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SPORTS NIGHT: Great Quotes
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Episode 1-02: The Apology
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[Casey talks to Dan about the magazine article]
Casey: There is a perception in the press . . . that I'm not cool. Now where do you think that perception comes from?
Dan: I think it comes from reality.
Casey: Really?
[Dan nods]
. . .
Casey: How can I be cool again? I'm a newly divorced man, I'm young, I used to be cool - how can I be cool again? Help me-- be cool again.
Dan: Well first I have to disabuse you of the notion that you were ever cool before.
[Dan in Isaac's office with CSC legal people]
Chris: This is a sports network. Our sponsors expect us to project an image of good health and clean living.
Dan: I'll think about that next time I'm reporting on how the Miller Genuine Draft car did in the Winston Cup.
. . .
Dan: Actions are immoral. Opinions are not, and I won't apologize for mine. Discussion is good. And for those fortunate enough to be the subject of magazine articles, it may be our responsibility from time to time to try and raise the level of debate.
. . .
Isaac: Do what they're telling you to do.
Dan: Really?
Isaac: Yes.
Dan: You think I should apologize?
Isaac: No, but you're going to anyway.
Dan: Why?
Isaac: Because this is television and this is how it's done.
Dan: Yeah, well sitting in the back of the bus was how it was done until
a 42-year old lady moved up front. I'm not impressed with how things are done.
. . .
Isaac: Danny . . .
Dan: Yeah?
Isaac: You know I love you, don't you?
Dan: Yeah . . .
Isaac: And because I love you I can say this - no rich young white guy
has ever gotten anywhere with me comparing himself to Rosa Parks. Got it?
Dan: Yes, sir.
Isaac: Good.
[Casey has just reviewed Jeremy's cut of a baseball game highlight tape]
Casey: Usually we get, ah, 30 to 40 seconds for each game . . .
Jeremy: I see. And how long did mine run?
Casey: 8 and a 1/2 minutes.
Jeremy: Ah.
Casey: Yeah.
. . .
Jeremy: That's long.
Casey: Yeah. It ran a little over, yeah.
Jeremy: I don't know what to do.
Casey: You should make it shorter.
Jeremy: I've tried everything.
Casey: You should try making it shorter.
Jeremy: What's the key?
Casey: In this case?
Jeremy: Yeah.
Casey: Making it a lot shorter.
[Natalie to Dana walking through the hallway]
Natalie: He's reaching out.
Dana: He's not reaching out.
Natalie: He's reaching right out to you.
Dana: He's not reaching anywhere near me.
Natalie: You're missing the signs.
Dana: I'm not missing the signs. Wait-- really?
Natalie: Reaching right out to you!
[Dan, on the air, has been told that he needs to fill a 20-second gap because a segment has been cut]
Dan: This network, the Continental Sports Channel, has asked me to clarify
some remarks I made in a publication that hit your newsstands this morning. It
is possible that one could come away from this article with the impression that
I don't believe that drugs are a destructive, and deadly, force in our
culture, our economy, and on the lives of our children. [Dan stops]
[10 seconds of silence. Cut to the control booth.]
Natalie: Oh-oh . . .
Rasta Tech: Talk to me, Dana.
Dana: Stay with him.
Kim: Casey, be ready to take us to commercial.
Isaac: Come on, Daniel--
[20 seconds of on-air silence has passed by]
Dan starts up again: I have a younger brother named Sam. Sam's a genius. I
mean, literally. As a kid, he tested off the charts. The first computer I had,
he built from a kit he bought with money he earned tutoring other kids in math.
He's energetic and articulate, curious and funny, a great source of pride to our
parents. And there's not doubt that he's be living a great life right now - except
for that he's dead. 'Cause when you're 14 years old, all you ever really want
to be when you grow up is your 16-year old brother. And in my case that meant
smoking a lot of dope. The day I went off to college was the day that Sam got
his driver's license. And he celebrated by taking a drive with some of his friends.
Drunk, and high as a paper kite. He never saw the red light that he ran. And he
probably never saw the 18-wheel truck that put him in the side of a brick bank,
either.
[14-second pause]
That was 11 years ago tonight. And I just wanted to say - I'm sorry, Sam.
You deserved better in my hands. And I apologize.
[5-second pause]
That's all. Casey and I will be right back with the American League wrap-up. You're
watching Sports Night, on CSC. So don't go away.
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