I said, give him da seal, honey.

Tony reaches... Joan quickly pulls back. The seal breaks free from her hold and falls on the floor. A woman in the audience screams. Igor leaps toward the seal, wildly swinging his club. The Audience jumps to its feet.

JOAN

No!! Don't!!!

IGOR

He no feel! He no feel! I hit him good!

TONY

(to band)

How about a little seal killin' music, boys.

Some of the Audience laughs. The seal frantically flees in the nick of time. Igor follows in hot pursuit. Igor swings again, missing the seal, but smashing Tony's desk.

JOAN

Please, someone help!

The Audience is going wild. Zmuda runs out of the control room with some security guards. The baby seal, tired and out of breath, is sitting helplessly in the middle of the floor. Igor swings again. The club comes smashing down as Zmuda, in the nick of time, grabs the seal. The security guards grab Igor. Tony struts back and forth as the boos, but also laughter, get louder and louder.

INT. ANDY KAUFMAN'S OFFICE - LATER - GEORGE SHAPIRO

Is pacing back and forth. Andy is leisurely sitting behind his desk.

GEORGE

(upset)

This time you have gone too far...

Somebody could have been hurt.

Thank God Bob save the seal

From that maniac.

ANDY

Tony got a little carried away.

GEORGE

Don't give me that Tony crap, Andy.

I have eyes. I see what's been going

on around here lately... and I don't like it.

ANDY

Oh -- you don't like it?

GEORGE

No, I don't. Pouring water over someone's

head is one thing, but this... this whole

Clifton thing has gotten totally out of

Proportion. Did you see that audience?

They actually wanted that seal to be clubbed.

ANDY

George, you're taking this whole

Thing too seriously.

GEORGE

Too seriously? Well, somebody had

better start taking it seriously...

And somebody had better clue Tony

in... that poor schmuck doesn't even

Know people are laughing at him.

ANDY

George, you have to learn to relax.

You should really start meditating.

Zmuda enters the room.

GEORGE

Andy, I'm warning you...

something has got to change!

ANDY

(had enough)

Yes, something does.

(getting up)

All right, George... you're fired.

GEORGE

What?!

ANDY

I said, you're fired.

Pack your things and get out.

ZMUDA

Andy, you can't fire George --

He's the man who discovered you.

ANDY

That's right... and I'm the man who

Discovered Clifton.

(to George)

So... why do I need him?

GEORGE

(almost relieved)

You don't need me, Andy... you don't

need anyone any more... you've got

it all. You're right at the top...

Just watch yourself on the way down.

ANDY

(triumphant)

I don't have to, George.

'Cause I ain't never comin' down.

George walks to the door.

GEORGE

Eventually all the assholes come down.

(opens door)

Bye, Bob!

ZMUDA

(fondly)

Talk to you later, George.

George leaves. From out in the hall we hear:

GEORGE'S VOICE

Yahooooo!!

Zmuda laughs to himself.

ANDY

(catches him)

And is there anything on your mind?

Zmuda looks Andy straight in the eye.

ZMUDA

No, but she's still on yours.

Forget her, man! Quit beating

Yourself up over her.

CUT TO

INT. NEW YORK ESSEX HOUSE - TONY

Getting off elevator. He is carrying a small bouquet of daisies. He walks down a long hall and stops in front of a double door marked, “Suite 2241”. He reaches in his pocket and takes out a key. He is just about to put the key in the keyhole, thinks twice, puts the key back in his pocket and decides to knock first. He is just about to knock, thinks twice about that also.

TONY

(to himself)

Tony, take it easy... calm down.

The woman's drivin' you crazy.

Where's that stuff...

He reaches in his coat for the Purple Passion. We hear the familiar theme. Tony unscrews the top, turns the bottle over, but only one precious drop drips out. We hear the sax discord down the scale and die.

TONY

What a time to run outta Purple Passion!

He puts the bottle back in his coat, takes a deep breath and knocks on the door. Anna answers.

ANNA

Tony!

TONY

(loss for words)

Hi.

He shifts his weight back and forth.

ANNA

Would you like to come in?

TONY

Yeah, if it's okay.

ANNA

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