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Actor King tells writer Benjy, "Swann better be at every rehearsal sober..." (0:16)

Benjy tries to improve his coworker KC's comic delivery with a psychiatrist joke: "This guy walks into a psychiatrist's office. He has a duck on his head. The psychiatrist says, 'Can I help you?' The duck says, 'Yeah, get this guy off my ass.'"
KC: "This guy walks into a doctor's office."
Benjy: "Psychiatrist."
KC: "This guy walks into a psychiatrist's office wearing a duck..."
"This guy walks into a psychiatrist's office with a duck on his head, and the guy says to the psychiatrist, 'Will you help me because I have a duck on my head?'" (0:43)

Over Benjy's protest alcoholic actor Swann starts drinking heavily. He soon appears drunk, manifesting ataxia. (0:59)

Producer Sy tells Benjy and staff, "Ladies and gentlemen, a scant few seconds ago Alan Swann had a full fledged anxiety attack, an inch away from a complete nervous breakdown..." (1:18)

alcoholic | heavy drinking | nervous breakdown | psychiatrist

Peter O'toole, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna 1982