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hwpHi. Its me.
Oh, were not ready yet?
Hi.
Its me, jesse.
Are we there?
Good. Were there.
Well, this afternoon,
after a very lousy sketch
about yo-yoing,
i figure weii, for lack of
anything better to do,
well take it towards a more
serious side right about now.
And were going to conduct
an interview with
arnold friedman, my father.
I still feel like i knew
my father very well.
I dont think that just because
there were things in his life
that were private and
secret and shameful
that that means that
the father who i knew
and the things i knew about him
were in any way not real.
Theyre gonna put me
in the movies
theyre gonna make
a big star out of me
well make a film about a man
thats sad and ionely
and all i got to do
is act naturally
well, ill bet you im
a-gonna be a big star
might win an oscar,
you cant never tell
the movies gonna
make me a big star
cause i can play
the part so well
well, i hope you come
to see me in the movies
then i know that you
will plainly see
the biggest fool thats
ever hit the big time
and all i got to do
is act naturally
arnold liked pictures.
I mean, thats, lets face it.
He liked pictures.
Well, were here.
This is it, the whole
family assembled.
Everybody in
great neck, new york.
We had three sons.
David, being the oldest
had a lot of responsibilify
when he was young.
Seth was an outright rebel.
And somehow, jesse
was just like the
the one that keeps
trying to catch up
and doesnt quite make it.
I have very good memories
of the, of my, well,
i have very good memories
of my childhood.
I had a great time growing up.
I had a great time
because of my friends.
And my father was great.
I mean, he may not have
been the best father,
but he went to
columbia university.
And then when he graduated,
he went to the catskills
to play in his band.
The jazzbo mambo
with a boogie beat
is the newest dance
on nd street
the band was called arnito rey
and his orchestra.
My fathers name
was arnold friedman.
This was in the late
s and early s.
So he played latin music.
It was very big at the time,
and so he changed
his name to arnito rey.
Well do a jazzbo mambo
to the bar
i dont know.
My dad was a cool guy, you know?
He was a schoolteacher.
And i think that the other kids
liked him, and he liked kids.
But he didnt like spending
a lot of time with his wife,
so he would teach high
school during the day
and then after school, he would
come home and teach
piano lessons and later computer
lessons in the house.
And that was, of course, more
time he didnt have to spend
with his wife.
Im not that anxious to talk
about his father,
because, you know,
we were divorced, and
but his father, he would,
i dont really want
to talk about it.
In case anybody didnt know,
im the father of this family.
Im never in the movies.
Never see me in any
of the pictures,
but i really am the father.
And were all gathered
together
while david is messing up
the camera here.
Now hes taking a good movie
and zooming in and out.
When you see me on this,
youre gonna say
okay, shut it.
He died of a surprise heart
attack about years ago.
And it was very, very sad.
He was, you know,
selfless, altruistic.
But in the end, he wasnt
together with your mom?
He wasnt together
with my mother at the end.
And when did they make
the decision not to be together?
Long before he died?
Couple years before his death.
Theres a lot i,
well, whatever.
Theres some things i dont
want to talk about.
Well, this is private,
so if you dont,
if youre not me,
then you really shouldnt
be watching this,
because this is supposed to be
a private situation
between me and me.
This is between me now
and me in the future.
So turn it off.
Dont watch this.
This is private.
If youre the fucking,
oh, god, the cops.
And if youre
the fucking cops,
go fuck yourselves,
because youre full of shit.
Back in us customs had
seized some child pornography,
addressed from
the netherlands,
in the mail to arnold friedman.
Now, he never got that
piece of mail,
but his name was
forwarded on to us.
So what we would do then
would be to initiate
a correspondence with
arnold in the hopes
that we can determine if he is
in fact willing to violate
the statute again about mailing
or receiving child pornography.
"Dear stan, the book is
joe, and his uncle.
I think id like you to send me
something, sort of good faith,
and i will forward this rather
precious book to you.
Thanks, arnie."
See, its very hard
to believe that
this so-called "good
marriage" was so disturbed.
He sent him these pictures,
and he sent him a note
that i remember, because
the lawyer got the note.
And then he wrote, "enjoy."
Since he had sent
the magazine,
he was always asking
for it back.
So i asked the prosecutors,
"lets grant him his wish.
He wants his magazine back."
I dressed up as a mail carrier,
knocked on his door,
asked him if he was
arnold friedman.
He replied he was.
And i said, "i have
a package for you.
Sign right here."
He did.
About an hour later,
we went back.
We would give him some
time with th
