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The scenes you are watching are from the
highly rated action -adventure shows
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Mustang, Chopper Squad, and Highway
Guys.
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But now, when the life -imitates -art
-and -truth -is -stranger -than -fiction
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categories, the producer of these
exciting shows, Paul J. Bartell, stands
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for the murder of the man whose network
they're on. This man, Greg Teitelman,
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network programming chief, who was found
stabbed in the back at this exclusive
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Bedford Hotel.
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Hello, everybody. I'm Terry McNeil.
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And I'm Doug August, welcoming you to
Hollywood Today, where this evening's
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entire hour will be devoted to an event
that has shaken the Hollywood community
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like no other before it.
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Greg wasn't the cold -hearted,
impersonal executive everyone thought
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You know, the kind who did everything on
the phone.
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To the contrary, he thrived on the
personal touch.
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For instance, when he canceled my first
series, he personally told his assistant
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to call me.
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An actress remembers that kind of
thoughtfulness.
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Believe me.
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Before Greg took over the network a few
years ago, things were getting so
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confused that executives were going
around stabbing each other in the front.
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Well, he changed that all around, didn't
he?
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And now, after weeks of evidence and
argument, the case of the People v.
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Greg's accused murderer, Paul J.
Bartell, has gone to the jury.
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Why don't we tell our viewers how and
where it all began?
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Greg Teitelman came into Los Angeles the
first weekend in April for some
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meetings at a Los Angeles hotel.
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And that's when Paul J. Bartell had a
meeting with him?
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Yeah, just around 2 in the afternoon,
Paul J. Bartell came to the hotel.
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I want you to connect me with the
police.
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They say you came to the hotel for a
meeting with the deceased at 2 o 'clock.
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That's somewhere around there. It might
have been a little early.
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And then?
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I saw him, Greg, on the floor with a
knife wound in his back.
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Why are you so sure it was a knife
wound?
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You know, it wasn't a bullet wound.
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Lieutenant, I've been producing TV cop
shows for years. I can tell the
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difference between a knife and a gunshot
wound.
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This was a gaping... All right, all
right.
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All right, so you say you were going to
have a meeting with Mr. Teileman.
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What about?
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Business.
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Two of you were friends?
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Absolutely. We've known each other for
years. Hey, Lieutenant.
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Mr. Bartell, I'm going to have to ask
you to come with us.
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Why? What's going on?
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It seems that one of my officers found
what appears to be the missing murder
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weapon.
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So? Well, it seems it was found in the
glove compartment of your car.
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So now we have a murder and a prime
suspect.
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And now let's take a look at Benjamin
Matlock, the attorney who handled the
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for the defense.
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Terry? For the last 30 years, Ben
Matlock has lived and practiced law in
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Atlanta, Georgia, where he's well known
for both his high prices and the high
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percentage of clients he successfully
defends.
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Ben Matlock's out there.
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Ben!
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What?
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It's Paul J. Bartell.
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Who's that?
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Big TV producer.
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Produces Chopper Squad, Highway Guys,
Mustang.
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A lot of good -looking women in Mustang.
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You want to take it?
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Hello?
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Yes, sir.
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Oh, thank you.
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Well, that's interesting.
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Yes, sir.
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Well?
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How about getting us a couple of
airplane tickets to Hollywood?
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And so Ben
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Matlock and his associate, Michelle
Thomas, jetted out to Los Angeles to
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with Paul J. Bartell.
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Tell me if I'm wrong, but isn't your
making money?
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dependent on people like Greg Teileman
buying your show.
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In network TV, there are just three
shops to sell to.
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Greg runs Ram, the number one shop.
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If there were a falling out and Greg
Teileman had canceled, say, Mustang,
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then millions of dollars would have been
at stake, wouldn't it?
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Yes. But as you can see, I have lots of
other shows. But it's common knowledge
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that none of them have lost as much
money as Mustang.
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And that Greg Teitelman was ready to
cancel it.
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Mustang is a very expensive show with a
star who gets six figures an episode and
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insists it be shot in Hawaii.
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The way I understand it, if Greg
Teitelman had kept Mustang on
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for another year, then your losses would
have turned into profit.
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We would have had enough episodes to
make a favorable syndication deal work.
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Greg was my friend.
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I didn't kill him.
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Why didn't you call the police from his
room when you first discovered his body?
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I've produced enough TV shows to know
you're not supposed to touch anything,
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including the phone.
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What about the knife?
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I never saw the knife.
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The prosecution is going to contend that
the reason you didn't use the phone in
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his room is because you wanted to hide
the knife in your car first.
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You don't seriously believe that, do
you?
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Now, that'd be pretty dumb, but they
will contend that. You wait and see.
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Well, is there anything else you need to
know?
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Not right now.
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Well, I was always intimidated by Greg
Teitelman.
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He never smiled, and I always called him
Mr.
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Teitelman.
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Anyway, there was this meeting in his
office one day, and I was so scared I
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wouldn't go in without my agent and my
lawyer.
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Anyway, when we got inside, he saw how
intimidated I was, and he said, Son...
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As long as you're a member of my
network, I want you to think of me as
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second father.
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From that day on, actually, I had
trouble distinguishing between him and
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father. Do you mean you went to him with
your problems?
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Well, unfortunately, he died before I
got a chance to do that.
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What I mean is now when I go talk to my
real father, I can't go without my agent
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or my lawyer.
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How powerful was Greg Title?
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Well, I don't know exactly, but there's
this rumor that just after his death,
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Highway to Heaven was picked up for two
more seasons.
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And the network announced that they were
going to do a miniseries of the
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creation with the original cast.
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It was just a joke.
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Sort of.
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Okay, so Ben Matlock figured he had to
find the person who placed the knife in
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Paul J. Bartell's car.
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That was the idea, yes.
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So how did he proceed?
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Well, the first thing he needed to know
was who knew Greg was in town.
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So, as they say in showbiz, he made the
rounds.
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Jerry, don't try to position me. I'll
see to it that none of your clients do
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this show. I promise you.
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Yes? Excuse me. I'm looking for Mr.
David Martin.
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That's me, but if you're from Lorimar,
we've already called your girl to
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No, we're not from Lorimar. We're from
Atlanta.
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We're lawyers. I'm Ben Matlock. This is
my associate, Michelle Thomas. We
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represent Paul J. Vartell.
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Oh, yes. Yes, I heard you took the case.
Right. How do you do? This is my
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associate, Linda Lewis. Hello.
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Hi.
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Oh, well, I see you're packing.
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Where are you going?
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New York.
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Oh, that's right.
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You're taking over for the deceased.
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Greg was a very dear friend of mine.
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What was he? What, some kind of a
mentor?
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Much more. I owe everything to him.
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So you'd be more than willing to bring
his murderer to justice?
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Of course I would.
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David, you do have that 1230 at the Polo
Lounge.
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Oh, right.
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Well... This will only take a moment.
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I'm just trying to find out who knew
that Greg Teitelman...
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would be coming into Los Angeles that
weekend.
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Mr. Bartell seems to think that you
would know.
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Why don't you have a seat here, Mr.
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Matlock and... Thomas. Thomas, right.
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Do you don't mind if Linda sits in?
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Oh, of course not.
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My relationship with Greg was very
close, so naturally I knew that he was
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into town.
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Did you know why?
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Well, he had three meetings that I was
aware of. One with Paul Bartel about
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Mustang. And one with Larry Davis.
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Studio head. Oh.
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And what would that have been about?
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Well, I'm afraid I don't know exactly.
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And there was a third?
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Lame lock letter.
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Oh. The actor.
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Used to be Denning for the defense.
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The lawyer who never lost a case.
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Yeah, that's the one. I'm sure he was
trying to convince Greg to give him a
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show. That's what Lane's meetings were
usually about.
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Well, did you see Greg Donald?
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No, no. He would often fly in, have his
meetings, and then call me from New York
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to fill me in later.
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I had no reason to take a meeting with
Greg at that particular time.
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So, aside from you and those three, did
anyone else know he was here?
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Well, I assume his wife knew and his
secretary.
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But Greg was a very secretive man, so I
doubt that anybody else knew.
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Well, I guess that's a start.
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Ben Matlock started finding things out
right away.
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Like what, Terry?
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Well, like out here in Hollywood, you
don't go to lunch, you do it. And when
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you're doing it, you don't just eat, you
also talk business. And that's not
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having a meeting, that's taking one. And
the first one he took was with Lane
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Lockletter, who's an actor.
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Let me tell you, Ben.
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I had a deep, abiding affection and
admiration for Greg Teichman.
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A brilliant programmer.
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But as only a kid, he didn't remember
that Lane Lockletter was the first star
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come over to the network.
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Well, that was 25 years ago. Ben, I put
him on the map.
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Denning for the defense was in the top
ten for six consecutive years.
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It not only anchored Friday nights, it
single -handedly changed the dating
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habits of America.
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And Greg Teitelman wouldn't give you a
show?
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All he ever offered me was guest shots
and other people's shows.
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And that's why you wanted to have a
meeting with him when he came out to Los
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Angeles? Ben.
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I have. I have an idea for a series
that'll do a 45 share.
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A spin -off of Denning where I marry a
younger girl lawyer, and then the two of
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us team up to defend innocent people.
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We'll call it Mr.
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and Mrs. Defender.
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Huh? What do you think?
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Well, I don't know.
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What time was your meeting with Greg
Totten?
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Four o 'clock. You don't like my idea?
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So you never saw him? Did you talk with
him?
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Yeah.
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We confirmed in the morning.
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Ben, let me stop you.
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I see very clearly what you're doing. I
did it myself every Friday night for six
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years. You're establishing if I had a
motive, which, yes, I do.
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And, yes, I knew what bungalow he was
in.
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But if I may do a critique of your work,
Ben.
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It's not a question of right or wrong.
It's a question of style.
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Style. A courtroom is a theater, and
you've got to lighten it up.
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I'm sorry.
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Like I did in Denning for the defense.
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You ought to try to be more like
Denning.
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Oh,
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I'll get that. No. No, no, I'll get
that.
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Well, thank you.
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You know, there's a rumor that the
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real reason that you were desperate for
a new show is that your
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last wife took the cleaners.
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But that's a lie.
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There's another rumor that there was a
long history of bad blood between you
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Greg Toteman.
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With him gone, there are other people at
the network who'd be more inclined to
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put you on the schedule.
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Ah, I... I enjoyed meeting you and I
enjoyed hearing about Denning. Thank
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And I used to enjoy Denning. Thank you
very much. I enjoyed our meal. I hope
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did. Thank you, sir.
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Denning would have left a much bigger
tip.
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And while Ben Matlock was learning how
to spend like a Hollywood lawyer,
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Michelle had returned to the scene of
the crime.
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You see, the thing about Greg is that he
had a point of view about pilots.
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He understood the kind of character that
America wants to watch.
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That's why David wants me to check over
here and see if his notes are still
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there. Hello, Miss Lewis. Hi, Bill.
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Well, everyone seems to know you. Oh, I
do breakfast meetings here three or four
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times a week.
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There's the bungalow right there.
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Do they have weddings here very often?
Oh, you have to book them six or eight
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months in advance.
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You go on ahead. I have to go into the
hotel.
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Thanks for the lift.
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Mr. Wolfson, are you in charge of
wedding receptions? Yes, and when is the
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date for you?
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Oh, nothing immediate.
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Well, that's good because we have
nothing available in the near future
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Well, actually, I'm talking about the
past.
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Like if a wedding took place here the
day Greg Teitelman was murdered.
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Well, yes, there was one, but who are
you?
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Michelle Thomas, attorney, Matlock &
Associates. We're working on the case.
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I was wondering if the wedding was
filmed and if it was, who filmed it?
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It was the Stillman wedding.
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But nobody films weddings anymore.
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It was taped.
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Maybe they don't film weddings, but Ben
Matlock learned a whole lot of filming
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still goes on in this town because they
had him waiting over 35 minutes to see
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the studio head, Larry Davis.
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Mr. Matlock.
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Yeah. Sorry to keep you waiting.
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Mr. Davis? No, Mr. Davis is busy. I'm
Jordan Sanders, head of development. I
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handle all pitches. Who did you say your
agent was?
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I'm not in the television business.
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I'm a lawyer.
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Well, nowadays, Mr. Matlock, in this
business, being an attorney means
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this business. No, no, no, no, no, no,
no.
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I represent Paul Bartell.
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Oh.
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I'm embarrassed.
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I have to see Mr. Davis.
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I assure you I can speak for Mr. Davis.
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My job is to know all of his moves even
before he makes them. There are no
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secrets between us.
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Okay.
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Where was he at the time of the murder?
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I can't tell you that.
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Now, look.
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I know this is a matter of utmost
importance, but it's a little
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I'll have to ask you to keep it
confidential.
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I can't promise that.
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That afternoon, Mr. Davis was with a
young woman, an actress.
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Her name?
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I have to know her name.
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Kate Sawyer.
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She did that comedy series about an
American -born girl who was a domestic
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Japan.
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It didn't last very long. Look, she's
doing features now.
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She was the one that Mr. Davis spent
that afternoon with.
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So he never saw Mr. Tomlin.
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No, he was very specific about that.
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What do you want?
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I'm Michelle Thomas.
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I called a little while ago. I was told
I could come and pick up the tape of the
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Stillman wedding.
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Was it you I spoke to?
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Yeah, but someone just picked it up.
What? No, that's impossible.
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Who? I don't know. Some woman.
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She just went out the back door.
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Greg Titleman?
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Don't look at me. I didn't do it. I was
in New York.
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What was he like?
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Well, you see, I didn't see him that
often.
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Bill doesn't like us talking to the
executives.
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He says it could destroy your mind.
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See, because first they promise you spin
-offs, then get shots, and you're
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hooked. Next thing you know, you're
doing promotional spots for the network
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free.
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Okay, so Linda Lewis was trying to get
away with the tape of the wedding.
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Right, but Michelle stopped her.
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are you doing how did you know to come
here i know the people at the bedford
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hotel i remember you do lunch there
three or four times a week and they told
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i was coming here to get the tape of the
wedding that's right why don't you want
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me to see it it's not that i don't want
you to see it well it sure seems like it
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considering you stole it it's just that
i wanted to see it first we'll both see
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it
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I understand, Michelle.
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I started out at the network as a page
when I was 18.
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I have inched my way up and now I'm a
director of development. This job is
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important to me.
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If my suspicions are correct, it was
your boss, the man taking Greg
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job, who told you to steal that tape.
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I think I've said enough.
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Well, not quite.
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You haven't said why David Martin wanted
to see that tape.
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And I'm not going to.
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Miss Lewis, my client is in a lot of
trouble.
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His life is at stake.
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And if you continue to stonewall for the
network, this pretty little career of
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yours is going right out the window. I
promise you that.
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Now, why did he want to see that tape?
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David thought that Larry Davis might be
on the tape.
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He's one of our biggest suppliers of
shows, and he's a close friend of
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David wanted me to see if there was
anything on the tape that might have
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incriminated Mr. Davis.
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Did he say why he thought something
might be on the tape?
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Yes.
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He said that Greg and Larry Davis had a
big falling out.
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Of what?
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That he didn't know.
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I'd like to speak with Mr. Davis.
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I don't care how busy he is.
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You tell him I've got to see him right
away, and for his own good, he'd better
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get unbusy.
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I'm on hold.
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I hate that.
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Hello.
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That's fine. I'll be right there.
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Uh, Ben Matlock, Mr. Davis is expecting
me.
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Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr. Matlock. Uh, Mr.
Davis got called away unexpectedly.
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He said he didn't know where to reach
you.
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I don't believe that. Well, I believe
Mr. Sanders is still here. I'll buzz
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Mr. Matlock, so good to see you again.
You're not going to think so in a
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Well, aren't we upset? May I ask about
what? I'm tired of getting the running
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around. Mr.
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Davis was supposed to see me.
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Something important killed him. The only
thing that's important, so far as I'm
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concerned, is that Greg Teitelman was
killed, and my client is on trial for
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murder. Why don't we discuss this in my
office, Mr. Mellock?
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I know that Larry Davis and Greg
Teitelman had a bad falling out, and I
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that David Martin is trying to protect
Larry Davis, and I know for sure that
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Larry Davis is trying to avoid me. Now,
either.
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Either he talks to me now like a regular
human being, or I'm going to put every
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process server in the whole damn state
on him and drag his cannon to court
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he has to answer my questions in public
and the reporters can print it in big
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letters so the studio people can read
it. You got that?
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Ben found out that sometimes in this
town it pays to overact because no more
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than an hour later.
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Yeah, Larry Davis.
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And I'm terribly sorry about before, but
it was totally unavoidable.
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I have a $25 million production with an
actress who wouldn't come out of a trail
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if something had to be done.
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Yeah.
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No, it's still in galleys.
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Make an offer on an option, but don't
budge on the turnaround.
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So what'd you do?
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About what?
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The actress.
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The actress.
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The one who wouldn't come out of her
trailer, you know, $25 million?
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Production, right.
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I got her a dermatologist.
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She didn't want to admit it, but the
reason she didn't want to be filmed was
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had a blemish.
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Had a what?
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$25 million blemish.
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Oh.
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Well, I'm glad we finally got together.
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Could I ask you a couple of questions?
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Why don't we order first?
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You ready, Mr. Davis?
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Yes, indeed, Peter.
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Cobb salad, no egg.
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And, sir?
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I'll have that, but with egg.
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Very good.
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No egg.
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Cholesterol.
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Don't eat it for 100 years. You'll live
longer.
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It's a thought.
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It's a thought.
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Could I ask you a personal question?
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No problem. Ask.
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I heard that you had a falling out with
Greg Teitelman before he... Michael, did
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you see him?
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Larry, thought you'd like to know. Steve
made the deal.
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We're all very happy.
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We would be, too, if you hadn't robbed
us blind.
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Me? I'd never do that to you.
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About this rumor that you had had a
falling out with Greg Teitelman...
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Excuse me. Sorry to interrupt, Larry,
but we have a major disaster.
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Domino has caused us to go so far over
schedule that we either replace him or
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pull the plug.
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Oh, wait a minute.
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Sorry, Mr. Matlock. Call my secretary.
We'll set up a meeting.
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We've been through all the Stillman
wedding tape and Larry Davis isn't on
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Are you sure? I was certain he was one.
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00:29:58,260 --> 00:30:01,000
It's all right. I think we got something
even better. Yeah.
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David Martin wasn't trying to protect
Larry Davis. He was protecting himself.
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lied. Look, he was at the wedding.
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That's David Martin?
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Uh -huh. The miserable little... Hello?
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Just a minute. It's for you.
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Jordan Sanders.
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Hello? David Martin did what?
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Are you sure?
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That's interesting.
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Mr. Martin, what was your position at
the network when Greg Teitelman died?
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Senior Vice President of Series, Movies,
and Specials.
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So you were pretty far up the executive
ladder, right? I was second only to the
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president of the network.
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And you were likely heir to his job.
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I've already been promoted to that job,
which you know. Yes, I do. Your Honor, I
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don't see where this line of questioning
is leading. Mr. Martin is not on trial.
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00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:11,420
Your Honor, I'm just trying to show that
this witness had strong motive himself
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and that his credibility is questionable
at best. Wait a damn second. You and
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00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,720
everybody else here knows how I felt
about Gray.
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The witness will refrain from outbursts
in my courtroom.
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I'm sorry, Your Honor, but Greg
Teitelman was like a brother to me. No
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person in this town was more responsible
for my success. I love that man. I
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certainly wouldn't harm him. Mr. Martin,
you are here to answer questions and
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not offer speeches.
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Proceed, Mr. Matlock.
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00:31:40,510 --> 00:31:41,510
Thank you.
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Mr. Martin, I appreciate your strong
feelings for...
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Greg Teitelman, but I must ask these
questions.
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Now, as a vice president, you were a
select member of a small group
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who decided what shows went on the air,
weren't you?
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Objection. I failed to see the
relevancy.
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Your Honor, this will become eminently
clear if the court will bear with me.
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Overruled for now.
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You may answer.
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Okay.
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At all of the networks, there's a group
of men and women who can say no, but
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only two or three who have the power to
say yes. I was one of them. And millions
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00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:28,570
of dollars are at stake on those yeses,
right?
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00:32:28,850 --> 00:32:31,250
Yes. But that one was for free.
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You know your comedy.
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And careers hang in the balance on these
scheduling decisions, don't they?
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You could say that. And I understand
that some shows stay on the air.
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Five or six years and become worth
hundreds of millions of dollars.
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00:32:52,260 --> 00:32:59,260
Yes, that's true. So I guess the people
who have shows to sell try to exert
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a certain influence on the people who
buy the shows and put them on the air.
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00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:09,500
I suppose. I've heard rumors of such
things happening, but I've never
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seen it myself.
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You've never been offered a vacation or
given a gift?
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When you knew that the purpose was to
influence your opinion?
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Nothing that I consider out of the
ordinary course of business, no.
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Oh, so you would consider a $100 ,000
loan to be in the course
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of ordinary business?
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00:33:34,330 --> 00:33:37,430
Wait a minute. What are you talking
about? I'm talking about a loan you got
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Larry Davis. Larry Davis is a friend of
mine. A loan on which you have not made
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one single payment. Let me take that
back.
478
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,940
You actually paid it back in full
because you lobbied vigorously for two
479
00:33:49,940 --> 00:33:50,939
Davis' shows.
480
00:33:50,940 --> 00:33:52,880
I did no such thing. Oh?
481
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:59,520
But after you got the $100 ,000, isn't
it true that two of Larry Davis' shows
482
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:03,760
went on the network schedule? One thing
had nothing to do with the other. They
483
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:04,760
were both good shows.
484
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:11,260
And isn't it true that Greg Teitelman
found out you were on the take?
485
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:12,679
I'm warning you.
486
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:18,320
And I'm reminding you, this is a
courtroom.
487
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:23,480
You're not in a network office
threatening some agent over the
488
00:34:23,860 --> 00:34:30,000
And may I remind you, Mr. Medlock, no
matter how it's done in Atlanta, I am
489
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,060
one who issued the orders in this court.
490
00:34:32,260 --> 00:34:34,420
I'm sorry, Your Honor, it got away from
me.
491
00:34:36,980 --> 00:34:38,219
Isn't that the way it happened?
492
00:34:38,820 --> 00:34:41,260
Greg Teileman found out you were on the
take.
493
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,699
And he said to you he had no choice but
to let you go.
494
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:51,760
No. And because Greg Teitelman was a
very secretive man, he told no one what
495
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:52,379
had done.
496
00:34:52,380 --> 00:34:53,440
And you knew that.
497
00:34:53,940 --> 00:34:56,179
And you went to his hotel to plead with
him.
498
00:34:56,860 --> 00:34:58,580
I wasn't there.
499
00:35:00,380 --> 00:35:06,640
Your Honor, I would like to refresh this
witness's recollection with a
500
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,120
demonstration that the court and counsel
discussed this morning.
501
00:35:10,340 --> 00:35:11,340
Proceed.
502
00:35:12,330 --> 00:35:18,350
This tape has been identified as Defense
503
00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:25,190
Exhibit G, and it has been stipulated to
depict the Stillman wedding at
504
00:35:25,190 --> 00:35:28,050
the Bedford Hotel on the day of the
murder.
505
00:35:28,910 --> 00:35:35,070
Now, this spot in the tape right there,
506
00:35:35,150 --> 00:35:38,750
this picture, has been blown up.
507
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,200
So as we can more clearly see it.
508
00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:46,440
And whom do we see, Mr. Martin?
509
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:54,820
Well, this tape does refresh your memory
about seeing Mr.
510
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:56,500
Teitelman at his hotel, doesn't it?
511
00:35:59,020 --> 00:36:00,020
All right.
512
00:36:00,660 --> 00:36:01,660
It's true.
513
00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:07,240
Greg found out that Larry was paying me
off, and he said he was firing me.
514
00:36:07,670 --> 00:36:11,630
And I did go to the hotel, and I did
plead with him. But when I left, he was
515
00:36:11,630 --> 00:36:13,710
alive. We have only your word for that.
516
00:36:13,990 --> 00:36:16,070
No. No, you have more than just my word.
517
00:36:16,590 --> 00:36:19,590
When I left the Bedford Hotel, I went
directly to my attorney's home.
518
00:36:20,190 --> 00:36:23,790
And he's sitting right over there.
Howard. Howard, stand up. Howard Burke.
519
00:36:24,330 --> 00:36:25,410
Ask him. He'll tell you.
520
00:36:26,010 --> 00:36:30,010
He called Greg at the Bedford Hotel
after I arrived at his house.
521
00:36:30,350 --> 00:36:32,650
And he talked with Mr. Donovan? Yes.
522
00:36:33,350 --> 00:36:37,670
Yes, he did. He asked Greg if... He
would allow me to resign and not go
523
00:36:37,670 --> 00:36:38,670
with what I'd done.
524
00:36:39,250 --> 00:36:40,470
And Greg said yes.
525
00:36:42,270 --> 00:36:43,430
And he was still alive?
526
00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:45,590
Oh, very much so.
527
00:36:46,510 --> 00:36:47,890
Well, swear him in.
528
00:36:49,870 --> 00:36:51,650
Swear him in. He'll verify it.
529
00:36:57,070 --> 00:36:58,710
No, I don't think that'll be necessary.
530
00:37:05,900 --> 00:37:06,960
No further questions.
531
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,840
Well, Terry, Ben must have been very
upset when David Martin's alibi checked
532
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,040
and he knew he couldn't prove David had
killed Greg Teitelman. Well, not just
533
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:25,040
upset, worried.
534
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:29,500
Everything pointed back to his client
again. Things were looking very dark.
535
00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:35,140
Ben, I'm glad you came by.
536
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,060
This is Mrs. Ida Stillman, the mother of
the groom. Hi, Miss Stillman. How do
537
00:37:39,060 --> 00:37:42,720
you do? We've been going over the
videotape of the wedding to see if she
538
00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:45,840
find someone she doesn't recognize
besides David Martin.
539
00:37:46,380 --> 00:37:49,740
Anybody who didn't belong at the
wedding. Yeah, did you find anything
540
00:37:49,740 --> 00:37:50,740
yet.
541
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:52,680
Ben,
542
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,680
I rechecked Lane Lockletter's alibi.
543
00:37:55,980 --> 00:37:56,919
It's solid.
544
00:37:56,920 --> 00:38:00,140
One of the coaches of the Pepperdine
track team was out there doing laps with
545
00:38:00,140 --> 00:38:01,140
him that day. Oh.
546
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,560
Kind of a shame, isn't it?
547
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,160
Been simple if it was him.
548
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:11,240
So, Miss Stillman, did your boy find
himself a nice girl?
549
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:12,520
Oh, yes.
550
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,840
He couldn't have done better if I'd
chosen her myself.
551
00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:16,500
Good, good.
552
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,920
I think it's nice when the in -laws get
along.
553
00:38:19,220 --> 00:38:20,078
Oh, yes.
554
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,600
I always got along with my mother -in
-law. We used to do things together, go
555
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,460
ballgames, haunts. She was a great shot.
556
00:38:25,980 --> 00:38:27,360
Wait a minute. Stop it right there.
557
00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:28,900
What is it?
558
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:30,360
Now, who is it?
559
00:38:30,740 --> 00:38:31,740
Can you back that up?
560
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,360
Hold it.
561
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:38,960
Look right there.
562
00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:42,000
All right.
563
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:47,560
Uh, Mr.
564
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:52,960
Davis, you are the top man at Westland
Studios.
565
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:54,440
When I last checked.
566
00:38:54,740 --> 00:38:56,600
You know, uneasy lies the ground.
567
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:04,650
Now, it's common knowledge that you were
friends with Greg Teitelman. For years,
568
00:39:04,830 --> 00:39:07,510
even going back to the days when you
were an actor.
569
00:39:07,810 --> 00:39:08,788
Please, please.
570
00:39:08,790 --> 00:39:11,070
I'll have to touch up my 8x10 glossies.
571
00:39:13,050 --> 00:39:14,050
Yes.
572
00:39:14,490 --> 00:39:17,170
I knew Greg and we did business together
for years.
573
00:39:17,550 --> 00:39:20,990
And you knew that he had come into town
for meetings that weekend.
574
00:39:21,310 --> 00:39:22,310
I was one of them, yes.
575
00:39:22,630 --> 00:39:27,370
But you never saw him. That's right. You
never even got over to his hotel.
576
00:39:27,590 --> 00:39:28,590
That's correct.
577
00:39:28,670 --> 00:39:31,310
According to your assistant, Mr.
578
00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:32,970
Jordan Sanders,
579
00:39:33,630 --> 00:39:38,950
You spent most of that day with a young
actress, Kate Sawyer.
580
00:39:39,990 --> 00:39:42,710
I dragged her into it. I didn't do the
dragging.
581
00:39:42,970 --> 00:39:44,530
Just answer the question.
582
00:39:45,810 --> 00:39:51,470
Yes, I was with that young lady. Can
anyone confirm that you were with her at
583
00:39:51,470 --> 00:39:52,448
the time of the murder?
584
00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:54,910
Miss Sawyer herself, but she's out of
the country right now.
585
00:39:55,130 --> 00:39:56,770
What if someone called her on telephone?
586
00:39:57,310 --> 00:40:00,170
That location in East Africa.
587
00:40:01,430 --> 00:40:02,430
And she...
588
00:40:02,710 --> 00:40:07,170
said that she was not with you the day
of the murder. Well, if she did, she'd
589
00:40:07,170 --> 00:40:08,590
lying. I was with her.
590
00:40:09,110 --> 00:40:13,070
She wasn't even in Los Angeles that
weekend. She was in Acapulco with
591
00:40:13,070 --> 00:40:14,070
fellow.
592
00:40:16,070 --> 00:40:19,630
Mr. Matlock, I think Lane Lockletter has
been giving you lessons.
593
00:40:20,450 --> 00:40:25,090
But if that were the truth, you'd have
Kate Sawyer here in court, and I don't
594
00:40:25,090 --> 00:40:28,970
see her today. So you can try and trick
me all you want, but I know I'm telling
595
00:40:28,970 --> 00:40:29,729
the truth.
596
00:40:29,730 --> 00:40:30,730
Yeah.
597
00:40:31,290 --> 00:40:32,290
Well,
598
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:33,600
You're right.
599
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,380
I did try to trick you.
600
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:44,460
And if that were true and she were here
today, I would have her in the
601
00:40:44,460 --> 00:40:45,460
courtroom.
602
00:40:48,420 --> 00:40:50,000
That is Kate Sawyer, isn't it?
603
00:40:51,420 --> 00:40:55,720
I won't tell you it didn't take some
doing, but that is Kate Sawyer.
604
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:58,300
Shall I put her on the stand?
605
00:40:58,710 --> 00:41:01,370
Right, so I wasn't with her that day,
but that doesn't prove anything.
606
00:41:01,750 --> 00:41:02,870
No, but it's a stark thing.
607
00:41:05,250 --> 00:41:07,630
You remember the other day when we
ordered lunch?
608
00:41:08,050 --> 00:41:09,930
Yes. We didn't get a chance to eat.
609
00:41:10,150 --> 00:41:11,170
I had to leave.
610
00:41:11,470 --> 00:41:13,950
Yeah, you had multi -million dollar
problems.
611
00:41:14,550 --> 00:41:18,930
Pulled a plug on one picture, another
picture had a pimple, but we did order.
612
00:41:19,730 --> 00:41:21,990
You ordered Cobb salad, right?
613
00:41:22,570 --> 00:41:23,770
That's right. No egg.
614
00:41:24,090 --> 00:41:25,090
I'm allergic.
615
00:41:25,250 --> 00:41:27,730
Is that a typical order for you?
616
00:41:28,090 --> 00:41:30,370
Yeah. Frequently, that's what I have.
617
00:41:30,690 --> 00:41:34,730
Your Honor, at this time I'd like to
enter into evidence.
618
00:41:35,690 --> 00:41:37,350
Defense Exhibit H.
619
00:41:38,750 --> 00:41:44,650
This is a computerized luncheon order
taken from Greg Teitelman's room the day
620
00:41:44,650 --> 00:41:45,650
of the murder.
621
00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:48,050
Cobb salad, no egg. What do you think?
622
00:41:48,330 --> 00:41:49,650
I think so what?
623
00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:51,770
All these little things add up.
624
00:41:52,930 --> 00:41:56,850
When Jordan Sanders called me, you
didn't know that, did you?
625
00:41:57,670 --> 00:42:04,370
When he called me to tell me about the
loan you made to David Martin, I missed
626
00:42:04,370 --> 00:42:11,290
the point. I didn't realize right off
that he was gunning
627
00:42:11,290 --> 00:42:12,370
for you.
628
00:42:14,290 --> 00:42:18,630
But a man as smart as Greg Teitelman had
to get the point right away.
629
00:42:20,130 --> 00:42:22,850
He was a lot of things to a lot of
people.
630
00:42:23,330 --> 00:42:26,350
But above all, he was an ethical man.
631
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:33,720
And when he found out about this money,
you knew it was all over.
632
00:42:35,180 --> 00:42:37,700
He'd never buy another show from you.
633
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,540
You'd lose your power, your authority.
634
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:45,680
That's the end of it. You couldn't
handle that, so you killed Greg Totten.
635
00:42:46,020 --> 00:42:47,920
That isn't the truth.
636
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:54,980
Your Honor, at this time, I'd like the
court's permission to replay a
637
00:42:54,980 --> 00:42:57,450
part... Defense Exhibit G.
638
00:42:58,370 --> 00:43:02,510
Objection. We've already seen that tape.
We know Davis isn't on it. This is a
639
00:43:02,510 --> 00:43:06,010
new witness. I have that right. And we
may have missed something.
640
00:43:07,750 --> 00:43:09,470
Overruled. I'll permit it. Thank you.
641
00:43:11,210 --> 00:43:18,030
The tape was shot at such an angle that
the bungalows are not in the
642
00:43:18,030 --> 00:43:22,150
background. Just the scenic woodsy part,
as you can see. But look.
643
00:43:22,690 --> 00:43:24,470
Look. Look right here.
644
00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:30,640
There. There's a fellow with a little
Super 8 movie camera.
645
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:36,500
He shot his own version of the wedding.
He got everything in. The kitchen, the
646
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:39,500
parking lot, and the bungalows.
647
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,420
So now, let's see what's on the film.
648
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:48,320
There you go.
649
00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:57,420
Okay, can we just... Okay.
650
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:03,700
There. Okay, now here it's in focus.
There's the mother.
651
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:06,000
Now there, there's my client.
652
00:44:06,260 --> 00:44:09,420
Paul Bartell on his way to Greg
Teitelman's bungalow.
653
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:14,680
And here's more pictures of the wedding.
The bride, of course, and the wife.
654
00:44:15,940 --> 00:44:16,940
Picture of the cake.
655
00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:22,800
And there is Mr. Bartell leaving after
he witnessed...
656
00:44:23,370 --> 00:44:24,430
The victim's body.
657
00:44:24,830 --> 00:44:28,950
Your Honor, what does this prove? We
already know that he entered and he
658
00:44:29,270 --> 00:44:31,670
Now, wait, wait, wait, wait. Now, look
at this. Look at this. Look at this.
659
00:44:31,690 --> 00:44:32,368
Look. See?
660
00:44:32,370 --> 00:44:33,370
There.
661
00:44:34,170 --> 00:44:35,310
There. Look at that.
662
00:44:36,250 --> 00:44:37,250
That's you, Mr. Davis.
663
00:44:37,510 --> 00:44:41,930
I took the liberty of having this little
piece of film blown up so we could
664
00:44:41,930 --> 00:44:43,550
prove that was you.
665
00:44:52,170 --> 00:44:57,940
You? You had already murdered Mr.
Teitelman by the time my client arrived
666
00:44:57,940 --> 00:45:01,260
bungalow. You hid, waited for him to
leave.
667
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:07,740
And then you decided to take advantage
of his presence and frame him for the
668
00:45:07,740 --> 00:45:10,800
murder by planting the knife in his car.
669
00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:18,440
I guess you figured, what the hell, get
another competitor out of the way at the
670
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:19,440
same time.
671
00:45:21,930 --> 00:45:24,090
Kill two birds with one knife, so to
speak.
672
00:45:29,430 --> 00:45:30,430
No further questions.
673
00:45:37,210 --> 00:45:42,510
So, to bring us up to date, concluding
arguments were made this afternoon, and
674
00:45:42,510 --> 00:45:44,630
now everyone's waiting for the jury.
675
00:45:44,850 --> 00:45:49,530
I spoke with Ben Matlock earlier today,
and I asked him, how did he feel? He
676
00:45:49,530 --> 00:45:54,950
said, and I quote, Same as I always do
when waiting for a jury of 12 people.
677
00:45:55,210 --> 00:45:56,870
Nervous, because you never know.
678
00:45:57,470 --> 00:46:01,010
Well, Terry, we can appreciate that,
having waited for overnight ratings.
679
00:46:08,190 --> 00:46:09,710
Has the jury reached a verdict?
680
00:46:12,050 --> 00:46:13,150
We have, Your Honor.
681
00:46:13,930 --> 00:46:17,890
We find the defendant, Paul J. Bartell,
not guilty.
682
00:46:18,170 --> 00:46:20,070
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the
jury.
683
00:46:21,020 --> 00:46:22,060
Court is adjourned.
684
00:46:22,380 --> 00:46:24,840
Well, I don't know what to say.
685
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,440
I had a speech prepared, but I don't
think I'd like to thank the Academy.
686
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:29,399
on.
687
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,080
I'll tell you the truth. I enjoyed
myself.
688
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:33,640
Well,
689
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:39,960
why don't we take lunch and do a
meeting? Or is that...
690
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,400
Do a meeting and take lunch?
691
00:46:42,860 --> 00:46:43,860
Either one.
692
00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:45,420
Let's do both. Okay.
693
00:46:50,860 --> 00:46:54,600
And that concludes this evening segment
of Hollywood Today.
694
00:46:54,980 --> 00:46:59,000
Greg really cared about the quality of
his shows, and he had a temper.
695
00:46:59,260 --> 00:47:03,620
I remember one time he was so upset with
a script, he started pounding it on the
696
00:47:03,620 --> 00:47:07,760
wall, tearing it up, yelling. An alien
life form wouldn't say that.
697
00:47:08,180 --> 00:47:13,240
So I calmly asked him, Greg, do you want
to help us rewrite this script, or
698
00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:16,200
would you rather take it back to your
office and slap it around a little?
699
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:17,960
He didn't laugh.
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