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To vary the mood, ABC decided to close with cute. Brian Rooney recounted the latest hot Hollywood commodity. Movies, soap operas, commercials, print ads all want to use live babies: "one baby is good; two are better--twins can book in Hollywood." State labor laws insist on a minimum age for child actors--15 days old--and a maximum daily on-camera stint of 20 minutes. A 30-second commercial fetches a $30,000 fee. Talent scouts have developed entire careers at the "casting crib," selecting a few newborns as photogenic, eliminating others. "Most of the time you are rejecting babies," an astonished Rooney confronted Leslie Patson of the Babystyle agency. "I know. It is horrible. Yes. They are just babies, too. Yes, but it is business. You know?"
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