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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,210 ( music playing ) 2 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,010 NARRATOR: Starring tonight, 3 00:00:30,010 --> 00:00:32,010 Edward G, Robinson, 4 00:00:32,010 --> 00:00:34,010 Zsa Zsa Gabor, 5 00:00:34,010 --> 00:00:36,020 Yaphet Kotto, 6 00:00:36,020 --> 00:00:38,010 Tony Roberts, 7 00:00:38,010 --> 00:00:40,010 and Arthur O'Connell, 8 00:00:41,230 --> 00:00:43,110 Good evening, 9 00:00:43,110 --> 00:00:46,180 Of course you're all here by invitation, 10 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:50,090 but don't let it disturb you if these paintings per se 11 00:00:50,090 --> 00:00:52,050 don't happen to be your thing, 12 00:00:52,050 --> 00:00:53,210 These are rather special paintings, 13 00:00:53,210 --> 00:00:57,090 the kind of hangings generally put up with a noose, 14 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:59,100 This painting, for example, 15 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:02,000 is of a rather special world, 16 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,070 What has become perpetuated 17 00:01:03,070 --> 00:01:05,230 in the language as "The Ghetto," 18 00:01:05,230 --> 00:01:09,100 That dismal realm of push carts and poverty 19 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:11,000 where hopes are stamped down 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,120 like dirty shoes on snow, 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,090 Death is a common-place visitor to these somber alleys, 22 00:01:17,090 --> 00:01:20,020 But occasionally, someone else visits, 23 00:01:20,020 --> 00:01:21,140 Our painting is called 24 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:23,150 The Messiah on Mott Street, 25 00:01:23,150 --> 00:01:26,020 And this place should you not already know it, 26 00:01:26,020 --> 00:01:27,070 is the Night Gallery, 27 00:02:00,130 --> 00:02:01,130 ( indistinct chatter ) 28 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,100 - No? - I don't like your pulse, 29 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:45,050 Mr, Goldman, 30 00:02:45,050 --> 00:02:47,070 I don't much like it either, 31 00:02:47,070 --> 00:02:49,070 This place is like a refrigerator, 32 00:02:49,070 --> 00:02:52,140 Come in July, then it's a Turkish bath, 33 00:02:52,140 --> 00:02:55,080 DR, MORRIS: Mr, Goldman, I've got to be blunt with you, 34 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,110 ABRAHAM: Oh, be blunt like your father was, 35 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:59,030 God rest his soul, 36 00:02:59,030 --> 00:03:01,110 Now, there was a blunt man, 37 00:03:01,110 --> 00:03:03,130 You know, the devil himself came out to your father 38 00:03:03,130 --> 00:03:05,220 and asked him, "Jake, how do I look?" 39 00:03:05,220 --> 00:03:08,010 Your father, God rest his soul, would say, 40 00:03:08,010 --> 00:03:09,050 "Lousy," 41 00:03:10,140 --> 00:03:12,130 Did I, uh, ever tell you 42 00:03:12,130 --> 00:03:14,230 how your father and I spent our boyhood together 43 00:03:14,230 --> 00:03:17,090 - in the old country? - Frequently, Mr, Goldman, 44 00:03:17,090 --> 00:03:19,190 how you lived in the same village, 45 00:03:19,190 --> 00:03:22,060 how you came over here on the same boat 46 00:03:22,060 --> 00:03:23,110 with your brother, Sam, 47 00:03:23,110 --> 00:03:26,010 Oh, my brother, Sam, yeah, yes, 48 00:03:26,010 --> 00:03:28,070 I got a letter from him, 49 00:03:28,070 --> 00:03:31,130 You know, we, uh, he owns a thousand acres 50 00:03:31,130 --> 00:03:34,220 in a place called Imperial Valley in California, 51 00:03:34,220 --> 00:03:37,180 Right here, Let me read you what he has to say, 52 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:43,100 "Dear brother Abe, 53 00:03:43,100 --> 00:03:45,000 "good news, 54 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,010 "I am gradually selling off much of my land, 55 00:03:48,010 --> 00:03:51,050 "Very shortly, I will close a million dollar deal 56 00:03:51,050 --> 00:03:55,060 "and I will immediately send you the money I owe you," 57 00:03:55,060 --> 00:03:57,210 A gonif, that guy, a thief, 58 00:03:57,210 --> 00:03:59,140 Hate to say that about my own brother 59 00:03:59,140 --> 00:04:02,050 but larceny and my brother, Sam, 60 00:04:02,050 --> 00:04:04,040 go together like borscht beets, 61 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,200 ( coughs ) 62 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:13,160 He knows the tough times I'm going through now 63 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,170 and blood is thicker than water 64 00:04:16,170 --> 00:04:18,220 so any day, I'll be receiving a check, 65 00:04:18,220 --> 00:04:21,060 Mr, Goldman, finances at the moment 66 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:23,180 are only part of the problem, 67 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:26,070 I'm not gonna minimize the seriousness of this, 68 00:04:26,070 --> 00:04:27,200 You're very close to pneumonia, 69 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,200 There are also pulmonary complications 70 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,070 due to your former tubercular condition, 71 00:04:32,070 --> 00:04:34,110 I've got to recommend hospitalization, 72 00:04:34,110 --> 00:04:35,180 I think that's not only essential, 73 00:04:35,180 --> 00:04:37,110 at the moment it's urgent, 74 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:40,070 Hospitalization? 75 00:04:40,070 --> 00:04:42,230 Should excuse me, doctor, in this room I do not walk, 76 00:04:42,230 --> 00:04:45,140 Of this room you may not able to walk, 77 00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:46,230 Another few days lying here, 78 00:04:46,230 --> 00:04:48,150 you may be carried out feet-first 79 00:04:48,150 --> 00:04:50,130 and you may not be breathing at the time, 80 00:04:50,130 --> 00:04:52,020 You want blunt, Mr, Goldman? 81 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:53,100 That's blunt, 82 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:55,050 And my grandson? 83 00:04:55,050 --> 00:04:57,000 Nine years old, my Mikey is, 84 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,050 his parents, God rest their souls, both gone, 85 00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:01,210 That boy is my responsibility, 86 00:05:01,210 --> 00:05:03,170 DR, MORRIS: I told you two weeks ago, 87 00:05:03,170 --> 00:05:06,170 I'd already discussed this with the Bureau of Child Welfare, 88 00:05:06,170 --> 00:05:08,100 You're in no good condition now 89 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:09,130 to look after the boy, 90 00:05:09,130 --> 00:05:11,110 He can be put in a foster home, 91 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:13,030 he'll be fed and clothe, 92 00:05:13,030 --> 00:05:14,080 And love? 93 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,120 Will he be loved? 94 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,190 I don't give him much, 95 00:05:18,190 --> 00:05:21,080 rummage sale clothes and a steerage-class apartment 96 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,100 like this, but here he has a grandpa, 97 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:25,020 Here he has somebody who would loves him, 98 00:05:25,020 --> 00:05:27,040 That's all well and good, Mr, Goldman, 99 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,170 When the Bureau of Child Welfare, 100 00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:31,020 not to mention the Department of Social Services-- 101 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:32,130 Now, doctor, 102 00:05:32,130 --> 00:05:34,190 a message to the Department of Social Services 103 00:05:34,190 --> 00:05:36,150 and the Bureau of Child Welfare 104 00:05:36,150 --> 00:05:38,170 and the Commissioner of Public Works 105 00:05:38,170 --> 00:05:40,070 and the mayor who should live 106 00:05:40,070 --> 00:05:42,120 and be well, from Goldman, 107 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,080 subject, his grandson Mikey, 108 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,220 message as follows, 109 00:05:46,220 --> 00:05:49,100 tell him that he's not giving up his grandson, 110 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:51,020 You can tell that to everybody, 111 00:05:57,210 --> 00:05:59,190 Yeah, 112 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,130 What about the angel of death, Mr, Goldman? 113 00:06:05,130 --> 00:06:08,000 - What do I tell him? - Angel of death? 114 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:14,110 - Is he close by? - He's outside, Mr, Goldman, 115 00:06:14,110 --> 00:06:15,200 That close? 116 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,080 Well, a message to the angel of death, 117 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,050 Tell him I'll spit in his eye, 118 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:27,060 Mikey is all I've got, and I'm all that he has, 119 00:06:27,060 --> 00:06:28,210 Everything will turn out all right, 120 00:06:28,210 --> 00:06:30,220 I'll get money from my brother and I'll be back 121 00:06:30,220 --> 00:06:33,020 on my feet again in a few days, 122 00:06:33,020 --> 00:06:35,210 And the Messiah will come to Mott Street, 123 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:42,100 Keep an eye out for him, 124 00:06:57,110 --> 00:06:58,180 Oh, excuse me, 125 00:06:58,180 --> 00:07:00,060 Does an Abraham Goldman live here? 126 00:07:00,060 --> 00:07:02,080 - With a vengeance, - I'm Miss Moretti, 127 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:03,180 Bureau of Public Assistance, 128 00:07:06,190 --> 00:07:08,060 Are you a relative? 129 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:10,070 I'm Mr, Goldman's physician, 130 00:07:10,070 --> 00:07:12,180 - What do I look like, plumber? - Oh, forgive me doctor, 131 00:07:12,180 --> 00:07:14,180 it's just that-- well, we don't often find physicians 132 00:07:14,180 --> 00:07:16,110 making house calls nowadays, 133 00:07:16,110 --> 00:07:17,180 especially in relief cases, 134 00:07:17,180 --> 00:07:19,170 In the interests of survival Ms, Moretti, 135 00:07:19,170 --> 00:07:21,030 when you talk to Mr, Goldman, 136 00:07:21,030 --> 00:07:23,070 don't refer to him as a relief case, 137 00:07:23,070 --> 00:07:24,130 He has very precious little, 138 00:07:24,130 --> 00:07:26,230 - but he's got pride, - I see, 139 00:07:26,230 --> 00:07:29,030 No, you don't, but you will, 140 00:07:29,030 --> 00:07:30,180 Seventy-seven years old, 141 00:07:30,180 --> 00:07:33,090 both lungs tuberculous scarred, and a pulse that varies 142 00:07:33,090 --> 00:07:34,220 from a gallop to a slow crawl, 143 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:36,150 but if you try and take anything away from him, 144 00:07:36,150 --> 00:07:38,090 you better duck, he'll be out of the bed 145 00:07:38,090 --> 00:07:40,130 Indian wrestling with you, 146 00:07:40,130 --> 00:07:42,090 I understand there's a grandson involved? 147 00:07:42,090 --> 00:07:44,040 That's what belongs to him, 148 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,040 The child obviously can't stay here, 149 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,070 and I gather the old man's condition is quite serious, 150 00:07:48,070 --> 00:07:51,170 Today it's serious, tomorrow it's critical, 151 00:07:51,170 --> 00:07:53,070 They've been getting a hundred and twenty one dollars 152 00:07:53,070 --> 00:07:56,160 - a month plus rent, - And he has great expectations, 153 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,190 a Messiah and his brother Sam, 154 00:08:00,190 --> 00:08:02,100 Oh, yes, the brother, 155 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:05,170 The other case worker mentioned him in her report, 156 00:08:05,170 --> 00:08:07,230 a million-dollar lettuce grower in California, 157 00:08:07,230 --> 00:08:09,110 - You mean he's really a,,, - I mean he's really 158 00:08:09,110 --> 00:08:10,210 in a no man's home in Santa Monica 159 00:08:10,210 --> 00:08:13,010 suffering from hardening of the arteries 160 00:08:13,010 --> 00:08:14,160 and delusions, 161 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:17,210 Broke? 162 00:08:19,230 --> 00:08:21,230 So much for his brother Sam, 163 00:08:21,230 --> 00:08:24,100 That leaves us the Messiah, 164 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:25,200 I'll drop in again tomorrow, 165 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,200 In the meantime, I appreciate it Ms, Moretti 166 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,200 if you didn't make any decisions about the boy, 167 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,230 We can't let the situation go on indefinitely, 168 00:08:31,230 --> 00:08:35,030 Agreed, but the old man is living on borrowed time, 169 00:08:35,030 --> 00:08:37,010 Borrowed from where, I don't know, 170 00:08:37,010 --> 00:08:39,000 As of the moment, you take that child away, 171 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,130 that's when we can go out and look for 10 mourners, 172 00:08:41,130 --> 00:08:43,190 - Still cold out? - Uh-hmm, 173 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:46,030 And I think it's gonna snow, 174 00:08:46,030 --> 00:08:49,210 Just right for the Yuletide Season, 175 00:08:49,210 --> 00:08:52,210 Should I not see you, a Merry Christmas, Ms, Moretti, 176 00:08:52,210 --> 00:08:54,200 Happy Hanukkah doctor, 177 00:08:57,060 --> 00:08:59,120 Happy Hanukkah, 178 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,030 God bless us, everyone, 179 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,150 God help you, Mr, Goldman, 180 00:09:04,150 --> 00:09:06,010 ( bell ringing ) 181 00:09:47,090 --> 00:09:49,180 Well, now, 182 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:51,210 what culinary masterpiece 183 00:09:51,210 --> 00:09:54,020 have you brought up tonight, chef? 184 00:09:54,020 --> 00:09:55,070 Tomato soup, 185 00:09:55,070 --> 00:09:56,220 Tomato soup? 186 00:09:56,220 --> 00:09:58,200 And what did you have? 187 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,030 Tomato soup, 188 00:10:01,030 --> 00:10:02,190 Well, look Mikey, you know, for me, 189 00:10:02,190 --> 00:10:04,020 tomato soup is a delight 190 00:10:04,020 --> 00:10:06,180 since all of my gums belong to me, 191 00:10:06,180 --> 00:10:08,030 The ill-fitting teeth, 192 00:10:08,030 --> 00:10:10,000 the product of a sadistic dentist 193 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,230 that must have originally made them for a male 194 00:10:11,230 --> 00:10:13,200 with a much smaller mouth, 195 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,070 but for you, 196 00:10:15,070 --> 00:10:17,150 you know, you got to eat more than this, 197 00:10:17,150 --> 00:10:19,010 I had milk too, 198 00:10:20,230 --> 00:10:22,230 How was school today? 199 00:10:22,230 --> 00:10:24,070 MIKEY: Did you know that a guy named Leon 200 00:10:24,070 --> 00:10:26,140 tried to find the Fountain of Youth? 201 00:10:26,140 --> 00:10:30,160 Ponce de Leon, yeah, he was an Italian man, 202 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,190 But unfortunately he came up empty-handed, 203 00:10:34,180 --> 00:10:35,190 Mikey, 204 00:10:37,210 --> 00:10:40,060 no such thing as the Fountain of Youth, 205 00:10:40,060 --> 00:10:41,180 If there were, 206 00:10:41,180 --> 00:10:42,210 I've had taken the subway 207 00:10:42,210 --> 00:10:44,110 long ago to get to it, 208 00:10:45,220 --> 00:10:47,090 You're not old grandpa, 209 00:10:50,010 --> 00:10:52,010 Not very old, 210 00:10:55,130 --> 00:10:58,010 No, Not very, 211 00:10:58,010 --> 00:11:00,220 well, comparatively speaking, 212 00:11:00,220 --> 00:11:02,230 yeah, as compared to the, uh, 213 00:11:02,230 --> 00:11:04,130 Wailing Wall in Jerusalem 214 00:11:04,130 --> 00:11:06,040 and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, 215 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,020 I'm what you might call a sprightly youth, 216 00:11:09,020 --> 00:11:11,080 Do they sell pizza at the Leaning Tower? 217 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:15,120 Pisa is a place, 218 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,160 Pizza is food, 219 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,060 And you Mikey, 220 00:11:19,060 --> 00:11:22,090 you're a prize, 221 00:11:22,090 --> 00:11:23,220 You know, you ask so many questions, 222 00:11:23,220 --> 00:11:26,010 pretty soon you'll be a very wise man, 223 00:11:26,010 --> 00:11:27,230 - Like you, - Like me? 224 00:11:30,110 --> 00:11:32,150 Unfortunately, grandpa is not very wise, 225 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:35,040 If he were, he would never have lent all that money 226 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,040 to his brother Sam when they were young, 227 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:43,030 Although it appears that the 228 00:11:43,030 --> 00:11:45,190 Messiah is already acting, 229 00:11:45,190 --> 00:11:48,000 Who's the Messiah? 230 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,110 Who's the Messiah? 231 00:11:50,230 --> 00:11:53,200 He's the messenger from God, 232 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,030 Any moment, he will appear looking big 233 00:11:56,030 --> 00:11:58,060 and black against the sky, 234 00:11:58,060 --> 00:12:00,160 striking down our enemies and lifting us up 235 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,030 to health and wealth 236 00:12:02,030 --> 00:12:03,170 and heavenly contentment, 237 00:12:06,020 --> 00:12:08,130 And he'll fix our digestions too, 238 00:12:08,130 --> 00:12:12,040 He will supply me with a new set of teeth, 239 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,010 and, very likely, he'll install us in a palace, 240 00:12:15,010 --> 00:12:16,070 Will he bring ice cream? 241 00:12:16,070 --> 00:12:17,200 - Oh, tons, - Toys? 242 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,010 In carloads, freight trains-full, 243 00:12:20,010 --> 00:12:23,050 - What else? - What else do you want? 244 00:12:23,050 --> 00:12:25,040 Will he bring the Giants back to New York? 245 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,230 Not only that, he'll throw out the first ball, 246 00:12:30,180 --> 00:12:31,220 ( coughing ) 247 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,200 Here, thank you, I think I have had enough, 248 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,120 I've had enough, Thank you, 249 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,150 Grandpa, you didn't eat no bread and butter, 250 00:12:43,150 --> 00:12:45,130 You didn't have no nothing, 251 00:12:45,130 --> 00:12:47,100 - I'll eat before I go to bed later on, 252 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:49,070 you know, then, And maybe 253 00:12:49,070 --> 00:12:51,080 then I'll have you fix me some tea 254 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,080 and then I'll have some bread and butter, 255 00:12:56,130 --> 00:12:57,140 Mikey, 256 00:13:00,180 --> 00:13:03,130 you know you're my solace, 257 00:13:03,130 --> 00:13:05,150 you're my pride, 258 00:13:05,150 --> 00:13:08,110 you're the dearest thing on God's Earth for me, 259 00:13:08,110 --> 00:13:10,110 - did you know that? - Me too, 260 00:13:23,190 --> 00:13:25,110 ( coughing ) 261 00:13:36,140 --> 00:13:38,070 Are you okay, grandpa? 262 00:13:38,070 --> 00:13:40,150 You're coughing much worse, 263 00:13:40,150 --> 00:13:43,060 Yes, well, with the 264 00:13:43,060 --> 00:13:46,060 coming of the Messiah, I'll cough much better, 265 00:13:46,060 --> 00:13:49,010 Oh, close the door, Mikey, 266 00:13:49,010 --> 00:13:50,060 I'll take a little sleep, 267 00:13:52,110 --> 00:13:54,120 Oh, Mikey? 268 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,180 Yup, 269 00:13:55,180 --> 00:13:57,170 Leave something behind for me, 270 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:59,090 What grandpa? 271 00:13:59,090 --> 00:14:00,110 A smile, 272 00:14:11,230 --> 00:14:14,000 ( wind gushing ) 273 00:14:15,030 --> 00:14:16,040 Who is it? 274 00:14:19,190 --> 00:14:21,030 Who's in here? 275 00:14:23,180 --> 00:14:25,050 I know who it is, 276 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,120 I know who it is, I tell you, 277 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,070 I have a message for you, you snuffer of candles, 278 00:14:33,070 --> 00:14:36,010 you wholesaler in the cough business, 279 00:14:36,010 --> 00:14:37,160 I know who you are, 280 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,050 and in your unseen face I tell you, 281 00:14:40,050 --> 00:14:41,200 I'm not ready for the angel of death, 282 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,000 You, I'm not ready for, 283 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,040 Take that back to the cemetery, 284 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,030 Goldman is not ready, 285 00:14:48,030 --> 00:14:50,040 No, my pulse still beats, 286 00:14:51,170 --> 00:14:53,150 My eyes still see, 287 00:14:53,150 --> 00:14:55,050 The flesh's still warm 288 00:14:55,050 --> 00:14:56,220 and my heart, 289 00:14:56,220 --> 00:14:59,160 you mamzer from a mausoleum, 290 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,010 my heart still lives, 291 00:15:03,220 --> 00:15:05,170 What? 292 00:15:05,170 --> 00:15:07,080 Peace, you offer me? 293 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,000 You can have that peace, 294 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,140 Peace of the grave, 295 00:15:10,140 --> 00:15:11,230 No, no, thank you, 296 00:15:13,230 --> 00:15:15,070 Rest? 297 00:15:15,070 --> 00:15:17,020 And who cares? 298 00:15:17,020 --> 00:15:18,100 Well, I'll take the cares 299 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:20,020 and the woes and the aggravation 300 00:15:20,020 --> 00:15:23,190 and the anguish, yes, and the pain, 301 00:15:23,190 --> 00:15:25,120 Listen, angel, 302 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,060 go down to Argentina and look for Hitler, 303 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:30,070 Goldman is not ready, 304 00:15:30,070 --> 00:15:32,190 My child is out there, 305 00:15:32,190 --> 00:15:34,080 The son of my son, 306 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,160 the thing I love, 307 00:15:37,210 --> 00:15:40,200 Will I be able to caress him 308 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,190 and fondle him and love him 309 00:15:42,190 --> 00:15:44,020 lying in a box? 310 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:51,130 What's the matter grandpa? 311 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:56,200 Who's that, grandpa? 312 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,020 You saw him? 313 00:15:58,020 --> 00:16:00,170 MIKEY: Something, it looked like, 314 00:16:00,170 --> 00:16:03,080 I don't know, a shadow? 315 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,160 And I thought you were smart, 316 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,050 a regular Einstein, 317 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:09,200 You don't know who it was? 318 00:16:13,180 --> 00:16:15,220 Come here to grandpa, Come here, 319 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,020 That, Mikey, 320 00:16:23,020 --> 00:16:24,230 that was the Messiah, 321 00:16:24,230 --> 00:16:27,030 The Messiah? In here? 322 00:16:27,030 --> 00:16:28,160 In here, 323 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,080 - What did he want? - Well, 324 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,140 strictly to deliver me a message, 325 00:16:32,140 --> 00:16:34,130 What grandpa? What was the message? 326 00:16:34,130 --> 00:16:37,050 He just wanted me to tell you that very shortly, 327 00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:39,090 - he'll arrive here, - On Mott Street? 328 00:16:39,090 --> 00:16:43,030 His first stop, right here on Mott Street, 329 00:16:43,030 --> 00:16:44,160 He wanted to arrange with me 330 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,200 a warehouse for all of your toys 331 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,220 - and the ice cream, - Grandpa, are you kidding? 332 00:16:49,220 --> 00:16:52,230 Now, would I be kidding about a thing like that? 333 00:16:59,030 --> 00:17:01,000 Grandpa? 334 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,070 Yes, 335 00:17:02,070 --> 00:17:03,230 If he comes again, 336 00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:05,070 the Messiah, 337 00:17:05,070 --> 00:17:07,190 can you give him a message? 338 00:17:07,190 --> 00:17:10,200 Verbatim, what's to communicate? 339 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,150 Tell him not to worry about the ice cream 340 00:17:12,150 --> 00:17:15,210 and the toys, but just to make you well, 341 00:17:15,210 --> 00:17:18,220 That's the most important thing grandpa, 342 00:17:18,220 --> 00:17:20,070 to make you well, 343 00:17:26,110 --> 00:17:30,040 Mikey, I already told him that, 344 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:31,230 I told him that we were a team, 345 00:17:31,230 --> 00:17:33,140 Goldman and Goldman, 346 00:17:33,140 --> 00:17:37,060 that we are inseparable just like Solomon and David, 347 00:17:37,060 --> 00:17:38,200 Like Damon and Pythias, 348 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,010 Like hotdogs and mustard, 349 00:17:40,010 --> 00:17:41,030 That's right, 350 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:45,010 Do you want your tea now? 351 00:17:45,010 --> 00:17:46,200 No, 352 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,030 maybe later on, 353 00:17:48,030 --> 00:17:50,040 I'll try for that nap again, 354 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,040 You call me if you need me, grandpa, 355 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,050 Mr, Messiah, 356 00:18:07,230 --> 00:18:11,030 ( bell ringing ) 357 00:18:12,180 --> 00:18:14,210 Mr, Messiah, 358 00:18:14,210 --> 00:18:17,070 can you hear me? 359 00:18:17,070 --> 00:18:20,020 Can I talk to you for a minute? 360 00:18:20,020 --> 00:18:21,100 ( coughing ) 361 00:19:08,020 --> 00:19:09,000 ( bell ringing ) 362 00:19:36,180 --> 00:19:38,140 MAN: Yeah, Merry Christmas, 363 00:19:45,020 --> 00:19:46,130 Excuse me, 364 00:19:46,130 --> 00:19:47,200 - Excuse me, - Huh? 365 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,080 - You aren't the Messiah, are you? 366 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:50,200 - Who? - The Messiah, 367 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,080 MAN: Me? Listen buddy boy, 368 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:53,100 let me tell you something, 369 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:54,230 you're working the wrong street, 370 00:19:54,230 --> 00:19:56,140 Why, if the Messiah was to come down here, 371 00:19:56,140 --> 00:19:58,010 he'd get mugged in 10 minutes, 372 00:19:58,010 --> 00:20:00,190 He's been here already, I've seen him, 373 00:20:00,190 --> 00:20:03,150 Oh, you know him if you see him, huh? 374 00:20:03,150 --> 00:20:06,000 You don't even recognize Santa Claus, 375 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,190 That's me, Santa Claus, 376 00:20:07,190 --> 00:20:09,230 Don't you even recognize Santa Claus? 377 00:20:11,030 --> 00:20:13,190 I'm Jewish, 378 00:20:13,190 --> 00:20:16,100 Santa Claus, The Messiah, what's the difference? 379 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:18,110 From here to the river, it's half soup kitchen 380 00:20:18,110 --> 00:20:20,050 and half saloon, and you're looking 381 00:20:20,050 --> 00:20:21,070 for the Messiah down here, 382 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,100 Let me tell you something, buddy boy, 383 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:27,080 either go up town or go home, 384 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,050 MIKEY: I can't, my grandpa is sick, 385 00:20:29,050 --> 00:20:31,070 I have to find the Messiah, 386 00:21:01,010 --> 00:21:02,060 MAN: Repent, 387 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:04,120 repent you sinners, 388 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:07,000 The day of reckoning has come, 389 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,030 Repent, 390 00:21:08,030 --> 00:21:09,220 repent sinners, 391 00:21:11,060 --> 00:21:13,010 The day has come, 392 00:21:13,010 --> 00:21:15,030 Repent you sinners, 393 00:21:16,050 --> 00:21:17,180 MIKEY: Are you the Messiah? 394 00:21:17,180 --> 00:21:19,070 I am he, 395 00:21:19,070 --> 00:21:21,020 I'm glad I found you, 396 00:21:21,020 --> 00:21:22,200 My grandpa is sick, 397 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,020 Of course, 398 00:21:24,020 --> 00:21:26,050 and soon to die, 399 00:21:26,050 --> 00:21:27,210 Born in iniquity, 400 00:21:27,210 --> 00:21:29,130 steeped in sin, 401 00:21:29,130 --> 00:21:31,140 and soon to die, 402 00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:33,090 You tell him to get ready, boy, 403 00:21:33,090 --> 00:21:35,090 Tell him to get prepared, 404 00:21:35,090 --> 00:21:36,230 because tonight Sodom goes, 405 00:21:36,230 --> 00:21:39,170 and Gomorrah, and the whole world, 406 00:21:39,170 --> 00:21:41,220 struck down in the righteous wrath of-- 407 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:43,050 Not my grandpa, 408 00:21:43,050 --> 00:21:44,140 Wiped out, boy, 409 00:21:44,140 --> 00:21:45,200 Decimated, 410 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,020 The wages of evil paid at last, 411 00:21:49,020 --> 00:21:50,170 You're not the Messiah, 412 00:21:50,170 --> 00:21:53,110 MAN: I am the Messiah, 413 00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:56,080 and your grandpa is doomed, 414 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,190 and you are doomed, 415 00:21:57,190 --> 00:21:59,060 BUCKNER: All right, Take it a block away 416 00:21:59,060 --> 00:22:01,100 and stop scaring little kids, would you? 417 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:02,190 Go on, 418 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:05,130 ABRAHAM: He's the messenger from God, 419 00:22:05,130 --> 00:22:07,110 At any minute, he will appear, 420 00:22:07,110 --> 00:22:10,210 looming big and black against the sky, 421 00:22:10,210 --> 00:22:12,230 striking down our enemies, 422 00:22:12,230 --> 00:22:14,140 Mr, Messiah, 423 00:22:14,140 --> 00:22:16,110 I've sure been looking for you, 424 00:22:19,110 --> 00:22:21,050 What's your problem, little son? 425 00:22:21,050 --> 00:22:22,060 Grandpa's sick, 426 00:22:22,060 --> 00:22:23,080 You don't have to bring 427 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,180 all the ice cream and toys, 428 00:22:24,180 --> 00:22:27,000 at least not now, but grandpa is sick, 429 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,080 And they're talking about taking him away, 430 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,220 And if they do, there's this lady 431 00:22:30,220 --> 00:22:32,170 from the relief that's gonna send me 432 00:22:32,170 --> 00:22:34,110 to some kind of foster home, 433 00:22:34,110 --> 00:22:36,170 But if you come on over and cure grandpa, 434 00:22:36,170 --> 00:22:40,030 then him and me could be a team like Damon and,,, 435 00:22:40,030 --> 00:22:41,190 Damon and,,, 436 00:22:41,190 --> 00:22:44,120 like hotdogs and mustard, 437 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:46,110 Well, does grandpa have a doctor? 438 00:22:46,110 --> 00:22:48,230 A real good doctor, Dr, Levine, 439 00:22:48,230 --> 00:22:51,030 But grandpa needs more than a doctor now, 440 00:22:51,030 --> 00:22:52,070 He needs you, 441 00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:55,000 He needs the Messiah, 442 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,190 Look, what makes you think I'm the Messiah? 443 00:22:57,190 --> 00:23:00,150 Because you're big and black and you loom, 444 00:23:02,190 --> 00:23:06,170 Come on, Mr, Messiah, I'll show you where we live, 445 00:23:06,170 --> 00:23:08,230 But you know where we live, you were there already, 446 00:23:08,230 --> 00:23:11,100 - I was? - Just a little while ago, 447 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:12,160 I've seen your shadow, 448 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,050 At first, I was scared, 449 00:23:14,050 --> 00:23:15,150 I didn't know what it was, 450 00:23:15,150 --> 00:23:17,190 But grandpa saw it was only you, 451 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:35,230 MAN: How is he? 452 00:23:35,230 --> 00:23:37,070 Still breathing, that's about it, 453 00:23:37,070 --> 00:23:39,010 You're gonna need an ambulance? 454 00:23:39,010 --> 00:23:40,100 No, the doctor's up there now, He said he old man 455 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:41,110 can't be moved, 456 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:51,090 Grandpa? 457 00:23:53,020 --> 00:23:55,000 Easy Mikey, Your grandpa's asleep, 458 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,080 - Can I see him? - After a little while, maybe, 459 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,230 Oh, that's the Messiah, 460 00:24:02,230 --> 00:24:04,140 - Messiah? - MIKEY: Yeah, 461 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,060 DR, MORRIS: Mikey, you, you put on your pajamas 462 00:24:08,060 --> 00:24:10,140 - and get ready for bed, huh? - Then can I see grandpa? 463 00:24:10,140 --> 00:24:11,180 Well, maybe, 464 00:24:40,110 --> 00:24:42,160 What brings you? 465 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,220 An act of God, I think, 466 00:24:44,220 --> 00:24:46,180 I came back to look in on you, 467 00:24:46,180 --> 00:24:49,150 You were unconscious and barely breathing, 468 00:24:49,150 --> 00:24:51,030 ABRAHAM: Where's Mikey? 469 00:24:51,030 --> 00:24:52,080 DR, MORRIS: He's getting ready for bed, 470 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,160 And in that room, 471 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,010 that's a hallucination? 472 00:24:59,010 --> 00:25:02,020 There's somebody from the funeral home, 473 00:25:02,020 --> 00:25:06,050 According to Mikey, that's the Messiah, 474 00:25:06,050 --> 00:25:08,140 The Messiah? 475 00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:10,090 Hmm, 476 00:25:10,090 --> 00:25:12,140 Mikey,,, 477 00:25:12,140 --> 00:25:15,000 Actually, he didn't do so bad, 478 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,120 He could have brought an evangelist 479 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:17,180 and I'd be sitting up all night 480 00:25:17,180 --> 00:25:18,230 arguing with him, 481 00:25:21,060 --> 00:25:22,180 I'll go get Mikey, 482 00:25:22,180 --> 00:25:23,160 No, no, please, 483 00:25:25,220 --> 00:25:27,230 Just tell him I'm still sleeping, 484 00:25:27,230 --> 00:25:29,180 He wants to see you, 485 00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:32,040 ABRAHAM: Alive, he wants to see me, 486 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:36,170 Alive is how I want him to remember me, 487 00:25:36,170 --> 00:25:39,200 The angel of death was here, 488 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,200 - Mr, Goldman-- - No, no, he was here, 489 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:45,230 Came here early, then he came again, 490 00:25:45,230 --> 00:25:47,030 He left me a message, 491 00:25:49,170 --> 00:25:51,060 Tell me, 492 00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:54,160 He said he would be back at midnight, 493 00:25:57,030 --> 00:25:59,060 So what's to do? 494 00:25:59,060 --> 00:26:02,220 That Messiah out there's got his work cut out for him, 495 00:26:02,220 --> 00:26:04,160 Look, Mr, Goldman-- 496 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,020 ABRAHAM: Please, please, 497 00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:10,060 My best friend's son, the doctor, look, 498 00:26:10,060 --> 00:26:12,140 I don't tell you how to make visits 499 00:26:12,140 --> 00:26:14,100 or how to make heart transplants, 500 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:15,230 so don't you tell me 501 00:26:15,230 --> 00:26:18,140 who beckons to me in shroud, 502 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:25,080 Seventy-seven years I'm on this earth, 503 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,090 Seventy-seven, 504 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,120 That's how long it takes to find out 505 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,230 a little bit about what life is all about, 506 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,000 And then, one day, you turn around 507 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,160 and what good is all this wisdom? 508 00:26:40,060 --> 00:26:43,200 All that's left is the laying out, 509 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,210 the casket, the minyan, 510 00:26:45,210 --> 00:26:49,000 the condensed eulogy 511 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,070 by an assistant rabbi I never met, 512 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,030 and you get buried with all your wisdom, 513 00:26:58,010 --> 00:27:01,110 Three more years that I wanted, right? 514 00:27:01,110 --> 00:27:04,030 You know, maybe more, just for Mikey's sake, 515 00:27:05,170 --> 00:27:07,220 But no, 516 00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:10,070 death's in a hurry, doctor, Can't wait, 517 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,000 Hurry up with the shovel, 518 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,080 Hurry up with the ice-cold fingers, 519 00:27:41,180 --> 00:27:43,040 So you're the Messiah, huh? 520 00:27:47,190 --> 00:27:49,010 Does the Messiah have a name? 521 00:27:53,020 --> 00:27:55,030 They call me Buckner, 522 00:27:55,030 --> 00:27:57,100 Buckner, 523 00:27:57,100 --> 00:27:59,050 All right, Mr, Buckner, 524 00:27:59,050 --> 00:28:01,120 if you have any special messianic powers, 525 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:04,020 I wish you'd trot them out, 526 00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:06,150 I could use a miracle, 527 00:28:06,150 --> 00:28:08,230 Is he bad off? 528 00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:11,090 He says the angel of death is due at midnight, 529 00:28:13,180 --> 00:28:15,030 Who am I to argue? 530 00:28:17,050 --> 00:28:18,150 You believe in the angel of death? 531 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:25,180 Levine, the doctor, dabbles only in the sciences, 532 00:28:25,180 --> 00:28:28,230 but Levine, the son of Jacob Levine, 533 00:28:28,230 --> 00:28:30,060 the well-known student 534 00:28:30,060 --> 00:28:32,190 of Levitical folklore, yes, 535 00:28:32,190 --> 00:28:35,100 He believes in the angel of death, 536 00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:36,110 and the Messiah, 537 00:28:36,110 --> 00:28:39,050 and miracles too, 538 00:28:44,220 --> 00:28:47,000 Very quietly, Mikey, he's asleep, 539 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,110 Just kiss him good night and try not to wake him, 540 00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:52,000 You don't have to be worried, doctor, 541 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,230 Messiah will handle everything, 542 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,020 Damn drafty tenements, 543 00:29:13,020 --> 00:29:15,020 Was it just the wind? 544 00:29:15,020 --> 00:29:17,020 Oh, what else could it be? 545 00:29:17,020 --> 00:29:19,090 Well, the old man is expecting someone, 546 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,060 DR, MORRIS: Yeah, 547 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,230 The old man's expecting someone, 548 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:33,050 He's asleep, but he looked so sick, so pale, 549 00:29:33,050 --> 00:29:34,220 DR, MORRIS: Mikey, come over to me, 550 00:29:37,230 --> 00:29:40,040 Now, I'm gonna talk to you now 551 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,190 just as if you were a grown up, understand? 552 00:29:43,190 --> 00:29:45,140 Your grandpa is very sick, 553 00:29:45,140 --> 00:29:47,030 and there's not much anyone can do, 554 00:29:47,030 --> 00:29:48,090 But the Messiah-- 555 00:29:48,090 --> 00:29:50,130 Mikey, your friend, Mr, Buckner, 556 00:29:50,130 --> 00:29:53,110 is a very nice guy, but he is not the Messiah, 557 00:29:53,110 --> 00:29:55,110 - Yes, he is, - No, Mikey, He isn't, 558 00:29:55,110 --> 00:29:57,200 Tell him, tell him you're the Messiah, 559 00:30:07,150 --> 00:30:08,210 Grandpa, 560 00:30:08,210 --> 00:30:09,200 Mikey, 561 00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:25,100 Leave the boy be, doctor, there's nothing you can do, 562 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:28,010 Did anybody ever tell you you make a lousy Messiah? 563 00:30:30,060 --> 00:30:31,170 Forgive me, Mr, Buckner, 564 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,020 That's a problem with all ghetto dwellers, 565 00:30:38,020 --> 00:30:40,190 And former ghetto dwellers of which I am one, 566 00:31:00,210 --> 00:31:03,110 We're mystics, 567 00:31:03,110 --> 00:31:05,070 and believers, and children, 568 00:31:05,070 --> 00:31:06,230 to our dying day, 569 00:31:09,030 --> 00:31:11,080 And that applies to ancient doomed men, 570 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,200 ineffectual doctors, 571 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,160 and nine-year-old boys, 572 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,210 the triumvirate of desperate losers 573 00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:21,010 who share this illusion 574 00:31:21,010 --> 00:31:23,090 that God favors the tenements, 575 00:31:37,220 --> 00:31:39,150 ABRAHAM: Doctor, 576 00:31:39,150 --> 00:31:43,080 I had a nightmare like you can't believe, 577 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,000 I was telling Mikey, 578 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,190 a grandfather of a nightmare, 579 00:31:46,190 --> 00:31:49,000 redeemed, 580 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,080 and what a cast of characters, 581 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,120 Shakespeare himself couldn't create them, 582 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,040 The angel of death, 583 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,020 the Messiah, 584 00:31:58,020 --> 00:31:59,040 you and Mikey were there 585 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,120 and somebody in the living room, 586 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,040 There wasn't anybody in the living room, 587 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,100 was there? 588 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,130 I don't recall anyone, was there? 589 00:32:18,130 --> 00:32:22,090 I remember going out to find the Messiah, 590 00:32:22,090 --> 00:32:24,070 But I guess I didn't find him, 591 00:32:24,070 --> 00:32:25,120 - At least,,, - DR, MORRIS: It's as if part 592 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,070 of my memory had been cut away, 593 00:32:31,010 --> 00:32:32,140 The important thing, Mr, Goldman, 594 00:32:32,140 --> 00:32:34,220 is that we seemed to have licked this crisis, 595 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:39,020 Pulse is regular, strong, 596 00:32:39,020 --> 00:32:40,020 Yeah? Good, 597 00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:41,150 DR, MORRIS: Respiration is good, 598 00:32:41,150 --> 00:32:44,020 - ABRAHAM: Yeah, - I'm either a miracle worker 599 00:32:44,020 --> 00:32:46,090 or you're one miraculous patient, 600 00:32:46,090 --> 00:32:47,170 Where do you think you're going? 601 00:32:47,170 --> 00:32:49,110 I'm gonna go and fix us some hot tea, 602 00:32:49,110 --> 00:32:51,050 No, no, no, no, no, no, In the first place, 603 00:32:51,050 --> 00:32:53,030 you're not to get out of bed, 604 00:32:53,030 --> 00:32:54,090 And in the second place, 605 00:32:54,090 --> 00:32:56,060 Mikey should be asleep, 606 00:32:56,060 --> 00:32:57,110 and in the third place, 607 00:32:57,110 --> 00:33:00,010 I need something stronger than tea, 608 00:33:00,010 --> 00:33:03,080 You call me tomorrow if you need me, Mr, Goldman, 609 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,130 ( bell ringing ) 610 00:33:07,030 --> 00:33:09,070 It's today, it's Christmas, 611 00:33:13,070 --> 00:33:15,110 It's kind of the season for miracles, I guess, 612 00:33:19,060 --> 00:33:21,160 ABRAHAM: Oh, doctor? 613 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,130 I must owe you a lot of money? 614 00:33:23,130 --> 00:33:25,110 Don't sweat it, Mr, Goldman, 615 00:33:25,110 --> 00:33:27,010 You're a living, breathing, 616 00:33:27,010 --> 00:33:29,200 healthy testimonial to my professional know-how, 617 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,060 At least, that's how I'm gonna tell-- 618 00:33:31,060 --> 00:33:32,220 No, No, no, no, no, 619 00:33:32,220 --> 00:33:37,030 I think--I have a letter here from my brother, Sam, 620 00:33:37,030 --> 00:33:39,110 And maybe I read it to you already? 621 00:33:39,110 --> 00:33:40,230 He owes me considerable money 622 00:33:40,230 --> 00:33:44,050 so any minute, I expect now a sizeable check, 623 00:33:44,050 --> 00:33:45,210 He's selling some land in California, 624 00:33:45,210 --> 00:33:48,180 DR, MORRIS: I don't mind waiting, Mr, Goldman, 625 00:33:48,180 --> 00:33:52,140 You know, this is a game I'm playing, really, 626 00:33:52,140 --> 00:33:55,080 squeezing celery tonic from a boulder is easier 627 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,110 than getting money from my brother, Sam, 628 00:33:57,110 --> 00:34:00,190 It would take the Messiah himself to do it, 629 00:34:00,190 --> 00:34:02,050 ( knocks on door ) 630 00:34:02,050 --> 00:34:03,030 MIKEY: I'll get it, 631 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,180 BUCKNER: Does a Mr, Abraham Goldman live here? 632 00:34:10,180 --> 00:34:12,210 - MIKEY: That's right, - Special delivery, 633 00:34:12,210 --> 00:34:14,010 Sign here, son, 634 00:34:21,050 --> 00:34:22,230 - Thank you, - Thank you, 635 00:34:22,230 --> 00:34:24,100 Merry Christmas, 636 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:26,050 And a Happy Hanukkah to you, 637 00:34:31,170 --> 00:34:35,050 Hey, it's a letter from California, grandpa, 638 00:34:35,050 --> 00:34:36,130 Oh, let me read it, 639 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,100 "My dear brother, Abe, 640 00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:51,000 "people thought I was crazy but I did have a land 641 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,130 "and I just sold it, 642 00:34:52,130 --> 00:34:54,090 "and I'm closing a certified check 643 00:34:54,090 --> 00:34:58,070 "in the amount of $10,000 644 00:34:58,070 --> 00:34:59,190 "which is what I owed you," 645 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,060 Next time, I'll run down to the stone quarry 646 00:35:08,060 --> 00:35:09,180 and get me some celery tonic, 647 00:35:11,170 --> 00:35:13,130 Mikey, 648 00:35:13,130 --> 00:35:15,230 what did I tell you about the Messiah, hmm? 649 00:35:15,230 --> 00:35:17,120 Grandpa, 650 00:35:20,020 --> 00:35:23,080 Well, you call me if you need me, Mr, Goldman, 651 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,140 Happy Hanukkah, 652 00:35:30,010 --> 00:35:31,030 Merry Christmas, 653 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:34,230 Don't overdo, 654 00:35:47,010 --> 00:35:50,210 You just delivered some holiday gift upstairs, 655 00:35:50,210 --> 00:35:54,150 - Did it please? - It pleased, all right, 656 00:35:54,150 --> 00:35:57,110 Dear God, how it pleased, 657 00:35:57,110 --> 00:36:00,060 Every now and then, God remembers the tenements, 658 00:36:03,150 --> 00:36:05,000 Yeah, 659 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,160 How right you are, 660 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,060 Happy holidays to you, 661 00:36:08,060 --> 00:36:10,070 And to you and yours 662 00:36:10,070 --> 00:36:11,140 and to the whole earth, 663 00:36:13,140 --> 00:36:14,180 To the whole earth, 664 00:36:44,030 --> 00:36:47,080 We--all of us have a kind of fascination from mirrors, 665 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,030 There's a most appealing mystery 666 00:36:49,030 --> 00:36:51,190 to what is on the other side of the looking glass, 667 00:36:51,190 --> 00:36:54,110 And occasionally, we turn into Alice, 668 00:36:54,110 --> 00:36:57,010 Our last selection in tonight's Night Gallery, 669 00:36:57,010 --> 00:36:58,230 a very special-looking glass, 670 00:36:58,230 --> 00:37:00,020 and it's called 671 00:37:00,020 --> 00:37:02,180 The Painted Mirror, 672 00:37:05,110 --> 00:37:06,180 ( music playing ) 673 00:37:15,210 --> 00:37:17,150 ( horn honking ) 674 00:37:59,180 --> 00:38:03,120 ( doorbell ringing ) 675 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,200 Louder, Mr, Pickman, 676 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,010 louder, 677 00:38:08,010 --> 00:38:09,130 Louder, Mrs, Moore? 678 00:38:09,130 --> 00:38:11,030 MRS, MOORE: Yes, Mr, Standish, 679 00:38:11,030 --> 00:38:13,020 loud, clear, 680 00:38:13,020 --> 00:38:14,090 and business like, 681 00:38:14,090 --> 00:38:16,150 ( dog barking ) 682 00:38:20,170 --> 00:38:24,150 ( music playing ) 683 00:38:24,150 --> 00:38:26,100 ( doorbell ringing ) 684 00:38:43,130 --> 00:38:44,150 Surely, Mrs, Chase, 685 00:38:44,150 --> 00:38:47,030 you've seen bells before, 686 00:38:47,030 --> 00:38:48,100 maybe not here, 687 00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:51,050 But the times, they are a-changing, 688 00:38:51,050 --> 00:38:54,060 FRANK: Ellen, my dear, you do look lovely, 689 00:38:54,060 --> 00:38:55,180 Oh, Frank, you know, 690 00:38:55,180 --> 00:38:58,040 I just don't walk through those things, 691 00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,060 Of course not, 692 00:38:59,060 --> 00:39:01,190 And why should you? 693 00:39:01,190 --> 00:39:04,120 Oh, 694 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,190 What in the world do you have here? 695 00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:14,110 ELLEN: Frank, 696 00:39:14,110 --> 00:39:15,220 where's my clock I sold you? 697 00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:18,150 Your clock didn't rock, Mrs, Chase, 698 00:39:18,150 --> 00:39:20,170 but I managed to utilize it, 699 00:39:20,170 --> 00:39:22,030 I'm sorry, Ellen, 700 00:39:22,030 --> 00:39:24,140 but there were things I had to give up 701 00:39:24,140 --> 00:39:26,230 in exchange for utilizing 702 00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:29,020 Mrs, Moore's partnership, 703 00:39:29,020 --> 00:39:30,140 And money, 704 00:39:30,140 --> 00:39:32,080 I'm teaching Mr, Standish 705 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,030 to utilize things a little bit more practically, 706 00:39:35,030 --> 00:39:38,080 Ellen, have some tea with me, 707 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,120 In your bachelor's boudoir? 708 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,230 Do you want to sell your cart, Mrs, Chase? 709 00:39:49,230 --> 00:39:51,130 I'll give you a dollar for it, 710 00:39:55,010 --> 00:39:56,120 FRANK: Ellen, 711 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,120 the world was beautiful and romantic once, 712 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,210 - wasn't it? - ELLEN: Oh, 713 00:40:01,210 --> 00:40:04,150 I hate to sell that picture, 714 00:40:04,150 --> 00:40:06,180 You know, Teddy and I had lots of those 715 00:40:06,180 --> 00:40:08,130 Maxfield Parrish's 716 00:40:08,130 --> 00:40:10,220 in our first department, 717 00:40:10,220 --> 00:40:12,200 That was over on Elm Street, 718 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,140 Of course it's something else now, 719 00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:22,060 Well, there aren't any Elm trees left anyhow, 720 00:40:22,060 --> 00:40:23,180 I always thought the soldiers 721 00:40:23,180 --> 00:40:26,080 brought that blight back with them from Germany 722 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:28,160 after the first war, hmm? 723 00:40:32,090 --> 00:40:34,080 The mirror, 724 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,000 why did you paint it over? 725 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,080 ELLEN: It's been like that in the attic 726 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,160 ever since I can remember, 727 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,070 Now Frank, 728 00:40:41,070 --> 00:40:44,040 if you can't clean it, 729 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:46,220 maybe you could sell the frame, uh-hmm? 730 00:40:46,220 --> 00:40:48,230 I'll leave them both here 731 00:40:48,230 --> 00:40:52,050 on consignment, of course, 732 00:40:52,050 --> 00:40:54,110 Oh, I don't think that would be right 733 00:40:54,110 --> 00:40:55,200 not to give you 734 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,080 some money on them, 735 00:40:58,080 --> 00:40:59,160 Would 10 be enough? 736 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,170 Oh, 737 00:41:01,170 --> 00:41:04,050 I'd put you up for sainthood myself 738 00:41:04,050 --> 00:41:07,160 if I thought I was in better standing, 739 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,030 Frank,,, 740 00:41:10,030 --> 00:41:12,050 ( music playing ) 741 00:41:15,130 --> 00:41:16,150 Mrs, Moore? 742 00:41:22,190 --> 00:41:23,220 Mrs, Moore, 743 00:41:31,140 --> 00:41:33,040 Don't you ever do that to me again, 744 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,020 Mrs, Moore, lend me 10, 745 00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:42,060 $10? 746 00:41:42,060 --> 00:41:45,120 Did Mrs, Chase bring something worth $10? 747 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,140 We are not referring to this, 748 00:41:55,140 --> 00:41:57,050 A delightful frame 749 00:41:57,050 --> 00:41:58,150 and an excellent mirror 750 00:41:58,150 --> 00:42:00,100 beneath that paint, no doubt, 751 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:01,180 I have collectors, 752 00:42:01,180 --> 00:42:03,140 People who love beauty, 753 00:42:03,140 --> 00:42:05,040 One phone call-- 754 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,190 Maybe 10 years ago, but not now, 755 00:42:07,190 --> 00:42:09,090 Not in this part of town, 756 00:42:11,190 --> 00:42:13,110 A dollar for your cart, 757 00:42:16,050 --> 00:42:18,160 A dollar fifty, 758 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:19,190 A dollar, 759 00:42:30,170 --> 00:42:31,230 ( bell rings ) 760 00:42:31,230 --> 00:42:33,160 You are supposed to find new quarters 761 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:37,140 Mr, Standish, remember? 762 00:42:37,140 --> 00:42:39,030 We need the space, 763 00:43:57,170 --> 00:44:00,180 MRS, MOORE: Rise and shine, Mr, Standish, 764 00:44:00,180 --> 00:44:02,080 ( music playing ) 765 00:44:44,110 --> 00:44:46,150 This is a place of business, Mrs, Chase, 766 00:44:46,150 --> 00:44:49,010 We have no time for social events, 767 00:45:00,060 --> 00:45:02,120 We need some help, Mr, Standish, 768 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,000 ELLEN: Oh, 769 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,050 isn't that something? 770 00:45:10,050 --> 00:45:12,160 ( dog barking ) 771 00:45:15,050 --> 00:45:17,020 So life-like, 772 00:45:18,210 --> 00:45:20,090 Huh, come on, 773 00:45:20,090 --> 00:45:21,220 Let's see the rest of it, 774 00:45:27,110 --> 00:45:30,030 No, Mr, Brown, he does not help, 775 00:45:30,030 --> 00:45:31,200 Honestly, 776 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:35,060 And he shouts, He shouts, 777 00:45:35,060 --> 00:45:37,100 It makes poor Pookie so nervous, 778 00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:39,060 I can't stand it any longer, 779 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:42,080 Tell me, Mr, Brown, 780 00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,210 how cheap could I buy him out? 781 00:45:44,210 --> 00:45:46,150 ( music playing ) 782 00:45:57,170 --> 00:45:59,090 ( gasps ) 783 00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:02,010 How is it possible, Ellen? 784 00:46:02,010 --> 00:46:03,100 How does a real mirror work? 785 00:46:03,100 --> 00:46:05,040 I never could understand that either, 786 00:46:08,070 --> 00:46:11,030 That path, where do you suppose it goes? 787 00:46:12,050 --> 00:46:14,060 FRANK: Right past that cave, 788 00:46:14,060 --> 00:46:15,060 way in the back, 789 00:46:22,140 --> 00:46:24,050 ( dog barking ) 790 00:46:24,050 --> 00:46:26,000 ( cat screeching ) 791 00:46:31,020 --> 00:46:33,160 ( cat screeching ) 792 00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:39,230 What have you done to Lorenzo? 793 00:46:39,230 --> 00:46:41,100 And what is this, may I ask? 794 00:46:43,170 --> 00:46:45,060 I don't know, 795 00:46:45,060 --> 00:46:48,020 You don't know? 796 00:46:48,020 --> 00:46:52,010 Well, the frame I think I can utilize, 797 00:46:52,010 --> 00:46:54,120 but I can leave beside the picture, 798 00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,010 I'm exercising my option, 799 00:46:56,010 --> 00:46:57,020 I bought you out, 800 00:46:59,030 --> 00:47:00,100 I'll have to put you up in a hotel 801 00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:02,100 for a couple of months 802 00:47:02,100 --> 00:47:05,150 until you find a new job, 803 00:47:05,150 --> 00:47:07,230 It appears I'm not the businessman 804 00:47:07,230 --> 00:47:09,120 I imagine myself to be, 805 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:12,060 We get some bright lights up there 806 00:47:12,060 --> 00:47:13,200 and knock this wall out, 807 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:18,230 fix up the whole room, 808 00:47:18,230 --> 00:47:20,190 Frank, I like this room, 809 00:47:22,220 --> 00:47:25,070 I'll find a place, 810 00:47:25,070 --> 00:47:26,180 Suitable employment though 811 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:31,150 will take a little doing at my age, 812 00:47:31,150 --> 00:47:34,050 I live with my grandniece, you know, 813 00:47:34,050 --> 00:47:35,060 otherwise I,,, 814 00:47:37,070 --> 00:47:39,020 I wouldn't mind the gossip at all, 815 00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,040 Mr, Standish, if you please, 816 00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:45,080 Is there nothing you can do about it? 817 00:47:47,180 --> 00:47:48,210 Nothing, 818 00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:52,140 Nothing, 819 00:47:56,100 --> 00:47:58,150 ( dog whimpers ) 820 00:48:10,090 --> 00:48:11,210 ( dog barks ) 821 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,020 You awful woman, you see what you have done now? 822 00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:27,210 Pookie? 823 00:48:27,210 --> 00:48:28,200 Pookie? 824 00:48:31,010 --> 00:48:32,220 Pookie? 825 00:48:32,220 --> 00:48:34,140 Pookie, where are you? 826 00:48:34,140 --> 00:48:37,010 Come here, boy, Come here, Pookie, 827 00:48:37,010 --> 00:48:39,190 Pookie, come here, 828 00:48:39,190 --> 00:48:41,000 Come here, boy, 829 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,010 Pookie, 830 00:48:42,010 --> 00:48:44,050 come here, come here, 831 00:48:44,050 --> 00:48:45,070 Pookie, where are you? 832 00:48:45,070 --> 00:48:47,020 ( dog barking ) 833 00:48:47,020 --> 00:48:48,070 MRS, MOORE: Pookie, 834 00:48:48,070 --> 00:48:49,130 where are you? 835 00:48:53,100 --> 00:48:55,070 Come here boy, come here Pookie, 836 00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,100 Pookie, 837 00:48:58,100 --> 00:48:59,190 come here sweetheart, 838 00:48:59,190 --> 00:49:00,220 Pookie? 839 00:49:05,090 --> 00:49:07,140 Come here boy, Pookie, 840 00:49:07,140 --> 00:49:09,050 Come here, come here, 841 00:49:12,210 --> 00:49:14,120 Pookie, 842 00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:17,090 come here boy, come here, 843 00:49:17,090 --> 00:49:19,080 Pookie? 844 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,020 Pookie? 845 00:49:21,020 --> 00:49:22,100 Pookie, 846 00:49:22,100 --> 00:49:23,220 come here sweetheart, 847 00:49:23,220 --> 00:49:26,000 Pookie, 848 00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,150 Come here, Pookie, 849 00:49:27,150 --> 00:49:30,070 Pookie, where are you? 850 00:49:30,070 --> 00:49:32,170 Pookie, come here boy, 851 00:49:32,170 --> 00:49:33,220 Pookie? 852 00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:35,130 ( growling ) 853 00:49:35,130 --> 00:49:37,030 MRS, MOORE: Pookie, 854 00:49:37,030 --> 00:49:40,020 Pookie, are you in that cave? 855 00:49:40,020 --> 00:49:42,190 Come here, Pookie, 856 00:49:42,190 --> 00:49:43,210 ( growling ) 857 00:49:43,210 --> 00:49:45,200 Pookie, 858 00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:46,210 ( screams ) 859 00:49:50,030 --> 00:49:51,210 ( growling ) 860 00:49:53,170 --> 00:49:55,040 ( screams ) 861 00:50:06,060 --> 00:50:08,200 ( screams ) 61044