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>> this has got to stop, ed. >> i dont want to recall requesting any career counseling from you. >> sipowitz was a guy who was a trailblazer in some very old clothes. >> i think its pretty apparent that he is not your average hero. >> with some very bad habits. >> he comes across as such a shnook. hes an alcoholic, a womanizer, a racist. thats not your typical hero. >> hes a bigot. and hes a slob. and hes a drunk. well, im a bigot and a slob and a drunk, so it was very easy for me to write the c...

Grinds characters, you know, like stones. >> paeople were able to recognie in sipowitz a spirit which spun against the way it drove. it was the portrayal of a soul very much in conflict with itself. in his irreconcilable complexities, we came close to experiencing a character as a member of our family. there was an old woman who lived in a shoe. she had so many children she had to buy lots of groceries. while she was shopping for organic fruits and veggies, burglars broke into her shoe. they sto...

Drunk. i have been all of those things, but i try not to be them simultaneously, because its just too busy a world. >> get your hands off me. get your hands off of me! >> lets go somewhere and dedebget -- >> dave had such a sense of that character and such an affinity for him. andy sipowitz is representative of a certain kind of cop. theyre not tolerant of the tolerance of police work. >> a little girl was taken from washington square park this morning, we know you were involved. >> i dont know ...