expression being used by those that say they know. Mr Yeltsin wants to go to
Crimea where Mr Gorbachev was on holidays but his colleagues have said,
which shows you the gravity of the situation, don't go alone and that's the
current situation. Well now looks as though the coup in Moscow has collapsed
with the so-called Committee of Eight trying to get a plane out of the capital.
Also tonight we'll have news of the big fire that scared half of Melbourne out
of its collective wits today. And as well tonight I'll be talking with quirky
American comedian Rita Rudner, the woman who's shown you don't have to be crude
or be a total loony to get a love. And we'll have some music from Shane Howard.
I never felt like I was bound to be hopelessly in need of escape from reality.
TASS news agency, if we can trust them, has just confirmed that the eight leaders
of the coup which overthrew Mikhail Gorbachev have left the Kremlin and are
now at a VIP airport on the outskirts of Moscow, evidently trying to flee the
Soviet capital. Boris Yeltsin has called for their arrest. Now to get the latest
details we pick up this interview just in between British reporter Tim Ewert in
Moscow and ITN newsman John Fouchet. And our correspondent Tim Ewert. Tim what is
the latest from you? The latest is John that two things have happened within the
last few minutes. Number one is that there is now an active debate going on
inside the Russian Parliament about the fate of the eight-man emergency
committee which as we've reported are said to be at an airport on the outskirts
of Moscow. The debate is about whether they should be arrested or simply
allowed to disappear. Now that's based on again on on speculation by members
of the Russian Parliament. We don't know whether those men are still at the
airport, whether they've left, whether they've been arrested or not. The second
piece of information is this that the troops are being or have been withdrawn
from the state television center and that state television will soon begin
broadcasting live coverage of the Russian Parliament, of Boris Yeltsin's
Parliament, which suggests that it is ignoring the decree laid down by the
emergency committee. It is beginning to look more and more as if this coup is
over. Yeah all the signs lean that way John but but I mean the final word I
think has to be that this is a city that has been absolutely swept by rumour for
the last 48 hours. Until we get firm evidence of all these things it would be
a mistake to be too premature but all the signs are that the coup is crumbling.
In the realm of speculation again Tim are there any rumors about where the
eight may be trying to go? None at all. It would be pure guesswork. I think it's
most unlikely that they would be attempting to leave the country. I mean
you know one could speculate endlessly about where they might go to. They might
be going to see Mr Gorbachev, they might be trying to find a safe haven in a
military base somewhere out in the countryside. We just don't know but as I
said to you earlier some members of the Russian Parliament are now demanding
that they should be arrested and put on trial. A funny question to ask where
they're going. They're running away and you don't generally leave a note do you?
Well the past 24 hours in Moscow has seen the first fighting between Soviet
citizens and the military on the streets of the capital since the Russian
Revolution in 1917. Tim Ewert looks at how the confrontation finally spilled
over into bloodshed. The first blood has now been shed in Moscow's military coup.
The tension that had been building for two days finally erupted into violence
on the streets of the capital as troops moving towards Boris Yeltsin's Russian
Parliament ran into fierce opposition from enraged protesters.
Tanks against petrol bombs and uncertain army against determined resistance.
Moscow had not witnessed scenes like this since the Communist Revolution the
last time there were open clashes between the people and the authorities.
The flashpoint was the center of the city's 14-lane ring road. Somewhere in
the melee at least three people lost their lives either crushed by armored
vehicles or shot.
It left the city's streets stained with blood and Mr. Yeltsin's support is
apparently more determined than ever.
Everybody for Yeltsin, not against Yeltsin. But the soldiers we don't know.
Many of the soldiers clearly were bewildered and unwilling to fight back.
It once again raised questions about the depth of support for the coup. Those
questions were more persistent in the cold light of dawn.
Mr. Yeltsin's Parliament stood unscathed in a sea of debris and there were
reports that several high-ranking military officers were opposed to the
coup. And a little while ago some of the leading KGB officers who are allowing
Mr. Yeltsin to go and see Mr. Gorbachev if that ever happens have said we will
obey Mr. Yeltsin which means his division amongst Big Brother. So that
supports the contention from Tim Ewert. Well not all the action has been in
Moscow there has also been confrontation and anger in the Baltic states and in
Leningrad. Gathered in their tens of thousands a mass outpouring of support
for Boris Yeltsin from the cradle of the Bolshevik Revolution. Answering the call
from the city's deputy mayor to form a human barricade similar to those
guarding the Russian Parliament in Moscow they poured into st. Isaac's
Square to defend the country's second city against Soviet troops loyal to the
Kremlin hardliners gathered on the outskirts of Leningrad. Troops loyal to
Leningrad's reformist mayor Anatoly Sobchak took up their positions outside
the city hall while inside the leadership called on the residents of
the city to ignore the orders of the new ruling State Emergency Committee and a
look to the Russian president Boris Yeltsin as their new leader. Throughout
the long night the City Council tried to maintain contact with Yeltsin supporters
in the besieged Parliament building in Moscow convinced an assault on the
capital be followed by an attack on the city hall in Leningrad and it's not the
only city preparing for a military crackdown. We have some information about
movement of troops in Kiev. Yesterday evening a large column of military
lawyers has entered the city. Now you can't see many troops in the streets
but there are tank divisions in the suburb. In Lithuania Soviet troops
setting up roadblocks on the outskirts of Vilnius claimed to have discovered a
cache of weapons. Their commander said on Moscow television that his forces were
prepared to open fire if people ignored state of emergency regulations.
If there is an attack on the Russian Federation building there will probably immediately be the same either on the Parliament or
government buildings in all three Baltic states probably more or less
simultaneously. And in Kishnev capital of Moldova yesterday's protest
demonstration the biggest in the country's history was followed this
morning by the presence of Soviet tanks and troops in the suburbs of the capital.
Well the very latest from Moscow is that some or all of the committee of eight
responsible for the coup have been arrested at the airport in Moscow. They
didn't get very far did they? Well coming up after the break we'll have more on
the unfolding events in Moscow.
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On national 9 news tonight we saw resistance from the people put the
Kremlin coup into disarray and the chemical inferno that swamped Melbourne
in a toxic cloud. Rob Kelvin and Kevin Crease national 9 news at 6 simply the
best. I think about his name Ronk his name is John Suchet the ITN gentleman who
does what I do but probably gets paid more. Now he's just spoken to Professor
Peter Franks about what will happen with the arrests or supposed arrests of the
committee of eight who were just arrested at the airport and find out
what's going to happen to the coup now. I think that this means the final collapse
of the old Soviet totalitarian system. This is what the system has been waiting
for for several years. Now it's happened and it's the beginning of a new era in
the Soviet Union because those men it's not just their destinies which are at
stake it's also the institutions that they represent because their power their
influence is going to disintegrate with them and it's going to be the beginning
of a long long hard tortuous road but one which has hope in it as distinct
from in the past. You're saying that this is not just the fall of eight men then?
Not at all this is not just the fall of eight men it's the fall of institutions
of their prestige of their dignity it's something which is qualitatively
different in Soviet politics it marks really the culmination of what
Gorbachev has been trying to do and what Yeltsin has carried on doing. Well now
we asked you to read the crystal ball a couple of days ago and you predicted
the swift collapse of this coup. I must admit that I treated what you said with
some skepticism it would appear you were right so read the crystal ball again.
Will we see President Gorbachev reinstated or will we perhaps see
President Yeltsin? Well I think it's easy to make that kind of prediction I think
we will see President Gorbachev reinstated as president but I don't
think we should kid ourselves that he'll come back as the same kind of president
that he was before. What he'll come back as is as a symbol of legality of
constitutionality Mr. Yeltsin will make quite sure that he goes back to his
rightful legal place. But does it mean Mr. Gorbachev's hands are no longer tied as
they have been ever since he came to power? It means they're no longer tied
but it also means that he's not a politician of the stature that he was
before that other figures have come to the fore the people are expecting
different things. Mr. Gorbachev has a place in history but new men are now on
the scene. I think a grain of salt will be appropriate. Now share market traders
across the world must believe stability is coming back to the Soviet Union the
Australian all-ordinaries closed up at fifteen hundred and thirty five points
in Japan the Nikkei Dow has made a considerable gain of 364 points and in
early trading in London the FTSE 100 called FTSE I gather but I'm not one of
those trendy little people with their little phones on there. I work for a living and do
something mildly productive yes I have another job and in early trading in
London got in early there the FTSE 100 is up nearly 32 points gold is steady at
three hundred and fifty six dollars so I can leave my fillings in and the
Australian dollar is trading in European markets at seventy eight point two
four cents. Well the Royal Commission into the collapse of the Tri-Continental
Merchant Bank has cleared the Victorian government of any blame for the failure
which cost the state two point seven billion dollars an interim report
tabled in state parliament today said the collapse of the state bank subsidiary
was not due to any failure of the government individual ministers or
public servants. Commission Chairman Sir Edward Woodward
he has another job as well said that on the evidence so far former treasurer Rob
Jolly and former Premier John Cain had acted properly and responsibly. Mr. Jolly
who's feeling a lot jollier said now that his name has been cleared he would
consider a move back into the ministry if approached by anyone at all in the
street for in the supermarket why would you go back Mr. Jolly? What are the news
stories coming up after the break today's frightening fire in Melbourne?
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No. A Current Affair tomorrow 6.30 following National 9 News at 6. There's
been a very big fire in Melbourne it was accompanied by loud explosions. Black
smoke poured into the air after an explosion rocked Melbourne's dock lands
just after two o'clock. Fire soon engulfed the chemical storage company
anchor tank. There were more explosions as the fire quickly spread to at least
six large storage tanks each containing a different chemical among them the
carcinogen and highly flammable benzene. Several other chemical storage depots
and factories nearby were evacuated. Some of the workers witnessed the fireball
which started it all. All of a sudden we thought it was thunder but it wasn't
thunder when we looked it was a all it was black smoke that you could see over
here and then all of a sudden one of the tanks went about 300 feet up in the air.
The building then another couple of explosions occurred in the building
actually shook it really shook quite quite heavily so I ran back into the
staff and told them to pack up immediately. As the fire grew a huge
toxic cloud drifted across central Melbourne. The World Trade Center was
evacuated. Workers in the central business district were warned to stay
inside seal windows and to shut down air conditioning systems. Warnings were also
issued to residents of the inner eastern suburbs as the thick smoke continued to
spread. Debris from the fire was found more than eight kilometers away. In one
of the biggest operations for years almost 200 firefighters poured tons of
foam onto the inferno. After two and a half hours the flames began to subside
and fire chiefs were satisfied the worst was over. The biggest danger from our
point of view was that there were six or seven tanks involved but there's some
thirty tanks on the site and our biggest danger was that we'd end up with thirty
tanks involved. It's the third major chemical fire in Melbourne's inner west
in the past few years and has again fueled the anger of residents who have
been campaigning for the removal of such facilities. As fire officers began mopping
up environment protection experts began testing the area to determine exactly
what threat the burning chemicals posed. That mopping up operation is still
underway and will continue into tomorrow as will the investigations into how this
potentially disastrous fire began. But senior fire officers are already working
on one theory. One of the early calls into our control center notified us of
as an eyewitness of a what appeared to be a bolt of lightning hitting one of
the tanks in the tank farm and there was a rapid explosion following that bolt of
lightning. Gavin McDougall the world tonight. The first of the funeral
services have been held for victims of the Strathfield shooting massacre. In
Sussex Inlet on the south coast of New South Wales hundreds attended a service
in the town's community centre for Joyce Nixon 61 and her 37 year old daughter
Patricia Roe. The local church was too small to hold the big gathering. The two
women in Sydney to visit Mrs. Nixon's sick father were among seven people shot
dead by 33 year old taxi driver Wade Frankham in a shopping plaza. The
government shot himself soon after. Every August the Federal Treasurer of the day
says trust me this year the Treasurer not trying to put a sugar coating on a
bitter pill has also said sorry about that folks. John Caron today regretfully
informed the nation there was no tax relief around the corner. Apart from that
the government is trying to convince us the budget is a good thing. The Prime
Minister used a door-to-door sales pitch for the budget in a series of radio
interviews with the opposition leader very close behind and doing his best to
demolish the package. What they're really saying to you is that they have no
solution to recession they've just decided to live with it. Later still
acting as a salesman in Sydney the Prime Minister attacked the budget critics. The
1991-92 budget is a budget for recovery for responsibility for reform. The
government's hard sell was made more difficult by the latest bulletin
magazine Morgan Gallup poll which shows the coalition now has a 16 and a half
percent lead over the government and opposition leader John Hewson has moved
ahead of Bob Hawke as preferred Prime Minister. Another blow this time from the
Treasurer who used the dreaded D word. This budget provides support for low
income families through this depression. At the National Press Club Mr. Caron
virtually ruled out any tax cuts before the 1993 election. I just don't think
wage tax trade-offs are affordable in the future. Criticism of the federal
budget has also come from state Labor Premiers who want compensation for
changes to Medicare as well as interest rates cut. There will have to be in my
view and I know in the business world a further reduction in interest rates.
Mr. Caron has told an ALP dinner low inflation will bring lower interest
rates. A low inflation rate now offers Australian industry a real and precious
opportunity. If sustained it offers the promise of lower interest rates. There
have already been several cuts made to interest rates and any further falls
depend on the reaction to the 1991-92 budget. Cathy Swan, The World Tonight.
And what about the poor businessman who can't make it? Yes well I suppose there's
no answer is there? Australian peace activist Kieran O'Reilly has been jailed
for 12 months in the United States for his part in damaging a B-52 bomber
earlier this year. There was a small demonstration by supporters outside
Syracuse Federal Court to protest against the sentence. O'Reilly and his
New Zealand born girlfriend Mona Cole, Mona, Mona were convicted of conspiracy
and destruction of government property after they and two Americans attacked
the bomber with hammers. That's good thinking. The religious activists will
each have to pay $1,900 for the damage they caused. I hadn't thought of
attacking a B-52 with a hammer. Now everyone will be doing it won't they?
Practicing on Cessnas, making little balsa models and hitting them with tiny
little hammers.
Perhaps they practice on their heads. Queensland Government Whip Bill Prest
has been called a racist by his own party during a boisterous day in State
Parliament. The press comments came late last night during debate to close the
day sitting. In response to a Bob Catter remark, Mr. Prest replied, now we have a
gin jockey getting up here and making statements. A former Aboriginal Affairs
Minister, Mr. Catter protested saying a disgraceful racial comment was made to
which press replied, I apologize to the dark girls. That further angered Mr.
Catter who told the House Mr. Prest had made himself a target for an
anti-discrimination complaint. Mr. Prest again rose saying, I apologize but Catter
wasn't satisfied saying a statement of a very serious racial nature was made here
this evening. I see it as my duty to make a recommendation to the Human Rights
Commission. Despite his earlier apologies Mr. Prest replied, anyone who knows Mr.
Catter at all would know that what I said is true. Mr. Catter wouldn't comment
today but his leader Russell Cooper did, threatening action if the Premier didn't
sack Mr. Prest as Government Whip. He has a mouth like a sewer, we've always known
that for a long time and this is the last straw. Premier Goss was furious with
Mr. Prest telling him his behavior was unparliamentary and ordering him to
apologize to the House, to Mr. Catter and to anyone else he may have offended. The
language used was totally unacceptable and it's been indicated to the member
that he must unreservedly apologize when Parliament resumes or action will be
taken. Mr. Prest did apologize and withdrew the comments satisfying Mr.
Goss's demands, however Aboriginal Affairs Minister Anne Warner
dissociated herself from racist and sexist remarks. I feel personally
offended by the comments that have been made, I feel offended on behalf of
Aboriginal people and on behalf of women of Queensland. While the opposition
considers referring the remarks to the Human Rights Commission, the Commission
has no jurisdiction over State Parliament. Now for the latest developments
in Moscow, it appears the coup which overthrew Mikhail Gorbachev might be over.
There are increasing signs now that the Kremlin coup is beginning to
fall apart. As you have indicated there are these unconfirmed reports of the
arrests of at least some if not all the members of the Committee of Eight. We do
not have confirmation of that. We spoke to people at the airport where it was
reported they were headed and they have not seen anything of them, but there are
other interesting developments. There are indications that many of the military
units that were here in the city for the last couple of days are pulling out. We
have just heard that the Dzerzhinsky division loyal to the KGB has withdrawn
from the central part of the city near the Kremlin near the KGB headquarters. We
don't know where they have gone but normal traffic has removed in that area
and those troops have moved out. We also understand that two crack divisions
formerly part of the Ministry of Defense apparatus have expressed allegiance to
the Russian Federation president Boris Yeltsin and one of our reporters has
interviewed troops of a column of some 70 to 80 tanks and armored personnel
carriers. They informed our reporter that they are also leaving the city. Now
all these are signs that something obviously has happened in terms of the
of the Committee of Eight and its control of these military units. Earlier
we also heard at the Russian Federation the former Interior Minister Mr.
Bakhaten who said that he had information that troops would be withdrawn
from Moscow. So the question remains who is the boss? Who's the boss? Of course
Yeltsin was right and I like the words he used he said it was a case of idiocy
the way they did it they were idiots and they weren't well prepared I mean
let's have well-prepared coups. Well there'll be more coming up but after the
break specifically comedian Rita Rudner.
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online. Laughter probably isn't the best medicine but it'll do until you get to
the chemist. There is something very curious about humor and why things are
funny. I imagine to have to be funny can be tough but Rita Rudner does it and
does it well. Last year she was voted the best female stand-up comic in the United
States and that's not bad and it's good for Rita. I mean what over 200 million
people in America and they picked you. Oh 250 but who's counting? Who's counting? Yeah.
Curious thing about about the way you've got to humor is you decided to
become a comedian after dancing for so long. Tell me first how good a dancer
were you? I was very bad and swan like I was the lifeguard. No I was actually I
was a pretty good dancer and I was on. What sort of dancing? Ballet? I started in ballet.
Quit when I injured a groin muscle. Wasn't mine. But he's doing well he's a
soprano with the Vienna Boys Choir and then I went on to Broadway and I did
lots and lots of Broadway shows and I was about I think I started dancing when
I was four and I was on Broadway when I was 15 and when I was about 25 I was
getting old already you know and I thought. Is that all for a dancer? Well you start
thinking you know I started thinking um George Burns was still working and Gene
Kelly hadn't had a gig in quite some time and at 35 is basically it and that's
what I am now 35 so if I was still a dancer it would be over and with a
comedian it's just starting. So in your childhood were you particularly the life
of the party with the one that told the jokes for you the one they all sort of
looked to to see if something was funny? No whenever we play doctor the other
children always made me the anesthetist you know I was the boring kid I never
said anything and I was very quiet and observant and I think that's one of the
things that makes for a good comedian is I always watched everything that was
going on around me and I commented on what was going on 20 years later. But to
decide to be a comedian which is hard to be a comic anyway but to be a female
comic is even harder or good that's good and bad. I didn't have a choice. That's right.
Yes that's right. So how was the decision made? Can you remember a particular day where you
thought thumbing through the book let your fingers do the walking I'll do that?
I mean how did it evolve? It's a terrible admission but it almost was like that
because I kind of went down the list of what was available to me and I don't
have an education I mean I did graduate high school when I was 15 and I didn't
really want to go back to school and I didn't want to get married particularly
and there was no one I did want to marry especially I guess that was the case and
I was looking through the business section of the New York Times one day
and I saw an ad for soft soap and there was a little article about it it was a
brand new product and said there are two ways to become successful in a business
you can compete on the same level like I could go in and be a singer or a dancer
or an actress things that were really already crowded or you can create a new
product and take that on to the market and you have a much better chance of
success. So then I went around and said well there are there are no female
comedians I'll do that why doesn't anyone do that and then I got on stage for the
first time and I said that's why this is very very difficult but by that time I'd
found out I loved comedy I loved the science of it I love studying it. That's
interesting you talk about studying it and I think I've spoken to anyone who
does comedy who talks in those terms they just reel off jokes and what have
you how do you study it and what's appropriate to you which is an important
thing? Well I did it the same way I studied dancing because I was a very
trained discipline person studying ballet from when I was four and I went
to the Museum of Broadcasting and I got out all the tapes of people I love like
Jack Benny and Woody Allen and then I went to the library and got records of
all the people and I read all the books I could and I did jokes every night on
stage anywhere I possibly could. I assume they're jokes. No I would never do
anyone else's jokes. We come down to the very difficult thing where you get the
material from. Well first you write what you think is funny and then you go on
stage and you find out none of it is funny and then you go and little piece
by piece I call up all my friends that all have answering machines either they
weren't home or they just weren't picking up I'm not sure and I said is
this funny is this a joke and I'd leave that and then I remember walking around
my apartment because I became obsessed with trying to figure out what a joke
was and what's funny and I remember the first joke I ever thought of do you want
it? I hope it's still funny because it's a it's a very particular thing and it's
kind of a surprise that happens in your mind that creates a joke and my first
joke was I broke up with my boyfriend because he wanted to get married I
didn't want him to. That was it. It wasn't a great joke. No I like it. But it was
there it was there so then I left that in because people laughed after I said
that and then I went on the very arduous task of finding something else that went
after that to say. So has it got easier over the years? Yes. Tell me the life of the jokes.
Say for example I said right look you've got to do a show in an hour just give
you got to do one joke right you're only off for a minute. Do you look at things
around you? Do you look in the newspapers? What's the way you work?
The way I work is I look at my life and and I start with that's another thing I
read Mel Brooks said if you start with the truth at least you have a place to
start and I you know because I've read all about comedy writers and writing
and it's a it's always a very hard thing to do so I said well that's good at
least I'll have something to put on a piece of paper if I start from the truth
so that's where I always start and then it gets exaggerated and goes into funny
places. And it changes too I bet you doesn't it? Yeah it switches it but at least I've
started somewhere and I've got that first original image but my my humor
comes from the fact that I was a shy kid I wasn't a particularly attractive or
popular kid and that's what I write about you know and my husband and I have
we've been married three years now and I write lots of jokes about him and I
can't say he's that happy about it but he he's good-natured about it. You've got
a lovely frail style which you must be aware of sort of a little a little waif
lost in the woods which is very beguiling. I know I said people didn't
heckle me because they were afraid I would cry. Yes that's most charming there
and also you don't appear to be crude we've had a whole lot of the first jokes
an Australian woman told was about tampons. I looked at Joan Rivers because
she was the main comedian of that time when I started and I noticed that she
was doing lots of stuff on her gynecologist and being really ugly and
flat-chested and her husband not liking her and stuff and she does those jokes very
well and that's her area and I said that's an area I should never touch.
Because she's good doing it? Because that's it's already charted territory you
know. Not because you thought it was a bit tacky? It's not natural to me I have
to say I have to do comedy that's natural to me so things that I'm
comfortable with her more life and relationships and what's going on but
there's whole areas of subject matters that are attractive to both men and
women I don't like for men in my audience to go ee I don't like that
ee factor so I leave that out. So what's the difference between working on
television and working on the stage which is better? Oh the stage. Oh the crowd.
Yeah you get the immediate reaction and you know when I'm on stage I perform for
an hour an hour and a half or something and you get to talk to the audience in
banter and you can have whole sections where you can really just be talking
like a person when you get five minutes on TV like on Carson or Letterman you
have to be funny within that first minute or else you've lost a fourth of
your audience and a fourth of your time with that clicker they have in America
now. What's the worst critique being written about you the thing that really
sticks in your mind? The thing that really sticks in my mind is that some
people would think because I don't talk about politics and because I don't swear
that I'm I'm playing it safe and that's not root to me there are political
humorists that are wonderful that's not my job my job I consider it to be a
humorist about life and I would never swear just because I'm not comfortable
with it and I don't think that's being on the edge it's easy it's a shock value
if you say a dirty word someone laughs not because it's funny but because they
don't know what else to do. Well the last question which is putting
modesty aside the way you were made remember not the way you created
yourself what's the nicest comment anyone's made about your work? The nicest
oh okay one this one woman came up to me after a show and she said I really
enjoyed your act and I said thank you very much she said I never knew comedy
could be so relaxing. So I mean Rita it's great to meet you and after the break I'll
say where you're traveling around Australia and you're doing very well I
can't add anything to it you're doing six marvellously well that's your first
a dance on the stage and making people feel good. Well thank you I'm working at
it. Yes well you're doing well nice to meet you. Rita Ruddner and after the break I'll
tell you where she's performing around Australia so you can be relaxed as well
and I'll be back after the break.
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decided. Perhaps they're picking and choosing. She's a charming lady isn't she?
Most charming lady. There are always a lot of big mistakes and little mistakes
in war but sometimes the little mistakes turn out to be bigger mistakes than
anyone ever dreamed of. Like the children in Vietnam who are half and half.
These are the faces of America's unfinished business. The children of US
servicemen and Vietnamese women. Young adults now. Like 20 year old Mai many
feel abandoned by the US rejected by Vietnam. The villagers call me black boy.
It's hard to fit in because of the color of my skin. I want to go to America.
Now more and more of these youths are getting their wish. This new Amerasian
Center built and financed with US tax dollars is helping to locate, educate,
and resettle thousands of Amerasian children. Many now with children of
their own. In the years since the center opened 27,000 have gone to the US as
many as in the previous decade. With the pain of war dulled by time Americans
are doing much more than resettling Amerasian children. A delegation of US
congressmen all veterans of the war recently visited this American built
artificial limb clinic in Hanoi. Poverty stricken Vietnam they say desperately
needs help. There's an enormous latent tragedy remaining in this part of the
world and we have some responsibility I think to address that. Here in Vung Tau
they call this the friendship clinic. This baby boy was born here this day.
With the new clinic we can serve for the health of our people here about 50,000
people. With supplies always running short the small staff treats 100
patients a day. Back at the Amerasian Center 25 year old Vu is anxious to get
to America. I hope to find my father there but I will leave my heart in
Vietnam he says. The fighting here stopped 16 years ago but for both
Americans and Vietnamese the effects of the war linger on. Charming isn't it all
these little victims living. A few letters we welcome your letters if you
sign them it always is a nice touch if you want to be anonymous well that's
your own business but we don't read them you see so it'll waste time really.
Someone asked will I be a guest of honor at something I don't do anything in
public at all I just never have I I just frightened basically. Have you people
ever seen me do anything at well apart from that incidents and that's that's
subjudice that is and we can't discuss that but thank you anyway and I'm sure
Ray will do it. Ray loves it or Dom or anyone but thank you anyway but I just
don't I don't know why don't ask me. I got a letter from Mrs. E.W. of Leviton
that's the one of Victoria's. Leviton Western Australia or it's the other way
around. She refers to the fact that her husband used to watch the National
Geographic to see the naked topless African ladies. I don't know that's
fairly healthy. She talks about the banks we had that on the crossfire recently my
son gets five dollars a month put into his account and the banks were going to
take out two dollars of the month in charges. She suggests and I don't know
whether she's exaggerating that the banks are becoming too greedy. Yes you're
probably right E.W. Mrs. J.D. of Emerald in Queensland asked when will the news
will be coming back it never went anywhere. We'll have it back again. A bit
of whimsy in this funny world of news. Mrs. S. of Commenia. Where's Commenia do
we know? Somewhere in Australia. Oh have we got the pictures here of Sue's dress
Sue Smith who was on Beauty and the Beast. Could we have a look there. Notice just
below the just between the jewelry and the pen she said I think Sue was a prude
in such matters. This was about the the home unit people who were doing things
and the neighbors were watching. The husband wasn't actually complaining but
the wife was complaining that the husband was watching. She said a reason
she has an address that if she lent forward her boobs will almost fall out so
she has no right in saying what she said because of her dress on the show she
became an exhibitionist in front of about 10 billion people. Well that's the
latest survey. If people in the unit across the other side wish to expose
themselves then it's their business and no one else except of course Mrs. S. of
People's Sid which is the whole point. Thank you anyway it's good to see Sue's
front again. Someone asked would I sign an autograph? No. And there's no photos
he approved of by me. If you get a photo from Channel 9 of me let me know would
you? Where are we going? A few people don't like Ellen Jones a few people do. That's
life isn't it? I can't change Ellen. Oh someone here like are we looking for a
lady as a co-host here? I'm always looking for a lady as co-host even at
work. We might be resuscitating that very soon. How we going? All right a lot of
letters here. While I'm reading the next one you might put up the the the
address to write to you might like to take a note of it. You might not want to
necessarily write immediately but write it down and do get will it be correct
would you? Postman gets quite depressed. Skip that one that's a bit rude. All
right and finally there you are there's the fax number and you can write as well.
ROB of George's Hall. I went past George's Hall today why is it called
George's Hall? In New South Wales you said if Millers Crossing is the second
best movie you've seen recently what is the the best? I use that as an expression
because if you say it's the best movie I've seen it lacks credibility so I said
it was the second best. It was more just a term I used really. Thank you. Thank you
for writing and tell me what George's Hall why it's called the hall when it
isn't a hall unless there was one there and it disappeared.
Some music now? Well Shane Howard of course needs a haircut and I wish he'd
get rid of those dowdy black coats but he does live in Queensland otherwise
he's a pleasant lad and I like his music. Tonight we've got Shane playing his new
single Escape from Reality and by the way we have a fraction more coming up
on what's happening in Moscow in a moment they're just compiling it upstairs
and who knows what that means. Anyway from his new single Escape from Reality
which was recorded recently with the Irish band Hothouse Flowers. Now if you
like the single it might be a good time to buy it because I believe there's a
very good deal going which also includes the copy of Shane's full album CD which
is called River which came out last year. I'm directing the show at last. Well
that's enough of the free planks for Shane and great album. Let's listen to
the words, the song.
There's no light, there is no sound, just mystery lying deep underground.
Sometimes I think I must be blind. I search your eyes in hope of a sign.
You turn to me, we're looking along. The night is cold and the sun is gone.
You play the role with steady hands. The fire lifts, baby, let it stand.
I hear your voice, I touch the sound. I never felt like I was bound to be hopelessly in need of escape from reality.
We walked along, not moving fast. Then we stood still, overlooked island parts.
You took my hand. I thought I drowned. I said a prayer and kissed the ground.
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on things happening in the Soviet Union. Peter Jennings of the ABC America sums
up the situation and then talks to Moscow correspondent Sheila Kast. The coup
which brought Mikhail Gorbachev to his knees and would very much like to subdue
the Russian President Boris Yeltsin coming apart at the seams. There are some
signs that it is, but there are certainly some indications that we should be
cautious because many of the reports coming out of Moscow and other parts of
the Soviet Union this morning are just single reports. But the latest are these.
Agence France-Presse, the French news agency, reports a short while ago that
members of the so-called Committee of Eight, and it may not be eight men any
longer, was trying to get out of Moscow to go somewhere and that Boris Yeltsin,
the president of the Russian Parliament, had ordered the airport, one of the
airports in Moscow, Kanoekevo, to close down and not let them go. There was some
interpretation they may have been trying to escape. There may have been an attempt
by them to go and see Mr. Gorbachev in the Crimea. So that looked very much like
they were in terrible trouble. Here is a second report just moments ago from the
Reuters news agency, also datelined Moscow, which says two aircraft carrying
members of the country's hardline leadership have left for the Crimea and
the Russian president Boris Yeltsin has sent a message to the leaders of the
Ukraine asking them to be arrested when those aircraft land on the ground. That,
in essence, is the general confusion this morning what has happened to the men who
tried to bring down Mikhail Gorbachev and who have tried to bring Boris Yeltsin to
heel. Let's go to Moscow now where ABC's Sheila Kast is standing by. Sheila, if you
would, just give us a sense of place this morning. What do you think we should
believe at this point? The sense of place here, I think, is to believe the report that the
crew has fallen apart, that if the leaders have not been arrested they will
be too. We have some of our reporters have encountered Italians leaving Moscow.
One column of 70 or 80 tanks encountered at the bottom of Lenin's
that said they were heading back to their barracks. Another, the practice,
the Zvinci division was pulling away from Montesquieu Square near the Kremlin.
Also, I believe, heading back to their barracks. That's probably the key thing we
know. We've also heard just here outside of our HPE news bureau some horns blowing on
cars. We've, of course, not been able to stop the motorists and talk to them so we can't
be sure that those are horns blowing in exfiltration. We could see on Soviet
television a single state run channel still operating and anchor giving
not as much news as you have reported, Peter, but some of the pro-resistant news
that sort of flustered looking through his papers, said, excuse me, viewers, I'm very excited,
and then flashed a big smile at the end of his incest and said, that's the news.
Also... And just a hand, the Soviet Ministry of Defense has ordered all
troops to withdraw from the Soviet capital, but will they listen? Now the
weather for tomorrow. Very quickly, you can find a place that you like there.
On the left is the condition, the right is the temperature expected. That's open
shade temperature, all right? There you are. Except on the left there, we've got
it back to front. I hope that hasn't confused you too much, and I'm sorry I
misled you there, the latter part of the news bulletin, but it's been a long day.
I do apologize for that and hope hasn't caused any confusion at your house.
As long as you know what to wear tomorrow, and I'll be back tomorrow, goodnight.
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It's over Brock. No more. Now, nobody ever walks away from me.
You got lousy time. I will have order in this court. Proceed, counselor. I ask you
again to point to the individual that you saw shoot and kill John Wilkinson on
the night in question.
Amanda, take your time. Amanda, just point him out. It was him. Let the record show
that the witness is pointing to the defendant, Mr. Carl Brock. You told me
that if I testified they'd put him away forever, he's out on the street for God's
sakes. Look, nobody expected a mistrial. That's a great comfort. That does me a
lot of good. The DA is already filing a motion for retrial. Our main concern is
getting you out of here alive. You don't know him. He won't stop until he finds me.
The witness protection program works. You have to trust me. Trust you? I did trust
you and look what it got me. A plane ticket to Los Angeles and a free makeup
job. Let's get started, Candy.
Born in Chicago? I've never even been to Chicago. Where'd you get the name Bridget
from? It's my daughter's name. Thought you'd like it. I'm sorry. It's a nice name.
I know it's none of my business, but how the hell did a kid like you get mixed up
with a guy like Brock? You must have known his reputation. Hey, this is Atlantic
City. You're nobody here without a reputation. Besides, I... I thought I was in love with him.
Look, don't I even get to say goodbye to my mom? I'm sorry. Why? It's too dangerous
for her and for you. Oh, Bridget. Whoever you are. I tried to explain to both of you.
Why won't you listen? Daddy, please say something. You made up your mind. What
else is there to say? That you understand, that you forgive me. What you were doing
was... It was what you wanted. What mother wanted. Not once did you ask me what I
wanted. I want to be able to wake up in the morning and smile.
Daddy, do you realize I've never seen you smile?
Please say something to me. Your bus is waiting. Goodbye, daddy.
I love you both very much.
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Don't worry. I'll load my own gear. You're not happy to take a cab, but they insisted
on sending this limo. It's hypocritical, don't you think? I think you've got the wrong car.
Sorry. Oh, you're not the driver from the record company? What record company? If you
have to ask, I guess you're obviously not. What are you, a rock star or something? Something.
Oh, great. Now I'm late. This is the last time I agree to do a benefit. Hey, wait. I
can take you if you want. Yeah? Yeah. Great. Are you in a rush? Never. You want to see
more of LA? Definitely. Okay.
Yeah, man. That's enough.
Yeah. Hey, you're good. Look, I need this gig. I'll work whatever you want, weekends
or weeknights. I'll be more reliable than mailman. You know what the money is? Let's
do it. Oh, great. All right. Oh, great. Oh, thank you. Thanks for the tour. Here's my
name and number. Next time you have an empty limo, give me a call. Okay. Bye. Thanks. Bye.
I want it in the lottery. Nightingale House has been a home for student nurses for the
last 20 years. There are still a couple of people missing, Foreman and Aronson, but I
think we should get started. Oh, excuse us, ladies. Come on, Buzz. This can't be the place.
Foreman and Aronson, I presume? Buzz. Todd. Well, this is the place and you're late. And
being late in this business could someday cost a life. So please make this a first and
a last. I'm sorry. It won't happen again. Good. Ever. We swear. Thank you. Now that
we're all here, let me formally introduce myself. My name is Elizabeth McCarran. Everyone
calls me Liz. Hi, Liz. Hi. Hello. Although I have full nursing credentials, I function
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nursing program intimately. The eight of you will be a part of a class of 20 students in
the nursing program. Excuse me, is that 20 of us in this house? No. The rest will be
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that nursing is going to be fun. It isn't. Which is one of the reasons we have a serious
nursing shortage in this country. I'm not going to kid you guys. The work is very tough.
Lectures, classes, tests, hospital duty evaluations. And here's a sobering thought. There are
eight of you in this room. Statistics tell us that half of you might not make it. Half?
But for those of you who do, nursing can be a rewarding and fulfilling career. As house
mother, my job is to be here for you, to give you support, and just to help you get through
it. And it all starts tomorrow 5 a.m. sharp. So good luck and give it your best shot. Are
there any questions? 5 a.m. No? Well then let's all get settled in. The living quarters
are all up here. You'll be three to a room. Oh, except of course, Buzz and Todd. Hey,
don't go to any trouble on our account. Samantha, Bridget, and Rebecca, you guys are in this
room right here. Thanks. And Julie, Deah, and Lorna, you're down the hall. And what about
us? And you boys are going right to the top. Liz, are we on the left? Yeah. The attic.
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I have to play that thing in here. Where would you suggest I play it Julie? Cleveland. I
bet she's got a degree in bitching. I hope we're going to get along. This program sounds
hard enough as it is. No don't sweat it, I'll handle her. Hey Lorna, don't you know those
things can kill you? Besides they're incredibly uncool. These aren't mine, I don't even smoke.
How did these get in here? What are those? Study aids, we're going to need them. You're
really prepared aren't you? Yeah well my mom's a nurse so I kind of grew up with this stuff.
Is that why you're here? Because of your mom? Very good. So where are you from Becky? I'm
from Missouri, I was raised on a farm. Oh I love the country. Don't you miss it? A little.
How about you Sam? From New York. Really? Is your family still there? Well my dad's
dead but my mom lives here in LA. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. How about you Bridget? Bridget?
What about you, where are you from? Chicago. So why'd you pick nursing? Um, it was a last
minute decision. I wonder if I could have a minute? That's why I'm here. Prattland?
No, look Liz, I hate to make trouble, I'm not that kind of person really. But when I
applied I specifically asked for my own room and a telephone. Now I'm sure you're aware
that there are two other girls in my room. And well as you can see, I'm not like them.
Oh yes I can see that very clearly. I knew you'd understand. Good. Then I'm sure you'll
understand when I tell you it's three to a room. I beg your pardon? I'm afraid you'll
have to conform to our rules. You haven't heard a thing I've said. Oh no no, you're
wrong. I heard you all too well. Do I make myself clear Miss Prescott? Perfectly Miss
McCarran. Just perfectly. I think I've died and gone to heaven. Did you happen to notice?
Yes, I noticed. I'm not blind. I'm really impressed. This may just be the greatest idea
of your entire life. Hey would you be serious for once? I mean if you don't screw this one
up we might just get something out of it. I plan to. Just don't get us thrown out okay?
This is important to me. It's important to me too. Real important. I mean it. Hey no
problem. Miss McCarran? Bridget hi. Hi. How's your throat? Would you like some tea? Oh
thank you. They said you'd know about me. Yes. Come and sit. I'm your liaison with the
Justice Department. Kind of a new experience for me too. If you ever need to talk my door's
open. I don't want to cause you any trouble. I mean I know that you have a lot of real
students here and they're the ones that deserve your attention. I don't know what you mean
by real students. People come here for a hundred different reasons. You'd be surprised. I know
your adjusting is going to be difficult and I'm here to help you in any way I can. I'll
try to fit in. Well you may just find you do fit in. Thanks. Well that makes me feel a
little better. Well that's a start. Yeah. I feel safe here. I think. We'll be fine. Let
me get you some tea. I think I need it. So any news on where she is? We got lucky at
the trial Mr. Brock. I'll take my advice and forget the girl. Well here's a little advice
for you. You find her for me. You got that? My girl left me for my best friend. He told
me it was for his brother. Either way it was devastating. Hey is there no compassion around
here?
Alright everybody listen up. My name is Nurse Rit and I suggest you give your souls to God
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The program here at University General Hospital is hands on from day one. So I suggest you
stick tight and pay close attention. When do we start weapons training?
This is where you'll be spending most of your clinical medical surgical training. Here you
will assist the patient to grow to his fullest capacity. Now the healing relationship between
the patient and nurse is focused on the patient's needs. This is a nurse's station where you'll
find everything that you'll need. Most of your classes will be held in here. The first
semester will be filled with fundamentals of nursing. Then we'll break you up into rotating
groups consisting of medical, surgical, pediatrics, maternity and psychiatric nursing. Desk assignments
later. Hey Buzz, I think she's more your speed.
Hi Brian.
Come on everybody. Let's go. There's a lot more to see. Pediatrics, nothing sadder than
children in pain. Seal yourself to it. Next we'll go to emergency and I want everyone
to stay together.
Uh oh.
Don't lose him. Do you like my teddy bear?
Yes I do very much. He's nice.
Thank you.
You're welcome. Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
Who do we have here?
24 year old male stabbed in the chest. Multiple rib fractures and I think he's got a second
chest wound.
He's also got a hemothorax. We gotta give him an OR stat. Call ICU. Make sure we got
a bed available for him. Typing cross over two units. A whole blood. CBC, lights, coag
panel. John, let's get a chest tube in.
Team, the essence of mercy. Especially in here.
Put a foley in. Have you got him prepped?
Okay, let's go.
Wait over here for a moment. I want to introduce you to Dr. Roger Traynor, our chief of surgery.
Do you care to say a few words to our new class doctor?
Well I really don't have any words of wisdom for you but I will wish you all good luck.
We're happy you're here. We need you.
You can take a 15 minute break. You can go now.
You have a new fan club already, doctor.
Come on. You know you're the only fan I count.
That's right.
Dr. Traynor.
Hi.
I just want to tell you how pleased I am to meet you. I've heard a lot about you.
That's very nice. Thanks.
I certainly hope we get a chance to work together sometime.
Me too. That'd be great.
It would be. My name is Julie. Julie Prescott.
Well Julie Prescott, how goes the first day?
Getting better.
Good.
See you later.
Dr. Stoder to ER.
Hi.
I thought I'd stop by and say hello.
Garden always looks great this time of year.
Roger do me a favor.
Cross me off your jogging route.
No, no. Never.
You know if you chased women your own age maybe you wouldn't have to run so much.
How about you? You chasing anybody these days or you still sitting up in the bleachers?
I say we always have the same conversation.
Because I worry about you.
Come on Liz. Can't we be friends?
Maybe we can.
Good.
When you grow up.
That's unfair. You're the one who pressed for the divorce. Remember that?
Look, I'm really busy. I have a new group starting today.
I know. I met them.
Well I gotta go.
Roger?
Yeah.
Stay away from my girls.
I hate you. I hate you Todd.
It's right there.
The helping relationship and communication skills in nursing.
Just relax Buzz.
So does anyone here still want to be a nurse?
I do.
Come on. Let's go out somewhere.
I really don't think you and I would frequent the same places.
What do you mean by that?
Well where I go the men walk upright.
Hey, I just don't want to hear another word about bottling.
Todd's right. We really need a break.
I know a great new club. Come on.
Let's go.
I don't want to go. I want to study.
What am I supposed to wear?
I'm sure you have something.
Come.
Thank you for hearing our story.
Hey, it's the last one.
Thank you, Dad.
All right.
Bye.
Mom.
You know, Liz said only half of us are going to make it.
No.
I don't buy that.
We can all make it.
Easy for you, your mother's nurse.
That's why you get those cards.
Thanks a lot.
What brought you here, Lorna?
Yeah.
You'll all laugh.
Oh, come on.
Oh, my gosh.
All my life, I've wanted to help you.
Oh, what a saint.
That's nice.
No, I understand.
That's why I want to be a nurse, too.
How about you guys?
Well, we're a top secret mission for, uh, Mr. Dr. Ruth.
Oh, that's right.
We're really not at liberty to discuss it.
That's a good one.
Cool.
That's great.
Sounds important.
Yeah.
That's the same.
Yeah.
It's down.
I don't believe it.
Baby, baby, when you call me on the phone today, you'll feel that brand-new ring you've
been holding on to.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, I'm in love.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh.
Hey, Sam.
Hi.
Sam, what are you doing here?
I work here.
Right here?
Look, I'll explain everything later.
I have to take a shower and change.
I'm late.
Yeah.
Goodbye.
Well said, Sam.
Oh, my gosh.
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So you're from the Windy City.
What?
The Windy City.
Chicago.
Oh.
Well.
Sort of.
Yeah.
I mean, too.
Sort of.
It's great.
Yeah, actually, I'm from the south side.
And Buzz, believe it or not, is from Winnett County.
So what part are you from?
I'm from the east side.
The east side?
I mean the west side.
I mean.
Hey, am I making you nervous?
No.
No.
I went to the Art Institute for a while.
I listened to WLS radio.
And we used to hang out at Duck is a lot.
Ha ha.
Dittkes.
You mean ditkes.
You say ditkes.
I say dotkes.
Look, I've got to go.
Am I contagious?
Can I have a soda, please?
You don't look like you're having much fun.
I've never been in a place quite like this before.
There is no place else quite like this.
So where are you from?
You wouldn't be interested.
It's pretty dull.
Ah, you're wrong.
I'm very interested.
Oh, I'll get that.
Thank you.
So what do you do?
I'm a student nurse at the University General Hospital.
See, that isn't dull at all.
Oh, I'm Daniel Parker.
Rebecca.
Rebecca, that's pretty.
Rebecca, would you like to dance?
No, thank you.
I really don't know how.
I'm going to go join my friends.
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What is this?
To scare the Witness to Death program?
Maybe you need to be scared.
You're not looking over your shoulder kid.
It took you ten minutes to notice anyone was there.
What are you doing here anyway?
Is it my mother?
Is she alright?
She's fine, just checking up on you.
Any problems?
Problems?
Me?
What problems?
A name I still don't answer to?
A life story I can't keep straight in a face I don't even recognize in the mirror?
No, no, I'm just fabulous.
I know it's a small point, but you are alive.
You call this living?
I'm sick of being scared.
In fact I'm sick of this old am gate.
Look you gotta get my mom here.
I really need to talk to her.
Bridget.
Please.
No way.
You owe me.
And if you can't do me this one favor then just stay the hell out of my life.
I'm sorry.
I can't.
Come on let me buy you a cup of coffee.
Thanks.
I'm sorry.
You look good mom.
California agrees with you.
I take care of myself.
May I come in?
I'm busy.
It's gonna be like that.
What did you expect?
Let's not play games.
You know I go to our old apartment in New York and you've moved.
No new address.
You just disappeared off the face of the earth.
Do you know how long it took me to find you?
Go away.
She's my child.
Why didn't you think about that when you walked away from her?
My god she was only six months old.
I made a mistake.
I was just a kid.
Please.
At least let me see her.
No.
You don't deserve her.
I'm chained.
I'm not drinking.
There are no more drugs.
I'm clean.
And for how long?
Don't come back here again.
I have a court order to make sure that you stay away.
What are you talking about?
I have filed the papers to adopt her legally.
Please don't do this.
I'm begging you.
Mom, look.
I'm going to school.
I'm going to have a whole new career.
Samantha, I have heard it all before.
No, you're wrong.
Please.
I'm going to prove you wrong.
I want to see my baby.
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Another one, just one more.
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Music
Entry and assessment. Determine unresponsiveness, tap or gently shake and shout.
Tap or gently shake and shout. What's next?
What's the question?
Music
Really? So how long does it take to dry this?
I just gotta cut this.
Music
I can't concentrate, it's heat.
I'm gonna study at the beach, do you want to come?
No, I can't.
Well I'm going. I've always wanted to see the ocean, now it's only 30 minutes away. Bye.
Bye, have fun.
Music
Music
Music
Music
Music
It's beautiful, isn't it?
Guess I just have a thing for dull girls who don't know how to dance.
Do you remember me, Daniel Parker?
Um, how did you know that I was...
I followed you from your house.
Why?
Well I was going to go in and ask you for a date but, well, I kinda lost my nerve.
And then you got on the bus. I know I could have saved you the bus fare.
Look, um, I really have to study.
Well that's okay, just walk with me for a while.
I mean it's such a beautiful day and I promise I won't bore you with my life story.
At least not too much.
Come on, walk with me.
Come on.
You look great.
Thank you.
Don't you just love the ocean?
Yes, it's beautiful.
Makes you feel terrific, huh?
Yeah.
Yeah, me too. There's something about it, something special.
Doctor's donor.
Hey Jack, keep him in mind.
Nice wheels.
How goes the studies?
Horrible. Have you ever tried to concentrate in a zoo?
You know, you're welcome to study up in my place.
Wouldn't Liz have a problem with that?
I beg your pardon?
I mean our house mother likes us to study up at the house.
Well Julie, you know, it's up to you.
Anyway, the invitation's still open.
Well, maybe.
Good.
We're going to go find it.
Hannah, your mother and father are here.
Can I help you?
Yeah, could you tell me which little girl is Megan?
Are you a relative?
Yes.
Uh, no.
I mean, uh...
I'm sorry.
I don't see any note from her mother and I really can't release her without written instructions.
Excuse me.
Oh, okay. See you later.
Mommy!
Hi sweetheart!
How are you?
So tell me a little more about Bluegrass, Missouri?
Blue Springs.
Oh, Blue Springs. Okay.
I kind of like it when we talk about you.
But I'm running out of things to say.
I'm sorry.
I haven't had many dates.
In fact, I haven't had any.
I can't believe that.
Well, my family's very religious.
Well, I'm surprised they let you come to L.A.
I came on my own.
It's the first time I ever disobeyed them.
They barely even talk to me now.
I'm sorry.
Balloon man.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
And you're enjoying yourself?
Yes.
Good.
Listen, my house is only a couple blocks from here.
Would you like to come by?
I don't think so.
What's the point of being a struggling photographer if you can't show someone how hard you're struggling?
I just really can't.
I need to catch the bus back home.
Well, I'll drive you back.
Really?
Yeah.
Thanks.
Daniel, I just want you to know I had a really good time.
Enough to do it again?
I'd like that.
Good.
Come on.
Here, I'll get you.
Thanks.
Go on.
What is it?
It's after two.
Oh, I was just out with a friend.
I heard your music on my way in.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, she's the greatest.
Yeah, she is, isn't she?
Want to come in for a bit?
We're in the company.
Are you sure?
Yeah, come on in.
Oh, nice office.
Whoa, you got a serious collection here.
Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Julie London, Bessie Smith, Elvis Costello.
Liz, who are you?
Funny, I was just asking myself the same question.
Are you getting any answers?
A few, when I'm happy for those.
What about you?
What about me?
Why are you here?
Because nursing's something I grew up with, and I'm good at it.
Besides, everybody's got to eat, right?
Well, nursing can be great.
So why did you give it up?
Who says I gave it up?
I'm just taking a break.
I needed to get away, but not too far away.
Funny, the choices we make.
But I guess that's what it's all about, choices.
Yeah.
Hi, Julie.
Sam!
Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
Are you all right, Sam?
Yeah, I'm okay.
I'm Sam Stein.
Samantha Sullivan, also known as Sam.
Still have the first week jitters.
You see, we're supposed to cure them, not put them in traction.
Oh, come on, Doc.
Lay off.
It was my fault.
I wasn't looking.
And what are you doing out of your room?
You have exploratory surgery tomorrow.
I only hope that in my next life I get to be your doctor.
Sure.
You know, I think you ought to consider changing your name.
I wouldn't want anybody to get the two of us confused.
Oh, I'm late.
I got to go, Sam.
I'll catch you later, Sam.
Okay.
What's wrong, Pia?
Nurse written nail me.
I think I left my CPR mouthpiece at the house.
I got to go.
Oh, phew.
See you.
Okay.
Oh, what's the matter?
Don't you like me anymore?
Oh, they're going to find out about you
and throw you out on your ass, just like they did in Florida.
Lorna, are you all right?
Oh, I'm fine.
Why?
Um, no, it's just that Sam sounded like you were upset or something.
No, I'm fine, really.
What are you doing here?
Aren't you supposed to be on duty?
Yeah, I left my CPR mouthpiece here.
Well, I'm late for class.
I got to go.
Okay.
Bye.
See you.
These aren't mine.
I don't even smoke.
I don't even smoke.
I don't even smoke.
I don't even smoke.
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Who's the big spender in Cooper's Crossing?
It's like that Alan Bond.
A conniving con man?
A lovely thing to say.
Or the perfect gentleman?
I stand before you with an opportunity.
You gave him a thousand dollars?
Everyone's out to strike it rich.
Better thank to know the Bush telegraph's alive and well.
But you win some.
He said yes! Woohoo!
You lose some.
Four thousand dollars?
The Flying Doctors.
I'm off to Trump. Mom.
7.30 tonight, followed by The Flash on Channel 9.
I thought Lorna was going to join us.
She changed her mind.
She's always changing her mind.
Look, maybe we should just do this another day.
You're stalling, Becky. Come on. This is Melrose.
It's time to purchase something from the 20th century.
Yeah.
You're turning heads
You've got that less-upfare
Not the ordinary
Anything you wear looks a little new
Especially
Nothing I can tell you
You haven't already heard a half a million times
But still I'd like to say
You wear it well
You wear it well, you wear it well
Oh
You wear it well
You wear it well, you wear it well
Not the ordinary
Anything you wear looks a little new
Especially
Nothing I can tell you
You haven't already heard a half a million times
But still I'd like to say
You wear it well
Oh, shut up
You wear it well, you wear it well
Woo!
You wear it well
Oh, yeah, baby
You wear it well, you wear it well
Take my breath away
You wear it well
Woo, shut up
You wear it well, you wear it well
Oh, yeah, baby
You wear it well
You wear it well, you wear it well
Okay, look at the camera. I want a big smile.
What are you doing?
There you go. Oh, you look beautiful.
No, Daniel, I don't like those things. Please.
Come on, come on.
No, I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed.
You look terrific.
Oh, it's great. Now, a little dance?
A little dance.
Oh, great. That's just terrific.
One more smile. Big one.
Put it away. Please.
Voila. The camera is off.
You were wonderful.
Thank you.
Happy?
Yeah.
Daniel.
Um...