Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Evans is messing with you, Al.

- I'll see you soon? - You count on it.

AL: Holy shit. That's Elizabeth Taylor.

This is Al Ruddy calling from Paramount

Have you pitched this anywhere else?

and minds of the whole world.

FRANCOISE: You're surprised?

BOB: And, Ruddy...

- Oh, I'm sorry. - No, no, no.

Get me Mickey Cohen in Los Angeles.

I've been offered a seat at the commission table.

Basically there are three families in the movie.

they can put a hundred episodes in the can.

Good to see you.

Hacks sell books.

I still don't know about the seat though.

That is the secret entrance where Adolph Zukor,

You read it and you say, "That's my family."

- I loved it. - ARTHUR: Thank you so much.

None of the prisoners do because he's leading

BARRY: Well, that's because I've been in New York

so he turns a blind eye.

SINGER: ♪ I'm not content to be with you in the day time ♪

It's an unwritten law in Hollywood

We'll think about it.

AL: It's not terribly interesting.

I'll make the movie, Bob, but only if she dies.

It's contracts or something, right?

because if that film is anything like the play,

Yes, I'll tell him. Thank you.

Okay, so maybe we don't kill.

we can sell the army comedy, hmm?

We need someone who understands Italians.

Then we're gonna do steak frites at Brasserie Lipp.

So what do you know about producing film?

Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood

You borderline have to be kind of insane to do the stuff

That's beautiful.

Evans is in this for himself, not for Gulf and Western.

and everyone thinks it's him.

It's about an American family.

- Mm-hmm. - Hmm?

Congratulations.

I--I left you a message not to come.

with Frank Sinatra in Chasen's.

Well, I guess it looks like you got yourself a director.

What just happened?

Trust yourself and write that scene.

Well, you could have called. Paramount's suing me.

Are you telling me that Bob Evans

uh, Sergeant Schultz.

♪ And I'll pray

The latter most likely the cause of the former.

greatest love story of all time.

To us, it was important to follow each of their arcs

Mario, just because they optioned it early,

- Johnny Potatoes! - Whoo!

capo to the Profaci Family.

Françoise Glazer, this is my neighbor, Al Ruddy.

The Corleones are my family.

[quietly] Take it.

My kishkehs are screaming.

I mean, that's magic, baby.

and I only had to fill in 9 hours and 55 minutes more,

Sinatra's crying to everyone but the Pope

Julie, baby, welcome back.

SECRETARY: Jack Warner on line one for Mr. Bluhdorn.

What does that have to do with anything?

I'm sorry. Every party needs a pooper.

- it'll be Stevie Phillips. - Who's he?

Peter, you're gonna send a copy of Clint's album

The guard gate?

It takes me six years to write.

And I thought, "Oh, shit! That's exactly what we're doing."

There's gotta be another way.

how about you and I go get drunk later?