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A New Start

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(crickets chirping)

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MAN (over radio): Keep your eyes open.

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All right, guys, what do we got?

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It's quiet out there.

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(over radio): Stand by.

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(indistinct radio transmission)

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Yeah, we, uh, we better be ready.

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Yeah, I'm a man.

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Don't make it look like makeup.

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-(vehicle approaching) -Car.

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Car.

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Is that guy one of ours?

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Look at the license plate.

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Looks like we got ourselves an anus tart.

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NARRATOR: Tobias Funke was on his way to reconnect

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with a daughter he'd lost touch with.

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Hey, there.

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It's Big Daddy.

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I thought I'd try to call you before I surprised you.

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Things are... really looking up, and...

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(phone beeps)

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Hello? Oh, damn it.

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What Sudden Valley does to these cell phones.

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Oops.

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Unbeknownst to Tobias, however,

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the Sudden Valley home he was on his way to visit...

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Anus tart is turning on Tracey Lane.

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...had been rented out to a television crew.

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He's creeping up George Michael.

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All right, guys, let's entrap a local predator.

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Come on. Lowlife.

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We got to put this piece of (bleep)...

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Who, what, when, where, why and how.

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Who, what, where, when, why and how.

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Who, what, when, where, why and how.

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MAN (over radio): Anus tart is approaching the portico.

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NARRATOR: Yes, Tobias was finally about to get

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a starring role on a hit TV show.

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Is there a little girl here all by herself?

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BEARD: And now the story of the awful people

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who are about to lose everything, and the one newsman

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who had no choice but to entrap them all together.

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It's John Beard's To Entrap a Local Predator, "Supercreeps."

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NARRATOR: Now the story of a family

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whose future was abruptly cancelled,

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and the one son-in-law who had no choice

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but to keep himself together.

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It's Tobias's Arrested Development.

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Five years before Tobias was to appear on John Beard's TV show,

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his acting career was as washed up...

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-None taken. -...as his family...

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You are soaked to the bone.

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...and those men he was touching for some reason.

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And his wife challenged him

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to reexamine the other parts of his life as well.

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There's nothing keeping us together.

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It's time to give up our dreams if they're not working.

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You know, your acting career, this marriage that everyone thinks is a sham because you're gay.

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I-I'm sorry.

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Everyone thinks I'm gay?

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Well, I mean, it's kind of a running joke in the family.

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I mean, y-you know that, right?

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'Cause of the misleading way you talk sometimes.

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Oh, you're saying the way I talk makes me sound gay?

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(chuckles) When in the last year have I said anything remotely mis...

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♪ It's just a fallacy! ♪

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...leading? Is this because I want to be an actor, and all the leading men in Hollywood are gay?

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I don't think that all the leading men in Hollywood are gay.

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-Oh, honey. -(sighs)

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Look, we're chasing things that aren't real.

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Maybe we need to go out there and find out what we're meant to do.

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His wife was giving him the cold shoulder.

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And after kissing it good-bye,

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he sat with her family, feeling lost...

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Well, you look like I feel.

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...and very misunderstood.

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Gay?

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No, I...

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No.

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Tobias knew it was time to find out

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what he was truly meant to do.

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So when he came across a book

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the universe had placed in his path,

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he was open to its inspiration.

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Oh, they're still reading, but... well, I guess I can leave them some love.

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So he just took "eat" and "pray."

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"Eat" was easy,

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although it provided no cosmic answers for him.

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But it was the part about India that really got to him.

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And so, like the heroine of Eat, Pray,

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-Tobias decided -Wait a minute.

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to get as far away from his wife as possible.

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And so Tobias found himself booking passage to India.

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And soon, he discovered his wife was also

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preparing to go somewhere...

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-I think you have my suitcase. -...far away.

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(sighs) I'm so sorry, Tobias.

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Look, I've already packed.

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Can I just use this one?

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Oh, what the heck.

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I guess having matching luggage isn't so romantic anymore.

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And these romantic gestures are possibly why people think I'm a homosexual.

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Well, it's time to correct old misconceptions.

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And that is why I'm making a new start.

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Oh, a new start.

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Filled with compassion and love.

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I like that.

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Well, I've already got the license plate, so go cry in your pie!

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And so Tobias, hoping to

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"straighten out" his image, set out on a new start,

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beginning with a trip to the airport in an outfit

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he pretty much put together himself.

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Well, I guess this is why you never see them driving convertibles.

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I'll have to check on that one.

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But it certainly wasn't embraced...

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Stay in your lane, anus tart!

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(bleep) anus tart!

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...by the local Indian community.

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You have the true sense of the oneness of all.

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And his quest hit a bump early on,

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as he struggled to learn the customs and gestures of

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-the culture he hoped to adopt. -Oh, goddamn it!

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Am I the only one who still dresses to fly?

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Well, there we go.

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India clean.

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(chuckles)

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Now, how did I...

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No. No.

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Unfortunately, recreating the look

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-of the traditional Indian garb -Are you finished? Oh.

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turned out to be more difficult...

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I look like one of those hot guys from Spartacus.

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...without the aid of Pradeep, the helpful Indian salesman...

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I feel like there was less up top.

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...at Bed, Bath & Beyond, who helped him learn how to tie it.

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Ah, got it, okay.

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(choking)

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Yes, I actually like this better.

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-(knocking) -Yes?

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Canadian?

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No, I'm American.

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Oh, yeah. I'm Canadian.

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Oh. Sorry.

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But because it was a long flight,

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he figured he'd wait a beat on finding his true calling

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and watch something to take his mind off Lindsay...

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How could they not have Failure to Launch?

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...who he knew was far away at the time.

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(groans) Goddamn it.

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And after taking

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the wrong bag at the airport...

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WOMAN (over P.A.): Do not leave any goats unattended.

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All unattended goats will be confiscated.

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...Tobias finally arrived...

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And so Tobias Funke embarked on a--

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Oh, dear, Lord, it's... hot!

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...in India, yes, where he was very uncomfortable.

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Not only because the wind whipped up

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his queen-sized fitted mini-sarong,

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but because he looked the wrong direction

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when stepping into the street.

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(tires screeching)

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And so Tobias experienced India

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from the inside of a hospital room,

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where the staff was being trained...

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This man here broke his skull in two places.

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...by the same doctor he'd had in America.

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Once outside the airport and once in the elevator when his sheet got caught and he was pulled off his gurney.

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Literally.

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-(laughter) -Two places indeed.

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This is very funny.

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It's like that new show we just caught, Laugh-In.

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My name is...

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Oh!

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Now I've broken my skull in a third place!

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On this elephant guy statue!

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Tobias had wanted the universe to provide him a sign.

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You should be a comedy actor.

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And finally it had.

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This is the sign I've been... (groans)

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Looking for.

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And after two more weeks in the hospital,

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it was time for his flight home.

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And that's when he got another sign.

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(cell phone ringing)

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A call from Lindsay.

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Although he wouldn't be able to reach the phone for hours...

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I'm ready to make this work.

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...due to his already weakened spine.

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(bell chimes)

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NARRATOR: Tobias and Lindsay

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shared the news of their new start

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at a family gathering.

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I got the part.

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You know, it's funny, for I, too, find that

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I am on a journey.

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Although, as we discovered when our MasterCard bill came back, it was the same one she took.

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But mine has confirmed that I should redouble my efforts to achieve the unachievable dream of being an actor.

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A journey that has left me eager to connect with my true love.

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Particularly if she finds her... way clear to covering a 2,000-rupee

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City of Hopelessness hospital debt.

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The trick is going to be getting anyone to believe that her husband is straight enough to have a true love that's a woman.

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What are you implying?

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Oh, I don't think there was any implying going on at all.

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Didn't hear any implying.

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I wasn't implying.

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I'm sorry, Mother.

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It's just, I've got a bit of a stick up my "bunghole" about what I've now found is a running joke about me.

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But let's be honest.

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For 2,000 rupees, we'd both go down on Matthew McConaughey.

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(chuckles): Yes, Michael?

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At the time of this family meeting,

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2,000 rupees was $36.

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I wouldn't.

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GEORGE SR.: Of course you wouldn't, Michael.

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You never accept help from anyone.

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And hoping to do things differently this time,

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Lindsay immediately started spending money she didn't have.

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JAMES: Are you ready to make a move?

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As you can see, I'm ready for a lot that's new.

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Oh, good heavens.

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While Tobias pursued

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the life of a professional actor.

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Listen, I'm an actor, you're an agent.

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You do the math.

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I want you to represent me.

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In other words, you do the math-- the money, the negotiating.

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You know I'm not that kind of agent, right?

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I'm a real estate agent.

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I'm a predator; I sell giant houses to very poor people who can't afford them with predatory loans.

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No, see, that's the money stuff I don't understand.

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All you need to do is tell people what a terrific actor I am, 'cause I can't do it believably.

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What do you say?

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Sounds like it shouldn't be too much work.

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(laughs): Huzzah!

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Okay, here's the number of my current agent Mike Matthews.

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He's at Allstate. Fire him.

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Tobias started seeing positive career signs everywhere...

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...decorating my quarters.

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...he chose to put them.

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And at his new agent's suggestion...

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Hi. I'm after pending.

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...he even snuck on to a studio lot to hand out head shots

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to extras and other show business insiders.

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Taft-Hartley pending.

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Things were looking up for the Funkes.

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They even celebrated their first

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-home-cooked Thanksgiving. -Including duck l'orange.

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-(duck quacking) -Oh!

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-Oh, no! -(Lindsay screams)

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Lindsay! Lindsay, get the scooper!

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Throw oranges at it.

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-Hot orange! Hot orange. -(duck quacking)

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All right...

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It's throwing its voice!

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-MAEBY: Oh! -TOBIAS: Lindsay!

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And so they went

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to the Fountain Valley China Garden instead.

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And if the collapse of the housing market,

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-his lack of auditions... -Tobias Funke.

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or even the writers' strike

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couldn't deter Tobias from his dream,

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the suicide of his ruined

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and despondent agent certainly could.

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I believe he died as a warning, in a way, his message perhaps to live within our means and be realistic about our lives.

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And yet it didn't.

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Well, then I shall redouble my efforts

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-so that he died in vain. -(others gasp)

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(stammers)

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Meaning he will have led a pointless life, is what I mean.

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Yes, carry on. Thank you.

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And he soon found himself

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bringing his wife to an acting class

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in an effort to jump-start his career and marriage.

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If everyone's good, you'll get your juice.

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What did you say the name of this acting class was again?

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Method One Clinic.

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LINDSAY: Okay, I'm gonna go get coffee.

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Garden Grove Method One Clinic.

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And Tobias found himself captivated

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by one of the monologues.

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And I made it in that movie, the Fantastic Four, uh, but it wasn't fantastic for me.

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Uh, I got carried away.

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And I'm like, "This (bleep) is (bleep) up,

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"and I've got to get my (bleep) together or I'm gonna be (bleep), too."

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Anyways, now I'm sober, and I'm trying.

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It's... super hard.

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-(groans) -(applause)

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Thank you. Thank you.

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It was a devastating and personal story.

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Okay, notes: um, first of all, it seemed you were slurring a bit there, and I just think you'd have so much more fun punching those... those words.

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Get it out there.

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"This (bleep) is (bleep) up, sir."

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I'm-I'm sorry. I'm not familiar with the piece, so...

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No, no, that's it.

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But I am familiar with your work in the Fantastic Four, however.

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-You've seen that? -Of course I have.

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20 years earlier, DeBrie Bardeaux

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had played Sue Storm in the low-budget version

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of the Fantastic Four, produced by Imagine Entertainment,

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when, during Imagine's Christmas party,

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a drunk lawyer reminded them they'd lose the rights

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if they didn't make the film in the next six days.

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After a two-hour search, they found their entire cast.

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They also proved useful six days later at the wrap party.

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I almost never get recognized as the Invisible Girl.

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I can't believe you saw me.

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Well, I-I thought it was "fantastic."

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Actually, most of the performance

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that had so captivated Tobias...

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Hey, maybe she came into this Light Bulbs Unlimited.

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She was here a minute ago.

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...was performed by a fishing line.

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This is the gayest Starbucks ever!

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Did his fishing line break, too?

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DeBRIE: Well, my acting career is over.

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Oh, don't say that. You've got to say, "Keep the dream alive."

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That's what helps me.

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Well, this is what's helping me.

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-Oh. -It's really good.

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Carl Weathers used to give us grape juice.

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But then he'd add five dollars to our credit card.

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Well, here is to our acting addiction.

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Yep.

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May we never be cured.

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Are you crying? Oh, I'm crying.

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Oh, it's a nosebleed.

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(DeBrie gasping)

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Oh, thank you so much.

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Tobias had found a friend.

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-You're neat! -You're neat.

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(laughing): You're neat.

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You're neat.

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NARRATOR: And after a not-very-cute meet-cute,

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Tobias continued to find DeBrie's behavior delightful,

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even when the methadone made her think

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she was a piece of toast.

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There, now I can see a pretty face under all that butter substitute.

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And I recognize you from somewhere, but it's not the Fantastic Four; it's from somewhere else.

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I've done some things I'm not proud of.

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Episodics? Been there.

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It wasn't episodic.

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She had been in a series

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of soft-core porn movies about women

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leading straight men into gay sex,

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-called Straight Bait. -This is my brother. He's gay.

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If you want to have sex with me, then you've got to have sex with him first.

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And if you don't want to have sex with her, you must be gay.

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I'll show you how not gay I am.

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She did six of these movies,

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and after lunch, did three more.

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It's nice to be recognized though.

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Marky Bark-- sometimes he doesn't know when I'm in the same room.

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And sometimes it feels like it's not the face blindness, you know?

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It's the same with me and Lindsay.

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I know she's trying, but she doesn't believe in my acting career.

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Maybe she's right. I've yet to make more money as an actor than I ever did as a doctor.

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And that's with Country-Wide behind me.

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You're... wait, you're a doctor? You can write scripts?

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Well, I like to think so.

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You should never give up a dream if you can write scripts.

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You seem like you'd be a good doctor/actor.

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It was the first positive reinforcement

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Tobias had had since India.

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You remind me of Billy Crystal... Mmm, mmm!

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It would have broken Tobias's heart if he knew

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she was about to say "Billy Crystal Meth,"

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a funny drug dealer.

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Uh, I... got a bit carried away when you compared me to Billy Crystal.

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You remind me of Billy Crystal...

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Once again, she was going to say "Billy Crystal Meth."

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I'm sorry, but, DeBrie, I-I've never met anyone who understands me like you do.

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-Or at all. -Maybe, with someone like you,

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I could have a new start.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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Did you see my license plate-- "A-N-U-S-T-A-R-T"?

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Whoa. Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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Did you see my Straight Bait movie of the same name?

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(singsong): Coincidence.

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We should be together.

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We should run away.

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(stammering)

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Oh, my gosh.

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Well, this is happening so fast.

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Well, what do I do about Lindsay?

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I mean, can I just improv my way out of a marriage?

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Yes, and... let's do this.

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Blackout.

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Unaware that a similar

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off-menu swap had just occurred at Swappigans,

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Tobias broke the news

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that he was leaving Lindsay in a phone call.

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...for I have met someone.

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It's not important who it is.

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(laughs): It's Sue Storm.

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I'm so sorry, but DeBrie believes in me, and she stopped my heart, too.

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If you're wondering what "too" referred to, it was this:

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Let's do this.

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Blackout.

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And scene, as they say.

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Her heart stopped! She-She's dying!

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Please, someone! She had too much butter!

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-She's a very famous actress! -Someone say "butter" out here?

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Oh, my God, that's a butter face.

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-How much butter did the patient have? -I don't know.

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-A Star Trek chess set's worth. -Damn it, that Swappigans puts more people in this hospital. Make way, people!

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We got a 61-year-old male in full cardiac arrest coming through.

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You have to wait outside, sir.

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Be careful of her face!

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She's an actress!

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(loud sobbing)

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It's worth noting that Tobias

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had heard this hospital in Orange County

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was a favorite of show business big shots

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seeking plastic surgery.

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We're both actors!

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(loud, exaggerated sobbing)

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NARRATOR: On the day of Lucille's trial,

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Tobias was in a hospital with a woman

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he'd both fallen for and had rushed into an ICU.

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See? Makeup makes everyone feel a little better.

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You didn't leave me.

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Everybody leaves me.

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I've been left in Dumpsters and on a curb and...

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Oh, I wouldn't dream of it.

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Excuse me. Could you, uh, leave us alone for...

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-Yeah, absolutely, yes. -Thank you.

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Oh, no, I-I'd like him to-to stay.

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-Really? -Yeah.

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Okay.

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I'm afraid that you have tested positive for chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, hepatitis, pancreatitis, trichomonitis, nongonococcal urethritis.

00:17:57

All the itises, really, and there's also a host of osises.

00:18:02

Now, what this means in nonmedical terms is that you have landed, uh, a real party girl.

00:18:06

TOBIAS: Well, will she be okay?

00:18:08

Well, we can treat all of these things, but if she's really gonna be okay, uh, she's gonna have to tackle this drug problem.

00:18:14

You didn't tell me you had a drug problem.

00:18:16

We met at a methadone clinic.

00:18:18

Are you high?

00:18:19

We met at an acting class.

00:18:20

The Method One...

00:18:22

There it is. I'm gonna let you guys, uh, hash this out.

00:18:25

I guess I shouldn't have lied about being clean when I took that methadone, but I'll do better this time.

00:18:30

Or are you gonna leave me now that you know that I'm a druggie?

00:18:34

DeBrie, look, some people struggle with addiction, other people are incapable of ever being nude.

00:18:40

Everybody has something.

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And it's my professional opinion that your drug use is a direct result of your abandoning your dream of acting.

00:18:48

You are a gifted actress.

00:18:50

When I first saw Straight Bait, there were two men making love, but I couldn't take my eyes off of you.

00:18:56

You watched Straight Bait?

00:18:57

Oh, just 2, 4 and 9.

00:18:59

You were with a guy who didn't care about you.

00:19:01

But stick with me, and I'll make you famous.

00:19:04

By cashing in on your most celebrated role.

00:19:08

Come one, come all!

00:19:09

Get your photo taken with Sue Storm from the Fantastic Four!

00:19:13

Hey, is that Jessica Alba?

00:19:15

No, this is the original Sue Storm, DeBrie Bardeaux!

00:19:18

-Who? -The original Sue Storm,

00:19:20

DeBrie Bardeaux. She-- No, no!

00:19:21

No free pictures, kids!

00:19:22

No, no, scram!

00:19:23

Get out of here! Go!

00:19:24

Go, get out of here.

00:19:26

I don't think this is working.

00:19:27

Maybe I need to get a regular job.

00:19:30

I do have a law degree.

00:19:32

I know, I know, and I'm a doctor.

00:19:34

But no, let's not settle.

00:19:36

Look, it's the Fantastic Four.

00:19:38

No one recognizes one alone.

00:19:40

I've got an idea.

00:19:42

Ten dollars gets you a picture with real Hollywood characters!

00:19:45

What do you say? Ten dollars.

00:19:46

That's certainly cheap.

00:19:47

Oh! Hello, young man, and his... uncle? Neighbor?

00:19:52

Father.

00:19:53

Oh! That's terrific.

00:19:54

(laughs) Well, how would you like to have your picture taken with real Hollywood movie land characters?

00:20:00

Are you the Smurfs?

00:20:01

No, no, no.

00:20:03

They're the Ambiguously Gay Duo.

00:20:05

Oh, I assure you, there's nothing ambiguous about me.

00:20:08

I'm Johnny Storm, the human flamer.

00:20:10

And this is Sue Storm, my sister and fellow fighter-in-law.

00:20:14

Now watch as I get-- no, I have special effects!

00:20:16

Look, children love fire.

00:20:18

Oh.

00:20:19

This isn't working either.

00:20:20

(sighs) You're right.

00:20:22

Two people in blue doesn't say Fantastic Four.

00:20:24

You know what though?

00:20:26

I think I may have just the thing.

00:20:28

Oh?

00:20:29

Just "the thing."

00:20:31

Cut to...

00:20:33

Now that I'm the iconic rock man The Thing, no one will misunderstand.

00:20:37

I'm sure the Blues Brothers here will know who we are.

00:20:40

Excuse me, are you Sue Storm and The Thing?

00:20:42

Oh, who's smart now?

00:20:43

Indeed we are.

00:20:45

In fact, they were orthodox members of the law firm

00:20:47

Feinberg, Feinberg, Feinberg & Feinberg.

00:20:50

We represent Stan Lee and Marvel Enterprises.

00:20:53

This is a cease and desist ordering you to stop impersonating any of our trademark characters.

00:20:58

Oh, let me take a look at that.

00:20:59

I have a law degree.

00:21:00

No, DeBrie, I've got this.

00:21:02

Mr. Feinberg?

00:21:04

Uh, would it change your mind if I offered you a free Sue Storm armband?

00:21:10

It did not change his mind.

00:21:12

And although the hate crime charges were dismissed,

00:21:14

they were told they could not continue

00:21:16

to pose as the Fantastic Four.

00:21:18

Can they really make us leave Hollywood Boulevard?

00:21:20

Well, apparently in this instance, paper beats rock.

00:21:23

You have a rock?

00:21:24

No, I am your rock now.

00:21:27

Oh.

00:21:28

So what are we gonna do now that we don't have the rights?

00:21:31

Well, we just go off-brand.

00:21:32

Uh, we'll just change the names and do a cheap generic knockoff.

00:21:36

Kids don't care.

00:21:38

Tobias took them down to a street

00:21:40

near Harbor Boulevard, where his friend Gary Goose

00:21:42

told him they didn't police very much.

00:21:44

Rock Monster and Ability to Be Invisible Person.

00:21:46

Hello, young man. What brings you to at least 500 feet past the entrance of Disneyland?

00:21:50

Dad, can I get my picture taken with The Thing and Invisible Girl?

00:21:53

They're the Fantastic Four.

00:21:54

Well, actually, technically, I'm Rock Monster, and this is Ability to Be Invisible Person.

00:21:59

-Hey, you guys want the ten dollars or not? -Yeah.

00:22:01

-Uh... -Yeah, yeah.

00:22:02

Yes. Okay.

00:22:04

We're The Thing and the Invisible Girl.

00:22:06

-You're under arrest. -What?

00:22:07

Boom. Turn around.

00:22:09

-Let's go. -I didn't...

00:22:10

-Let's go. Get up there. -Oh! Oh!

00:22:12

Come on.

00:22:14

-Oh, come on, now. -(chuckles): No, no, no.

00:22:16

We're not gonna kill him, we're just gonna handcuff him.

00:22:18

You can't shoot us 'cause it's not a felony.

00:22:20

Keep your eyes on her. I'll be right back.

00:22:22

Okay.

00:22:26

DeBRIE: If it happens again, you know, it will be a third strike.

00:22:30

Three-strikes law's up for review in the appellate courts, but we really shouldn't be charging.

00:22:33

I know of a street in Garden Grove

00:22:34

-where they don't police very much. -Okay.

00:22:36

NARRATOR: Things were looking down.

00:22:38

And over the following weeks,

00:22:41

their financial situation grew dire enough

00:22:42

for this to happen.

00:22:44

We're broke.

00:22:46

But you can't sell your Fantastic Four costume.

00:22:48

I mean, that would be like a fisherman selling his fishing costume.

00:22:51

No, I was gonna have sex with him.

00:22:53

For money.

00:22:55

What? No. Put that back on.

00:22:57

You don't have to degrade yourself this way.

00:22:59

Hey, I'm not a thing.

00:23:01

Hey, I am a Thing.

00:23:03

And so, with no other options, Tobias returned

00:23:06

to his in-laws' penthouse,

00:23:07

desperate enough to ransack the place,

00:23:10

when it appeared someone had beaten him to it.

00:23:13

Michael.

00:23:15

No, George Michael.

00:23:17

LUCILLE 2: Somebody, help!

00:23:19

And that's when he heard what sounded like two ostriches

00:23:20

making love to a pop hit.

00:23:23

But was actually this.

00:23:24

♪ Why don't you go away, go away ♪

00:23:28

♪ Get away, get away ♪

00:23:29

♪ Stay away ♪

00:23:31

♪ You're hopelessly hopeless... ♪

00:23:34

(screams) Good bird.

00:23:36

-(screams) -(ostrich squawking)

00:23:38

Stop it, chicken!

00:23:39

Somebody help!

00:23:42

Lucille 2!

00:23:43

Help! Help! Kevin, give me a hand!

00:23:45

Get Dr. Bowman or Alicia.

00:23:46

Either one.

00:23:48

This woman's been attacked by an ostrich!

00:23:50

Ah, Tobias got a new girlfriend.

00:23:52

(laughs)

00:23:56

NARRATOR: Tobias had acted like an actual superhero

00:23:58

-and saved Lucille 2. -There's my hero.

00:23:59

You know, the doctor said if that bird had gotten through my second layer of makeup, it could've done permanent damage to my skin.

00:24:05

And I want to repay you.

00:24:07

You're a doctor, and you're out of work.

00:24:10

-Well... -How would you like to come work for me, at Austerity?

00:24:13

The rehab center? That's yours?

00:24:15

Well, my brother Argyle runs it day to day.

00:24:17

But we are so understaffed.

00:24:18

You'd be such a gift.

00:24:20

It would only pay 120 grand a year to start.

00:24:23

Tobias, whose girlfriend had nearly

00:24:25

sold her body for money in front of him,

00:24:28

knew that everyone at some time has to face reality.

00:24:31

(sustained groaning)

00:24:35

-But that this wasn't the time. -No.

00:24:37

-You turned it down?! -Uh-huh.

00:24:39

I almost (bleep) a guy for a hamburger, and you turned down $120,000 a year?

00:24:45

To keep our dream alive, yes, I did.

00:24:47

I thought you'd be proud of me.

00:24:49

After all, a doctor in India told me that I have the gift to make people laugh.

00:24:53

-(sobbing) -Why are you crying?

00:24:55

(sobbing): You're worse than Marky.

00:24:57

He couldn't see me, but you can't hear me.

00:25:01

(sobbing)

00:25:03

The setback sent an emotionally fragile DeBrie

00:25:06

back to her old ways.

00:25:08

And before long, she was picked up by a limo

00:25:11

for a night of being passed around

00:25:13

amongst Hollywood creeps.

00:25:15

For three weeks, Tobias waited, hoping DeBrie would return.

00:25:19

Perhaps it was the morning he awoke to find

00:25:22

two bums using him as a pillow

00:25:24

that he realized she wasn't coming back.

00:25:26

Who are you supposed to be?

00:25:28

Oh, I'm The Thing from Fantastic Four.

00:25:30

You've been served, (bleep).

00:25:33

Oh, (bleep) me.

00:25:36

Are you undercover as well?

00:25:38

I'm CIA. Not here for you though.

00:25:40

Scoping out Imagine Entertainment.

00:25:42

So, with nowhere to go...

00:25:44

Thought I'd try you again.

00:25:46

...and no one to help him out of his rock suit...

00:25:48

Honey, you read comic books, yes?

00:25:50

...he went to see if his daughter

00:25:52

would give him a place to stay.

00:25:54

(indistinct radio transmission)

00:25:56

(singing quietly)

00:25:59

Now the fun begins, right, Officer Three?

00:26:01

I'll say.

00:26:03

...and why and how. Who, what, when, where, why and how.

00:26:07

Is there a little girl here all by herself?

00:26:10

And perhaps it was this that would finally

00:26:12

get him to admit that he sometimes did speak

00:26:15

in a misleading way.

00:26:17

Daddy needs to get his rocks off.

00:26:24

BEARD: On the next To Entrap a Local Predator...

00:26:27

(high-pitched): I'll be down in a minute.

00:26:29

Have some lemonade.

00:26:31

TV NARRATOR: Predator gets its first rock-solid case.

00:26:33

(normal voice): Pretty good lemonade, huh?

00:26:35

It is.

00:26:37

Is there alcohol in here-- John Beard!

00:26:38

Please, have a seat.

00:26:39

Okay.

00:26:40

Why are you here?

00:26:41

I'm here to see my little girl.

00:26:43

I wanted to show her Daddy's Thing.

00:26:45

What are you doing here?

00:26:46

I'm doing a, um, a local interest piece.

00:26:49

Mm.

00:26:50

Okay, get in there, boys.

00:26:51

Oh, really local.

00:26:53

That's right, yeah.

00:26:54

Is this about my daughter?

00:26:55

Oh, so it's your daughter

00:26:56

-you're here to see? -Yes.

00:26:59

Maeby.

00:27:00

If he's got a daughter, then how old is she?

00:27:02

BEARD: Let me ask you this.

00:27:03

How old is she?

00:27:04

(chuckles): Oh.

00:27:06

Why do you put me on the spot?

00:27:08

Um, I want to say 19?

00:27:11

But I like to think of her as 15.

00:27:14

Well, you're free to go.

00:27:15

She's not here.

00:27:16

TV NARRATOR: But this creep won't take "go"

00:27:18

-for an answer. -Oh, that's all right.

00:27:19

I'll stay, I'll wait.

00:27:21

And this creep makes himself right at home.

00:27:23

-Give me just a minute. -He's not leaving.

00:27:25

-He's not leaving. -He's not leaving.

00:27:27

Tell him there's a raccoon in the backyard.

00:27:29

Hey, guess what.

00:27:30

There's a raccoon out on the patio!

00:27:32

Bull (bleep).

00:27:34

Where is that little guy?

00:27:36

And this guy turns out to be a real comedian.

00:27:38

(groans loudly)

00:27:39

I just broke my skull in a fourth place: the patio!