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the phone. "Yeah, hello."

"This is a very complex and stressful town, Danny. I don't like to return to my
palatial office after a grueling day on the show business barricades, you
understand, and find cryptic messages on my tape. Brain teasers that deflect me
from concentrating."

"Scotty, the message I left was, and I quote, 'What did Gonzer say about The
Carioca Backlog? "

"See what I mean? What in the name of Billy Budd is The Carioca Backlog? And who
in the hell is Gonzer?"

"Well, Gonzer, according to you, is the new head of Firebrand Pictures and,
Jesus, Scotty, The Carioca Backlog is the spec script you're supposed to be
peddling for me. It's the thriller, remember, with the perfect part for Jessica
Lange."

"Oh, that's right. I remember the script now. Terrific story arc. And the
setting is terrific, too -- Norway during the last days of the Cold War,
Jessica'll look marvelous in a parka and --"

"It takes place in Brazil during World War II."

"Right, even better," said Scotty Blackett. "Now give me another helpful hint:
Who's Gonzer again?'

"He runs Firebrand."

"Where'd you hear that?"

"From you," he told his agent.

Blackett produced a perplexed noise. "Nope, I think the actual head of Firebrand
is Hugo Washburn. Yeah, right, I saw his damned name in Variety only yesterday."

"Then why the hell did you tell me somebody named Gonzer was hot for my script?"

"Yelling at the top of your lungs, Danny, is also something I don't need at the
end of a day during which I've been busting my backside to sell a script by a
fellow who possesses no screen credits to his name."

"That wasn't anywhere near the top," he assured the agent. "And I wrote,
remember, Birdbath III?"

"They only made two of those before calling it quits."
"Three."

"People aren't interested in animal pictures anymore."