- Natalie Hurley: I was wondering if you had a chance to look at it?
- Dan Rydell: Yes.
- Natalie Hurley: And ?
- Dan Rydell: It's good.
- Natalie Hurley: That's all ?
- Dan Rydell: It's excellent.
- Natalie Hurley: You don't know what I'm talking about, do you ?
- Dan Rydell: No.
- Natalie Hurley: My reel.
- Dan Rydell: Yes.
- Natalie Hurley: My audition tape.
- Dan Rydell: Yes, Natalie, it's very good.
- Natalie Hurley: You haven't watched it yet.
- Dan Rydell: No.
- Natalie Hurley: Dan!
- Dan Rydell: I'm sorry.
- Natalie Hurley: This is important to me.
- Dan Rydell: I know it is.
- Natalie Hurley: When have I not been there for you ?
- Dan Rydell: You've never not been there for me.
- Natalie Hurley: I'm coming to you for guidance.
- Dan Rydell: And guidance you will get.
- Casey McCall: What's going on ?
- Natalie Hurley: Dan's a loser.
- Jeremy Goodwin: Melankomas, he fought in the year 49 A.D.
- Dana Whitaker: Melankomas.
- Jeremy Goodwin: Melankomas of Caria. He was 53-0.
- Casey McCall: So was Jersey Joe Walcott.
- Jeremy Goodwin: Yes, but the difference is this: Melankomas won all 53 of his fights without ever throwing a punch.
- Natalie Hurley: He never threw a punch?
- Jeremy Goodwin: He never threw a punch and he never got hit.
- Dan Rydell: I don't understand.
- Jeremy Goodwin: Me either.
- Dan Rydell: He won 53 fights without ever throwing a punch or without ever getting hit?
- Jeremy Goodwin: Yes.
- Dan Rydell: Would he just talk his way into the opponent surrendering?
- Jeremy Goodwin: Possibly. And if that's the case, then Sports Night's certainly found its poster boy.
- Dana Whitaker: If he fought in 49 A.D., then he's a thousand years too young. Melankomas is the athlete of the last millennium.
- Jeremy Goodwin: You see, I say he was man enough for both millennia.
- Dana Whitaker: I say we go with Muhammad Ali and be done with it.
- All: [simultaneously] Muhammad Ali.
- Jeremy Goodwin: Ali's great, but I still say he wouldn't get by Melankomas.
- Natalie Hurley: Not unless he, you know, hit him once.