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The King of Comedy · 1982 — 第 18 / 21 章 · 3'04" · B2

Rupert Bluffs His Way Into the Studio, Explained：authorized personnel

At the studio door, a man insists he's a writer and that Cathy Long invited him. The staff just checks the list: "I don't see your name, sir." Underneath the politeness is a wall he can't argue past, and the alias keeps the lie alive: "No, it's a pseudonym, actually. An alias."

あらすじ

A man arrives at the TV studio claiming to be Clarence McCabe, a writer with a wife and in-laws in tow. He says Cathy Long told him he'd be on the show. The staff checks the list, finds no such name, and turns him away. When Cathy Long finally appears, she knows him as someone else: Mr. Pupkin.

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注目の表現

authorized personnelthe rules and regulationspseudonymtechnically

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このシーンの表現

authorized personnel

people with permission

The doorman blocks the writer's family, insisting that only authorized personnel may go backstage.

Only authorized personnel may enter the control room.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the rules and regulations

    official rules

  • pseudonym

    a pen name

  • technically

    strictly speaking

  • a quarter to

    fifteen minutes before

  • in charge

    the person responsible

このシーンのメモ一覧

44 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2have something ready

keep something prepared

Thank you. Please have your tickets ready.
表現 · A2check someone's name

verify a name

I'll check your name, sir.
表現 · B1go past something

skip over

- I'm sorry, sir. I don't see your name, sir. - You just went past the M's.
表現 · A2this isn't possible

this cannot be right

Let me just check. This isn't possible.
表現 · B1be on a show

be appearing on a show

She didn't tell you about my book and that I was gonna be on?
文法 · B1that I was gonna be on

object clause: The that clause is the second thing she was supposed to pass on, after the book.

She didn't tell you about my book and that I was gonna be on?
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday spoken form; keep it out of writing.

She didn't tell you about my book and that I was gonna be on?
表現 · A2a quarter to + 整点

fifteen minutes before

McCabe insists he was told to arrive at a quarter to six; the doorman only says the list disagrees.

- Not according to this list. - She told me to be here at a quarter to 6.
発音a quarter to

The to in a quarter to is unstressed and sounds like tuh.

- Not according to this list. - She told me to be here at a quarter to 6.
表現 · B1be allowed in

permitted to enter

Only authorized personnel are allowed in. That's the rules and regulations.
発音allowed in

Link allowed and in so they run together.

Only authorized personnel are allowed in. That's the rules and regulations.
表現 · A2hear of something

know of

You never heard of the book? The Vanishing Siberian Tiger?
表現 · A2be on the list

listed

Your name is not on the list, so I cannot let you in. That's the rules and regulations.
文法 · B1so I cannot let you in

result clause: So introduces the result of the missing name, locking the refusal into a cause and effect.

Your name is not on the list, so I cannot let you in. That's the rules and regulations.
表現 · B1get someone

fetch someone

- I'm gonna try to get her. Miss Long? - Stop him.
表現 · A2let go of someone

release me

McCABE: Hey, hey. What's going on? Let go of me!
表現 · B2use a pseudonym

write under a pen name

- No, it's a pseudonym, actually. An alias. - Why do you use a pseudonym?
表現 · B1recognize something

know the door on sight

Your dressing room's backstage. Your throne is in there also. You'll recognize the door.
文法 · A2dressing room's backstage

possessive 's: The 's contracts is here, not possession: the dressing room is backstage.

Your dressing room's backstage. Your throne is in there also. You'll recognize the door.
スラング · A2fella

guy, fellow — Casual word for a man; too loose for formal speech.

Mr. Ding. He's a little fella with an ice-cream cone nose, a couple of bells.
表現 · A2what are you doing here

why are you here

What are you doing here, Mr. Pupkin?
発音What are you

In fast speech what are you can blur toward wacha.

What are you doing here, Mr. Pupkin?
スラング · A1Yeah

yes — Relaxed yes; in formal settings say yes instead.

- Yeah. - Yes. Mr. Thomas around?

「Rupert Bluffs His Way Into the Studio」を読み解く

What's really going on

The whole exchange is a status machine running on politeness. Pupkin has no invitation, so he builds one out of words: a pen name, a wife, in-laws from Cleveland, a book nobody has heard of. The staff never gets angry. He just repeats the same two sentences — "Your name is not on the list, so I cannot let you in. That's the rules and regulations." — and lets the institution do the rejecting, which makes him harder to argue with. Pupkin's answer is to keep escalating without ever admitting he wasn't invited: he claims he's "gonna be on third," he calls the studio, he tries to fetch Cathy Long himself. The turning point is that Cathy does know him, but not by the name he chose. His invented identity got him to the door; his real one is what gets him laughed at.

Theme

IdentityPupkin hides behind the name Clarence McCabe, but Cathy recognizes the real man, and the invented self collapses in seconds.
DeceptionHe fakes a wife, in-laws and an invitation, then calls the alias a "pseudonym" when the lie starts to slip.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A doorman's rules can be a wall or a shield.
  • The writer lies about his name and almost believes it.
  • Rupert's royal claim is absurd and completely sincere.
  • Backstage chatter keeps puncturing both men's dignity.

発音のポイント

  • a quarter to — The to in a quarter to is unstressed and sounds like tuh.
  • allowed in — Link allowed and in so they run together.
  • What are you — In fast speech what are you can blur toward wacha.
Only authorized personnel are allowed in. That's the rules and regulations.

Standard door-policy language: the studio admits staff and guests only. The second sentence turns a rule into a personal refusal without ever saying no.

Your dressing room's backstage. Your throne is in there also. You'll recognize the door.

The staff keeps the bit going: they treat Pupkin as if he really were the King, pointing him to a dressing room and a "throne" instead of arguing with him.

- Two years in Russia, two in China? - Right. Does that make me a Communist now?

His grand claim is two years of research abroad; the joke is that he turns suspicion about visiting Russia and China into a punchline about being called a Communist.

I told you. I wrote a book called The Vanishing Siberian Tiger.

The credential he keeps offering: a book no one at the studio has heard of. It's the whole basis of his claim to be "the writer".

このシーンについての質問

Why does Pupkin call himself Clarence McCabe?

He wants to walk into the studio as a published writer, not as a fan from the mailroom. The alias, the fake wife and in-laws, and a book no one has read are all part of one invention: a man who belongs there.

Does the studio staff believe him?

No. They check the list, find no McCabe, and stay perfectly polite about it. Their refusal is procedural — name not on the list, rules and regulations — which is exactly why Pupkin can't fight it.

Does Cathy Long actually know him?

Yes, but as Rupert Pupkin, not as Clarence McCabe. When she greets him by his real name, his whole invented identity falls apart in front of her.

What is The Vanishing Siberian Tiger?

The book Pupkin claims to have written after spending two years in Russia and two in China. Nobody at the studio has heard of it, which is the point — it is the credential that is supposed to justify his spot on the show.

Is Pupkin lying, or does he believe it himself?

He keeps the story going even after staff check the list twice, so he knows the invitation isn't real. What he believes is that he deserves the spot; the lie is how he gets through the door.

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