Lily Tomlin walks off The Dick Cavett Show
Lily Tomlin once walked out of an interview after her co-star called his wife “the most beautiful animal I own.” Leaving him alone to sit in the silence made it even better.
Transcript (en)
What are your own animals? I have three horses and three dogs and a wife. You want to think about the billing order there? No, no. She's the most beautiful animal I own. You own? Wow. I have to leave. Jermaine Greer will be here later to tar and feather you. It's all right. She's very happy being taken care of by a man. She is? And she has no aspirations to be taken care of by a woman. Yeah. But that's her kind of woman. Does she dig you at all? She sure does. Yeah, yeah. She's given me two beautiful children. Given them to you? Yes. She found them, you know, walking around. Oh, I see. Yeah. And see, that was a disturbing thing to do. I'm sorry she did that. Lily. She's having fun, right? She couldn't be serious. I don't know. We'll know if she's really sore, if she isn't back in about 10 seconds. Okay, yeah, I think she's cute. I suppose she'll be back. Because I love you. Lily! Lily, get back here. Come on, come on, joke's over. Yeah, the big stiff's embarrassed. Right. Seriously, Chad. Well.
