"I'll pass that along to him, Ed."

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Yes! Hi.

"Yes! Hi."

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Dave, can you believe this?

"Dave, can you believe this?"

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They get $250 bucks for one of these things.

"They get $250 bucks for one of these things."

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Doesn't even include the strings.

"Doesn't even include the strings."

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Look. See? No strings.

"Look. See? No strings."

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Mr. James, the Ed Harlow situation,

"Mr. James, the Ed Harlow situation,"

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it has been confronted and resolved.

"it has been confronted and resolved."

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Wow. That was fast.

"Wow. That was fast."

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Boy, you are a cold-blooded son of a gun, Dave.

"Boy, you are a cold-blooded son of a gun, Dave."

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But, God bless you.

"But, God bless you."

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I didn't think you were the firing type.

"I didn't think you were the firing type."

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Actually, Ed quit,

"Actually, Ed quit,"

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but that saves you two weeks' severance pay.

"but that saves you two weeks' severance pay."

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Ed quit? No, I didn't want Ed to quit. I wanted you to fire him.

"Ed quit? No, I didn't want Ed to quit. I wanted you to fire him."

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Well, that's really sort of a moot point now, isn't it, sir?

"Well, that's really sort of a moot point now, isn't it, sir?"

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Get the box, will you, Dave?

"Get the box, will you, Dave?"

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Dave, Ed quits three times a week.

"Dave, Ed quits three times a week."

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Hell, sometimes he comes in on Sundays

"Hell, sometimes he comes in on Sundays"

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just to quit a few times without any distractions.

"just to quit a few times without any distractions."

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Well, I did not know that.

"Well, I did not know that."

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Well, looks like you got a walking, talking moot point

"Well, looks like you got a walking, talking moot point"

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to deal with, doesn't it?

"to deal with, doesn't it?"

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Pick it up.

"Pick it up."

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Ed, can we talk for a minute?

"Ed, can we talk for a minute?"

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Not now. I'm busy.

"Not now. I'm busy."

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Look, Ed, it's really only going to--

"Look, Ed, it's really only going to--"

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Ed, Ed, Ed. What?

"Ed, Ed, Ed. What?"

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What did you think about

"What did you think about"

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my New-Yorker-of-the-week segment idea?

"my New-Yorker-of-the-week segment idea?"

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It won't work.

"It won't work."

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But you know what, though--

"But you know what, though--"

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I was reading an article in Broadcasting Monthly

"I was reading an article in Broadcasting Monthly"

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that said a station in Los Angeles

"that said a station in Los Angeles"

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just started doing it.

"just started doing it."

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What do people in Los Angeles care

"What do people in Los Angeles care"

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about the New Yorker of the week?

"about the New Yorker of the week?"

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Oh, yeah. No, no, no.

"Oh, yeah. No, no, no."

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In Los Angeles,

"In Los Angeles,"

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they call it the Los-Angelino-of-the-week, see?

"they call it the Los-Angelino-of-the-week, see?"

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But that's funny, though.

"But that's funny, though."

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Listen, um...

"Listen, um..."

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Broadcasting Monthly said that if--

"Broadcasting Monthly said that if--"

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Oh, Matthew, uh...

"Oh, Matthew, uh..."

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I don't read Broadcasting Monthly.

"I don't read Broadcasting Monthly."

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Only idiots read Broadcasting Monthly, okay?

"Only idiots read Broadcasting Monthly, okay?"

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But thank you for your input.

"But thank you for your input."

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Yeah.

"Yeah."

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Oh, Matthew, it's all right.

"Oh, Matthew, it's all right."

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I read Broadcasting Monthly too.

"I read Broadcasting Monthly too."

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I just don't know why he has to talk to me that way.

"I just don't know why he has to talk to me that way."

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Um, Matthew...

"Um, Matthew..."

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Matthew, things are going to change.

"Matthew, things are going to change."

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You just have to give it some time.

"You just have to give it some time."

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I've given it enough time.

"I've given it enough time."

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Things won't change. Please.

"Things won't change. Please."

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