Late Night with the Devil

00:29:59,962 --> 00:30:01,755 Funny as it may seem... 553 00:30:03,465 --> 00:30:05,801 I actually believe that that last reading... 554 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,262 may have been meant for me. 555 00:30:10,722 --> 00:30:11,723 Yes? 556 00:30:13,224 --> 00:30:14,392 Minnie. Who's Minnie? 557 00:30:17,353 --> 00:30:21,274 Minnie is the private nickname for... 558 00:30:22,649 --> 00:30:24,651 Madeleine, my wife. 559 00:30:24,735 --> 00:30:26,194 [audience gasps] 560 00:30:26,278 --> 00:30:27,696 - Mmm. - [Christou] Your wife? 561 00:30:29,197 --> 00:30:31,283 Yeah, she crossed over, didn't she? 562 00:30:32,409 --> 00:30:35,245 An unmarried man wearing a wedding ring? 563 00:30:35,329 --> 00:30:37,121 [audience gasps] 564 00:30:37,204 --> 00:30:38,581 I think you meant this. 565 00:30:38,664 --> 00:30:40,416 [Haig] Jack, please. 566 00:30:40,499 --> 00:30:43,294 Half the people in this room are wearing one. 567 00:30:43,377 --> 00:30:45,755 - [Jack] Okay. - Madeleine's death was hardly a secret. 568 00:30:45,838 --> 00:30:47,423 - [stomach grumbles] - This is what I'm talking about. 569 00:30:47,506 --> 00:30:51,634 It is a statistical certainty that some fool will take the bait. 570 00:30:51,718 --> 00:30:54,471 - Don't be that fool. - What are you up to, Car? 571 00:30:54,554 --> 00:30:57,891 Let's see if the mad monk really can conjure up the spirit of your dead wife 572 00:30:57,974 --> 00:30:59,309 live on air. 573 00:30:59,392 --> 00:31:01,311 Half a million dollars should be incentive enough. 574 00:31:01,394 --> 00:31:02,437 - No? - [Christou falls] 575 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:03,812 [audience gasps] 576 00:31:03,896 --> 00:31:05,522 - Christou? - [stomach grumbling] 577 00:31:05,606 --> 00:31:06,857 Buddy, you okay? 578 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,653 - [audience exclaiming] - Goddamn it, man! 579 00:31:13,072 --> 00:31:15,240 Go to commercial! Go to a goddamn commercial! 580 00:31:19,285 --> 00:31:20,661 - [bell rings] - [Phil] Clear! 581 00:31:21,788 --> 00:31:23,664 - It's gonna be okay. - Can we get some help? 582 00:31:23,748 --> 00:31:25,583 - You're just overtired, baby. - No! 583 00:31:25,666 --> 00:31:27,960 Something's not right! 584 00:31:28,044 --> 00:31:30,712 - We need a doctor! - [Leo] Get him to his dressing room now. 585 00:31:30,796 --> 00:31:32,839 And someone just clean up all this mess. 586 00:31:33,465 --> 00:31:37,010 [Gus] The Surgeon General strongly advises taking Pepto Bismol 587 00:31:37,094 --> 00:31:39,221 before speaking with the dead. 588 00:31:39,304 --> 00:31:41,473 Uh, so is anyone here from out of town? 589 00:31:41,556 --> 00:31:44,141 This was a gift from Charles Laughton, I'll have you know. 590 00:31:44,225 --> 00:31:45,309 You, you, you. 591 00:31:46,352 --> 00:31:48,521 Fetch the burgundy blazer from my portmanteau. 592 00:31:48,604 --> 00:31:51,816 Christ, it must have been a seizure or something. 593 00:31:51,899 --> 00:31:54,568 You play the "aw-shucks" Midwesterner so well, Jack. 594 00:31:54,652 --> 00:31:57,070 That bit about Madeleine and your secret nickname? 595 00:31:57,153 --> 00:31:58,363 Very impressive. 596 00:31:58,446 --> 00:31:59,614 What are you talking about? 597 00:31:59,697 --> 00:32:02,075 There are only three ways he could have known about that. 598 00:32:02,158 --> 00:32:05,286 One, he's actually psychic, which we both know is impossible. 599 00:32:05,370 --> 00:32:07,038 Two, he got lucky. 600 00:32:07,122 --> 00:32:08,748 Possible, but highly improbable. 601 00:32:08,832 --> 00:32:09,916 Or three... 602 00:32:09,999 --> 00:32:12,543 - You think that I told him? - I wouldn't blame you if you did. 603 00:32:12,626 --> 00:32:15,087 A little on-air drama can't be bad for ratings, right? 604 00:32:15,170 --> 00:32:17,714 - Right, right. - I do read the trades, Jack. 605 00:32:18,590 --> 00:32:22,052 I'd have thought your high-powered friends at The Grove could pull a few strings. 606 00:32:22,136 --> 00:32:23,887 I think you overestimate their influence. 607 00:32:23,970 --> 00:32:26,013 You must invite me along one of these days. 608 00:32:26,097 --> 00:32:27,807 I'd love to know if the rumors are true. 609 00:32:27,890 --> 00:32:30,643 The secret handshakes, the orgies, the arcane ceremonies. 610 00:32:30,726 --> 00:32:32,228 But mostly the orgies. 611 00:32:32,311 --> 00:32:34,313 Jack, rundown briefing. 612 00:32:34,397 --> 00:32:36,607 Give me an audience with the Grand Poobah, Jack. 613 00:32:36,691 --> 00:32:39,776 - [band warming up] - I'll fit right in. 614 00:32:39,860 --> 00:32:40,861 Good man, Sticks. 615 00:32:40,944 --> 00:32:42,904 I told you not to leave me alone with that asshole. 616 00:32:42,988 --> 00:32:44,990 What am I, your mother? The ambulance is coming. 617 00:32:45,073 --> 00:32:46,908 ...