(Joker laughs)
[Murray Franklin] So...
So as I know you're a comedian.
Have you been working on any new material?
You want to tell us a joke?
(The audience claps, egging Joker on to tell a joke.)
[Joker] Yeah?
(Joker laughs)
*Come on!*
Okay.
(Joker looks over at Murray -- his laughing fit finally subsiding -- and reaches into his jacket pocket and--)
(The audience laughs. Joker pulls out his worn notebook. )
[Murray Franklin] He's got a book.
A book... of jokes.
(Joker looks through it to find a new joke.)
*I just hope my death makes more cents than my life.*
Take it time, we've got all night.
(The audience laughs.)
[Joker] Oh, okay okay.
Here's one.
- Knock knock. -
[Murray Franklin] And you had to look that up?
(Audience laughs and claps)
[Joker] I want to get it right.
- Knock knock. -
[Murray Franklin] Who's there?
[Joker] - It's the police, ma'am. -
- Your son has been hit by a drunk driver. -
- He's dead. -
(Joker laughs while the audience groans after the joke)
(Don Ellis plays "wha-wha-wha-whuuuuh" on his trumpet from the band stand.)
[Dr. Sally Friedman] Ahhhh! No, no, no.
No, you can not joke about that!
[Murray Franklin] Yeah, that's not funny, Arthur.
That's not the kind of humor we do on this show.
[Joker] Okay.
I'm so...
Yeah, I'm sorry.
It's just you know...
It's been a rough few weeks Murray.
(Joker laughs)
Ever since I...