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Picasso at the Lapin Agile By Steve Martin

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Einstein: (<strong>the</strong> same) O <strong>Lapin</strong> <strong>Agile</strong>!<br />

<strong>Picasso</strong>: <strong>Picasso</strong>, Einstein, <strong>Picasso</strong>, Einstein. My only regret os<br />

tj<strong>at</strong> we‘ll be in different volumes in <strong>the</strong> encyclopedia<br />

Einstein: But <strong>the</strong>re‘ll be no Schmendiman to come between us.<br />

(Einstein and <strong>the</strong> Countess exit)<br />

<strong>Picasso</strong>: I envy him.<br />

Freddy: Why‘s th<strong>at</strong>?<br />

<strong>Picasso</strong>: In science <strong>the</strong>re‘s no reason to ever get cynical.<br />

Freddy: Why would an artist get cynical?<br />

<strong>Picasso</strong>: I think it‘s called marketing.<br />

Freddy: I‘ve got to run next door and c<strong>at</strong>ch Antoine before he<br />

leaves town without paying his bar tab. (to audience) I might be<br />

gone a longer amount of time <strong>the</strong>n you‘d think it would take a<br />

person to run next door and c<strong>at</strong>ch Antoine before he leaves town<br />

without paying his bar tab, but traditionally, it‘s okay.<br />

(And Freddy exits, Gaston reenters)<br />

<strong>Picasso</strong>: Gaston, don‘t you have to pee?<br />

(Gaston realizes he does and exits. <strong>Picasso</strong> walks over to<br />

Germaine, and <strong>the</strong>y kiss; you can tell it‘s not <strong>the</strong> first time. They<br />

break.)<br />

<strong>Picasso</strong>: Tasty. Quite tasty.<br />

Germaine: Wh<strong>at</strong> was I? Dessert?<br />

<strong>Picasso</strong>: Wh<strong>at</strong> do you mean?<br />

Germaine: I mean how many meals have you had today?<br />

<strong>Picasso</strong>: Why be nasty? We‘re not so different…

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