A scene from The Meaning of Life 1983
Mrs. Hendy

Do all philosophers have an S in them?

Mr. Hendy

Yeah I think most of them do.

Mrs. Hendy

Oh... Does that mean Selina Jones is a philosopher?

Mr. Hendy

Yeah... Right, she could be... she sings about the Meaning of Life.

Mrs. Hendy

Yeah, that's right, but I don't think she writes her own material.

Mr. Hendy

No. Maybe Schopenhauer writes her material?

Mrs. Hendy

No... Burt Bacharach writes it.

Mr. Hendy

There's no 'S' in Burt Bacharach...

Mrs. Hendy

...Or in Hal David...

Mr. Hendy

Who's Hal David?

Mrs. Hendy

He writes the lyrics, Burt just writes the tunes... only now he's married to Carole Bayer Sager...

Mr. Hendy

Oh... Waiter... this conversation isn't very good.

Waiter

Oh, I'm sorry, sir... We *do* have one today that's not on the menu. It's a sort of... er... speciality of the house: Live Organ Transplants.

Mrs. Hendy

Live Organ Transplants? (to the waiter) What's that?

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