1 00:00:02,770 --> 00:00:05,506 Michael Bluth was starting a new job 2 00:00:05,539 --> 00:00:09,009 when he received a call from attorney Barry Zuckerkorn. 3 00:00:09,043 --> 00:00:10,644 Hello. Michael Bluth, residential complexes. 4 00:00:10,678 --> 00:00:11,979 Take a picture of this! 5 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:12,880 Hey, Michael. 6 00:00:12,913 --> 00:00:14,882 - You're in real estate again? - Sort of. 7 00:00:14,915 --> 00:00:17,418 Michael had tried to leave real estate behind 8 00:00:17,451 --> 00:00:18,852 and get a job in the high-tech sector. 9 00:00:18,886 --> 00:00:20,254 However... 10 00:00:20,288 --> 00:00:22,323 I will tell you that in my last position, 11 00:00:22,356 --> 00:00:24,325 I had a company car provision. 12 00:00:24,358 --> 00:00:26,660 I think we may have something that can get you a car. 13 00:00:26,694 --> 00:00:28,362 - Hey, Gare-Bear? - Yeah? 14 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:30,064 I think we got an ostrich. 15 00:00:30,098 --> 00:00:31,565 - Oh, God, grab him. - What is it? 16 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:35,103 Now, with this car, you may get some stares. 17 00:00:35,136 --> 00:00:37,037 I'm used to a car with some stairs. 18 00:00:37,071 --> 00:00:38,706 Albeit one that had trouble 19 00:00:38,739 --> 00:00:42,543 negotiating low-hanging obstacles. 20 00:00:46,547 --> 00:00:49,517 Which is why he'd parted with it. 21 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:51,018 I'm actually working in high tech, 22 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:52,553 but it does collide with real estate. 23 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:55,623 This is going to be low. 24 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:57,091 Ah, I hooked it. 25 00:00:57,125 --> 00:00:58,126 Michael was driving a car 26 00:00:58,159 --> 00:00:59,560 from a company that shows 27 00:00:59,593 --> 00:01:01,729 every private residence in the country. 28 00:01:01,762 --> 00:01:04,932 But it's also a company that won't let us 29 00:01:04,965 --> 00:01:07,135 show the car that takes those pictures. 30 00:01:07,168 --> 00:01:09,637 In fairness to them, it is their property. 31 00:01:11,239 --> 00:01:12,906 If you want to know what the company is... 32 00:01:12,940 --> 00:01:14,608 Save it. We're just going to blur it anyway. 33 00:01:14,642 --> 00:01:15,876 all you have to do is... 34 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:17,211 "something" it. 35 00:01:17,245 --> 00:01:18,412 Barry, you still there? 36 00:01:18,446 --> 00:01:20,781 So I got a really interesting call 37 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:22,950 from Ron Howard, of all people. 38 00:01:22,983 --> 00:01:24,618 He's directing now, apparently, 39 00:01:24,652 --> 00:01:26,420 and wants to meet you at his office 40 00:01:26,454 --> 00:01:28,756 in— get this— Beverly Hills. 41 00:01:28,789 --> 00:01:30,158 Why does Ron How... 42 00:01:30,191 --> 00:01:32,260 Why does Ron Howard want to meet with me? 43 00:01:32,293 --> 00:01:34,094 Oh, I didn't know. His office didn't say, and if you 44 00:01:34,128 --> 00:01:36,063 don't mind, I'm a little busy with a case of my own. 45 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:37,998 Did you get any other information? 46 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:40,334 Apparently, he directed a movie called Cocoon. 47 00:01:40,368 --> 00:01:41,802 Sorry. I was unclear 48 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:43,671 about why he wants to meet with me. 49 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:45,506 I don't know. You want me to tell him to go himself? 50 00:01:45,539 --> 00:01:47,508 I can tell Ron Howard to go himself. 51 00:01:47,541 --> 00:01:49,177 Tell him to shove it up his. 52 00:01:49,210 --> 00:01:50,578 I just can't do it now 53 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:52,346 because I'm in front of a jury. 54 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:53,781 Barry, I will meet with him. 55 00:01:53,814 --> 00:01:55,349 You're in front of a jury right now? 56 00:01:55,383 --> 00:01:57,251 Oh, and the looks I'm getting. Got to go. 57 00:01:57,285 --> 00:01:58,986 Sorry, everybody. I'm an attorney, too. 58 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:01,155 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 59 00:02:01,189 --> 00:02:03,924 I'd like the defendant to reach over the school gate, 60 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,426 open it from the inside 61 00:02:05,459 --> 00:02:07,361 and enter the school property, please. 62 00:02:07,395 --> 00:02:10,531 I can't reach it. I can't reach the knob. 63 00:02:10,564 --> 00:02:12,166 Why is that, Mr. Zuckerkorn? 64 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,168 - I'm not tall enough. - You're not tall enough. 65 00:02:14,202 --> 00:02:16,036 I can't reach the chotchie. 66 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:17,705 Hey, should I try tippy-toe? 67 00:02:17,738 --> 00:02:19,373 Look, I'm on tippy-toes. 68 00:02:19,407 --> 00:02:21,342 If he can't reach, this trial's a breach. 69 00:02:21,375 --> 00:02:23,811 Ooh, and that's what we call a Law Bomb. 70 00:02:23,844 --> 00:02:25,279 That's a low blow, Loblaw. 71 00:02:25,313 --> 00:02:26,580 A Bob Loblaw Law Bomb. 72 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:31,885 Now, the story of a family 73 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,623 whose future was abruptly canceled and the one son 74 00:02:35,656 --> 00:02:37,658 who had no choice but to keep himself together. 75 00:02:42,763 --> 00:02:44,732 It's Michael's... 76 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,337 Michael drove to the North American headquarters 77 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:50,871 of Imagine Entertainment, 78 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:53,707 the modest film, television and streaming colossus 79 00:02:53,741 --> 00:02:56,176 of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. 80 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:59,747 And got his first taste of how cruel Hollywood can be. 81 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:01,649 That's not very nice. 82 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:04,017 "Ankles" means "leaves" in Variety, Michael. 83 00:03:04,051 --> 00:03:07,187 Kitty Sanchez. What are you doing here? 84 00:03:07,221 --> 00:03:08,822 I work here. I'm a "D" girl. 85 00:03:08,856 --> 00:03:10,591 No, I don't want to see them. 86 00:03:10,624 --> 00:03:13,494 I'm not going to show you my, you pig. 87 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:15,028 It means "development." 88 00:03:15,062 --> 00:03:17,698 I'm a movie executive. I work for Ron Howard now. 89 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:20,701 And she'd proven as loyal to him as she was 90 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:23,371 to her former boss, Michael's father. 91 00:03:23,404 --> 00:03:26,274 But without the quote, unquote "benefits." 92 00:03:26,307 --> 00:03:28,942 Also, Imagine provided no health benefits. 93 00:03:28,976 --> 00:03:30,878 Great for you. How'd you get this job? 94 00:03:30,911 --> 00:03:33,847 Women can be movie executives, you pig. I knew people. 95 00:03:33,881 --> 00:03:36,250 You're probably going to call me a pig for this, too, 96 00:03:36,284 --> 00:03:38,752 but are you sure that you meant to say "knew"? 97 00:03:38,786 --> 00:03:40,388 She did. 98 00:03:40,421 --> 00:03:41,955 The only thing at Imagine that Kitty blew 99 00:03:41,989 --> 00:03:44,858 was smoke up the skirt of the young woman 100 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:47,628 who hired her, Michael's niece, Maeby, 101 00:03:47,661 --> 00:03:50,097 who was then working as a film executive. 102 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:51,965 My first project is about my family. 103 00:03:51,999 --> 00:03:53,233 Ooh! 104 00:03:53,267 --> 00:03:54,535 Yeah, which is why I thought you'd be a perfect assistant— 105 00:03:54,568 --> 00:03:56,437 because you know where all the bodies are buried. 106 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:58,105 And I even helped bury some of them. 107 00:03:58,138 --> 00:04:00,474 Maeby was only 17 at the time. 108 00:04:00,508 --> 00:04:02,075 Also, um, can you buy me booze? 109 00:04:02,109 --> 00:04:03,411 Totally. 110 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:06,447 Whatever else, too. 111 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,116 'Cause I can get you smack or hash or Special K... 112 00:04:09,149 --> 00:04:11,885 Unfortunately, when Maeby was shooting 113 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:16,724 out of town on a picture, Kitty saw to it... 114 00:04:16,757 --> 00:04:18,726 She didn't even get releases from her family. 115 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:20,428 that Maeby's was one of the bodies that was buried. 116 00:04:20,461 --> 00:04:22,162 And I begged her to. 117 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:24,332 And the project got thrown on the back burner. 118 00:04:24,365 --> 00:04:27,067 Do you have any idea why Ron Howard wants to see me? 119 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,470 Believe me, if I could think like Ron Howard, 120 00:04:29,503 --> 00:04:32,105 I'd own the second largest building in Beverly Hills. 121 00:04:32,139 --> 00:04:34,074 Only Jerry Bruckheimer's building 122 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:35,676 was technically taller. 123 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:37,345 But who wants to be south of Wilshire? 124 00:04:37,378 --> 00:04:39,146 Mr. Howard will see you now. 125 00:04:39,179 --> 00:04:41,515 - Oh, great. -I'll take you to the private elevator. 126 00:04:41,549 --> 00:04:44,418 - Thanks. -Ooh! Going to meet the big man himself. 127 00:04:44,452 --> 00:04:47,588 But first, Michael would have to pass a few little Rons. 128 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:48,756 Michael Bluth. 129 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:51,124 - Hey. - Hey, nice try, mister. 130 00:04:51,158 --> 00:04:53,126 We're never going to beat the original. 131 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,662 - Well, that's what I've been saying. -Hi. Hey. 132 00:04:54,695 --> 00:04:56,464 - Oh, Michael. Hey, thanks for coming down. -How are you? 133 00:04:56,497 --> 00:04:57,831 - Pleasure to meet you. - I'm just finishing up 134 00:04:57,865 --> 00:04:59,299 casting this Andy Griffith Show thing. 135 00:04:59,333 --> 00:05:00,534 Okay. Yeah. 136 00:05:00,568 --> 00:05:01,769 Hang on a second. 137 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:03,203 You guys finally making that movie? 138 00:05:03,236 --> 00:05:05,105 I've been reading about it for, like, 40 years. 139 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:06,940 Well, it's not a done deal yet, 140 00:05:06,974 --> 00:05:08,609 - but I want to talk about you. - Yeah. 141 00:05:08,642 --> 00:05:10,277 Hey, let's go inside the LEM. 142 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:12,212 - You want to? - Wow. Is this the one 143 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:13,481 that landed on the moon? 144 00:05:13,514 --> 00:05:14,715 On a soundstage. 145 00:05:14,748 --> 00:05:16,384 Oh, right, from Apollo 13. 146 00:05:16,417 --> 00:05:18,018 No, no, 1969. 147 00:05:18,051 --> 00:05:19,887 I'll tell you about it inside the LEM. 148 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,622 It's soundproof in there. 149 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,491 And it's a national secret. 150 00:05:23,524 --> 00:05:26,059 So, NASA did go to the moon in '71. 151 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:27,861 That one was real. 152 00:05:27,895 --> 00:05:30,197 But in '69, they weren't ready, 153 00:05:30,230 --> 00:05:34,034 so they faked the whole thing on the soundstage of Gentle Ben. 154 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:35,202 - Boy. - Me and my brother, 155 00:05:35,235 --> 00:05:36,837 we hid up in the rafters. 156 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,338 - We seen the whole thing. - Ah. 157 00:05:38,372 --> 00:05:40,140 But I want to talk to you about something. 158 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:41,709 Okay. 159 00:05:41,742 --> 00:05:44,344 For the last year, I've been going to Phoenix. 160 00:05:44,378 --> 00:05:46,547 Whoa, whoa. Hang on, now. 161 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:47,881 Are you kidding me? 162 00:05:47,915 --> 00:05:49,683 I'm a... I'm a Phoenix. 163 00:05:49,717 --> 00:05:51,985 I've-I've never... I've never met anyone else in person 164 00:05:52,019 --> 00:05:53,220 that, uh... that also goes there. 165 00:05:53,253 --> 00:05:54,922 That's amazing. 166 00:05:54,955 --> 00:05:57,324 I guess that's the downside of going to college online, huh? 167 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:59,359 Well, I... I just got a sick aunt down there. 168 00:05:59,393 --> 00:06:01,595 - Oh, I see. - But on the last flight, 169 00:06:01,629 --> 00:06:03,330 I was flipping through the magazine, 170 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:05,065 - and I... I saw something. - Oh, no, no, no, no, no. 171 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,867 Not-not... not the begging photo. 172 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:08,669 Now, I don't think you know this about me, 173 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:11,405 but most of my movies are based 174 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:13,541 on still photographs that I find truly inspiring. 175 00:06:13,574 --> 00:06:14,942 It was true. 176 00:06:14,975 --> 00:06:16,944 Splash was based on what turned out 177 00:06:16,977 --> 00:06:19,012 to be a counterfeit Hockney 178 00:06:19,046 --> 00:06:21,449 that Brian talked Ron into buying. 179 00:06:21,482 --> 00:06:24,852 The Da Vinci Code was from this photo. 180 00:06:24,885 --> 00:06:26,720 You know Willow? 181 00:06:26,754 --> 00:06:29,757 That was from a Soft 'n Snuggly coupon I got in the mail. 182 00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:31,759 But a man who is passionate enough 183 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:34,361 to beg, well, that's a character 184 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,697 whose story we really want to see. 185 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,398 - Really? -Plus I've been dying to figure out 186 00:06:38,432 --> 00:06:40,468 a way to do something about the market crash 187 00:06:40,501 --> 00:06:42,436 ever since my partner, Brian Grazer, was tipped off 188 00:06:42,470 --> 00:06:44,137 that it was three months away from happening. 189 00:06:44,171 --> 00:06:45,539 What's that? 190 00:06:45,573 --> 00:06:47,307 But I never had a face to put on it. 191 00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:49,242 Until now. You. 192 00:06:49,276 --> 00:06:51,278 Your wife is dying. 193 00:06:51,311 --> 00:06:52,980 You're trying to hold your family together. 194 00:06:53,013 --> 00:06:54,882 Oh, gosh, no, no, no. 195 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:57,985 My wife died years before any... any of this. 196 00:06:58,018 --> 00:07:00,153 Oh, gee. 197 00:07:01,789 --> 00:07:04,324 I think it's a lot more fun if we see her die. 198 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:05,959 - That is fun. - And by the way, 199 00:07:05,993 --> 00:07:09,229 then it's a fantastic part for a leading lady. 200 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,932 In fact, my girl Rebel would be great in that part. 201 00:07:11,965 --> 00:07:13,233 Your girl? 202 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:14,502 Rebel Alley. 203 00:07:14,535 --> 00:07:15,636 She's an actress. You know her. 204 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:16,904 He didn't. 205 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:18,305 I do. Yes, of course I do. 206 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:19,773 Your girl, huh? 207 00:07:19,807 --> 00:07:22,075 Well, we kind of like to keep that quiet. 208 00:07:22,109 --> 00:07:23,577 Michael assumed that by "my girl," 209 00:07:23,611 --> 00:07:25,112 Ron was referring to his mistress... 210 00:07:25,145 --> 00:07:27,314 I can see why you're telling me in the LEM, huh? 211 00:07:27,347 --> 00:07:31,018 but Ron was actually talking about his daughter. 212 00:07:31,051 --> 00:07:34,187 You probably think I'm terrible for even mentioning her to you. 213 00:07:34,221 --> 00:07:36,089 Oh, no, no, I'm-I'm not one to judge. 214 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:38,425 I'm sure you've all got girls up here in Hollywood, huh? 215 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:40,628 Brian's got two boys. 216 00:07:42,896 --> 00:07:45,365 I think you're a natural and it could be a great movie. 217 00:07:45,398 --> 00:07:46,834 You know, and-and it's a real chance 218 00:07:46,867 --> 00:07:48,201 to show you guys off, too. 219 00:07:48,235 --> 00:07:49,603 Us guys? 220 00:07:49,637 --> 00:07:51,872 Well, it's about the whole family. 221 00:07:51,905 --> 00:07:53,507 Them? 222 00:07:53,541 --> 00:07:55,042 We're going to need everybody's signature 223 00:07:55,075 --> 00:07:57,878 on these releases in order to make this story. 224 00:07:57,911 --> 00:07:59,479 Although the real heartbeat of this thing 225 00:07:59,513 --> 00:08:00,848 is the father-son dynamic. 226 00:08:00,881 --> 00:08:02,282 Yeah. You know, Ron, 227 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:04,151 I-I don't know if I can do this. 228 00:08:04,184 --> 00:08:06,219 We're not in a great way right now, 229 00:08:06,253 --> 00:08:08,021 and-and it might not be worth... 230 00:08:08,055 --> 00:08:10,624 Michael, take a few of these cards and really think about it. 231 00:08:10,658 --> 00:08:12,626 - All right. -Yeah, man, I got a tough meeting coming up now. 232 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:16,530 How do you tell Ed Harris that he's simply not a Barney? 233 00:08:16,564 --> 00:08:19,567 And while Ed was getting some bad news, 234 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,368 Michael got some good news. 235 00:08:21,401 --> 00:08:22,836 Excuse me. Uh, is this a mistake? 236 00:08:22,870 --> 00:08:24,237 Am I a producer? 237 00:08:24,271 --> 00:08:25,539 It's one of the perks 238 00:08:25,573 --> 00:08:27,040 of having a movie made about you. 239 00:08:27,074 --> 00:08:28,909 Huh. 240 00:08:28,942 --> 00:08:31,344 Health plan is not another one, by the way. 241 00:08:31,378 --> 00:08:33,380 There's no health plan. 242 00:08:36,449 --> 00:08:38,151 Michael had been given an opportunity 243 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:40,253 to turn his life around, and all he had to do 244 00:08:40,287 --> 00:08:42,255 to make it happen was to get 245 00:08:42,289 --> 00:08:44,091 - his family's signatures. - ... the family signatures, 246 00:08:44,124 --> 00:08:46,927 especially my father's. 247 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,161 Wow, sounds like your thing 248 00:08:48,195 --> 00:08:49,663 went a lot better than my thing. 249 00:08:49,697 --> 00:08:52,432 Except I haven't spoken to them for a long time. 250 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:55,703 I mean, since I... well, since-since my mom... 251 00:08:55,736 --> 00:08:57,237 Left? 252 00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:59,006 Yeah, for prison, yeah. 253 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,407 You want to know what? 254 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,009 Frankly, I think Ron Howard 255 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:04,211 just wants to get a movie for his girlfriend. 256 00:09:04,244 --> 00:09:06,513 Oh, it sounds like Ron Howard is casting with his. 257 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,281 Well... 258 00:09:08,315 --> 00:09:11,251 it is hard to believe, but I guess they've all got 259 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:13,587 their mistresses up here in showbiz, you know. 260 00:09:13,621 --> 00:09:15,355 It's like it's their God-given... 261 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:17,557 Front? No, right. 262 00:09:17,591 --> 00:09:19,292 - No, right. -Calm down, everybody, all right? 263 00:09:19,326 --> 00:09:20,961 - I got it. I got it. - You think my dad 264 00:09:20,994 --> 00:09:22,630 would ever even go for something like this? 265 00:09:22,663 --> 00:09:25,065 You know, it's very hard to get a signature out of him. 266 00:09:25,098 --> 00:09:26,867 It's... it's like somebody a long time ago said... 267 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,636 Hey, what if you never signed anything 268 00:09:28,669 --> 00:09:30,470 because you said you didn't have a signature? 269 00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:32,773 - Just like you, Pop. -You... you don't have a signature? 270 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:34,307 No, and he's never given me one card. 271 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:35,809 Not one birthday card, which is why 272 00:09:35,843 --> 00:09:37,144 his presents are always money orders. 273 00:09:37,177 --> 00:09:38,378 Right, Pop? 274 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:40,480 - I don't have a signature. - Oh! 275 00:09:40,513 --> 00:09:42,249 If you don't sign, you will be fine. 276 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:43,751 Hey. 277 00:09:43,784 --> 00:09:45,218 He's very smart. 278 00:09:45,252 --> 00:09:47,054 He's very good. 279 00:09:47,087 --> 00:09:48,555 Can you feel your hands? 280 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:50,557 I can't feel my pinky or this one. 281 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:52,292 You know what, Barry? I hear what you're saying. 282 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:54,161 I... My dad would never do something like this for me. 283 00:09:54,194 --> 00:09:55,829 I'm going to head back in, and I'm going to... 284 00:09:55,863 --> 00:09:57,631 I'm going to tell Ron Howard to forget about it. 285 00:09:57,665 --> 00:09:58,799 - Yeah, you're screwed. Hey, do me a favor. -Yeah. 286 00:09:58,832 --> 00:09:59,900 - Tell Ron Howard to go - Okay. 287 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:01,401 - shove his... - Bye-bye, Barry. 288 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:03,771 - Oh! - Sorry. Whoops. 289 00:10:03,804 --> 00:10:04,938 Whoa. Sorry. That was my fault. 290 00:10:04,972 --> 00:10:06,406 - No. - I was looking at my phone. 291 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:07,741 It's not too embarrassing walking around 292 00:10:07,775 --> 00:10:09,276 with a bunch of photographs of yourself. 293 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:11,111 Oh, well, looks like it's part of your job, huh? 294 00:10:11,144 --> 00:10:14,147 - You're an actress? - No, I'm a narcissist. 295 00:10:14,181 --> 00:10:16,784 Yeah, actually, "actress" is an overstatement because... 296 00:10:16,817 --> 00:10:18,185 Ugh. Thank you. 297 00:10:18,218 --> 00:10:20,353 I was just sucking at this audition I went on. 298 00:10:20,387 --> 00:10:23,423 It was one of these ridiculous meet-cute clichés, 299 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:25,492 where a guy and a girl just, you know... 300 00:10:25,525 --> 00:10:27,795 they bump into each other, and they... 301 00:10:27,828 --> 00:10:29,763 they fall in love. 302 00:10:29,797 --> 00:10:32,299 God, you're handsome. 303 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:34,601 I got a... maybe a lucky hair day. 304 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:35,969 You're the beautiful one. 305 00:10:36,003 --> 00:10:38,772 You have beautiful eyes. 306 00:10:38,806 --> 00:10:41,842 My deceased wife had red hair. 307 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:43,777 Yep, garbage like that. 308 00:10:43,811 --> 00:10:45,713 And it's so unbelievable. 309 00:10:45,746 --> 00:10:47,180 Like, they never get each other's names. 310 00:10:47,214 --> 00:10:49,316 Pretty stupid. Whoops. Gosh. 311 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:51,318 - Oh... oh! Ow! - Oh! Are you okay? 312 00:10:51,351 --> 00:10:52,820 - That really hurt. - Ooh. You okay? 313 00:10:52,853 --> 00:10:54,454 I wish I had done that well in the audition. 314 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:57,958 Where's a movie producer when you need one, right? 315 00:10:57,991 --> 00:10:59,459 Well, it was really nice to meet you. 316 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:01,094 Yes, you, too. 317 00:11:02,095 --> 00:11:03,496 I'm a "moobie" producer. 318 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:04,965 Sorry. I'm a movie... 319 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:06,299 Here, I've got... 320 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:08,235 I've got proof here, huh? 321 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:09,737 - Oh, you are a movie producer. - Yeah. 322 00:11:09,770 --> 00:11:11,571 Yeah, there's a part for a wife, 323 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:13,640 and you'd be perfect for the movie. 324 00:11:15,843 --> 00:11:17,677 Do you like Scottish music? 325 00:11:17,711 --> 00:11:20,313 Uh, with the screeching horns and the silly... 326 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:22,315 Yeah. I'm in a band. 327 00:11:22,349 --> 00:11:24,184 I love it. It's great. 328 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:25,986 We're playing at the Ealing Club tomorrow night, and... 329 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:28,021 maybe you could come and... and just check it out. 330 00:11:28,055 --> 00:11:30,023 Oh, yeah? I don't even know what that is. 331 00:11:31,258 --> 00:11:32,592 I should've... Sorry. 332 00:11:32,625 --> 00:11:33,894 That's funny. I should have said "where." 333 00:11:33,927 --> 00:11:35,395 Of course, I know what it is. 334 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,164 No, it's on the top of that building. 335 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,366 - Okay. -But can you imagine driving that car? 336 00:11:39,399 --> 00:11:41,735 No, I can't. No. 337 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:44,404 It wasn't until Michael had walked 338 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:47,107 two blocks past the California Pizza Kitchen 339 00:11:47,140 --> 00:11:48,508 when this happened. 340 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:56,116 So Michael went back to find her 341 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:58,185 or, at the very least, try looking for a head shot 342 00:11:58,218 --> 00:12:00,553 - with her name on it. - Nothing, huh? 343 00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:01,388 She was super-pretty, red hair... 344 00:12:01,421 --> 00:12:02,589 But even without her name, 345 00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:04,691 he knew his only chance with her 346 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:06,459 was to be a real producer, and that meant 347 00:12:06,493 --> 00:12:09,062 getting a signature from a father whose face 348 00:12:09,096 --> 00:12:10,063 he hadn't seen in ages. 349 00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:11,231 Oh, you're making me dizzy! 350 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:13,033 And that's when he suddenly did. 351 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,968 We have to keep this quiet! 352 00:12:15,002 --> 00:12:16,736 Dad? 353 00:12:16,770 --> 00:12:19,739 No, no. 354 00:12:19,773 --> 00:12:21,809 - Hi. Don't say I'm down here. 355 00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:23,877 - Right here. - Hey. 356 00:12:23,911 --> 00:12:25,745 What's going on? 357 00:12:25,779 --> 00:12:27,314 I just came back to get, uh... 358 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:28,615 Don't acknowledge me. 359 00:12:28,648 --> 00:12:30,417 get some suits, you know, 360 00:12:30,450 --> 00:12:32,652 so I can look like the uptight, 361 00:12:32,685 --> 00:12:35,455 dishonest, cheating boob that I am. 362 00:12:35,488 --> 00:12:37,825 Well, I never said "boob." 363 00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:39,927 Although you are in the wrong Lucille's apartment, 364 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,229 so unless you're looking for a Bob Mackie original, 365 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:43,897 could be some truth to the cheating part. 366 00:12:43,931 --> 00:12:45,465 Yeah, well, I was in the desert, 367 00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:46,934 and I've lost my sense of direction. 368 00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:48,468 Hey. Where you going? 369 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:49,870 Dad. 370 00:12:50,871 --> 00:12:52,405 Hey, hey, hey, hey. 371 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:53,640 Listen. 372 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:55,308 You're getting divorced. 373 00:12:55,342 --> 00:12:57,544 I am not one to judge. 374 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:00,480 Great to see you again. 375 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:02,449 The past is the past, and things have worked out, 376 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:04,517 and I've met a wonderful woman named... 377 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:08,021 Don't worry about that, but I'm a movie producer now. 378 00:13:08,055 --> 00:13:09,857 Unbelievable. 379 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:12,425 They're making a movie out of my life. 380 00:13:12,459 --> 00:13:14,527 The girl I met is perfect to play my wife. 381 00:13:14,561 --> 00:13:16,196 And it's... I don't know. 382 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:18,365 Can you believe it? And I know what you're thinking: 383 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:20,700 - "Can you put me in it?" - I don't care. 384 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:22,035 Do I have what I hope I've got? 385 00:13:22,069 --> 00:13:23,436 Anybody who's getting in the movie 386 00:13:23,470 --> 00:13:25,038 needs to sign this. 387 00:13:25,072 --> 00:13:26,840 It's a simple signature. 388 00:13:26,874 --> 00:13:28,308 I think that everybody needs to see 389 00:13:28,341 --> 00:13:29,776 who the real George Sr. is, don't you? 390 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:34,214 I think it would all depend on how George Sr. was portrayed. 391 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:35,815 Well... 392 00:13:35,849 --> 00:13:40,820 he is not the most positive character, but... 393 00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:43,790 you sign this, and I don't see any reason 394 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:47,027 why we can't make him seem very, very, uh... 395 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:48,795 uh, you know... 396 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:51,331 uh... 397 00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:53,333 uh... 398 00:13:53,366 --> 00:13:55,268 uh... 399 00:14:01,208 --> 00:14:03,010 nice. 400 00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:04,811 - Go to hell. - Huh? 401 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:06,880 Michael was actually relieved. 402 00:14:06,914 --> 00:14:08,148 You go to hell. 403 00:14:08,181 --> 00:14:10,017 He had no idea how he was 404 00:14:10,050 --> 00:14:12,052 going to make his father seem nice. 405 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:17,390 Michael Bluth was starting his new life 406 00:14:17,424 --> 00:14:20,393 as a producer in— get this— Beverly Hills 407 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:23,096 without the signature he needed to make it happen. 408 00:14:23,130 --> 00:14:25,665 Your office is only one floor below Ron Howard's. 409 00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:27,267 Oh, yeah? 410 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:30,337 Must be a pretty important project to him, then, huh? 411 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:32,940 That's one possibility. 412 00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:35,042 Watch your head. 413 00:14:35,075 --> 00:14:36,910 Are these ceilings a little lower? 414 00:14:36,944 --> 00:14:38,678 Brian and Ron wanted the ceiling 415 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:41,381 in their office to be a few inches taller, 416 00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:43,283 but, apparently, Bruckheimer knows someone on city council 417 00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:45,418 and they wouldn't let them make the building taller. 418 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:47,087 So Ron said, "you, Jerry," 419 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,356 and he went lower with his floor. 420 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:51,191 Everybody wins, huh? 421 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:53,560 - Here we are. - Oh. That's me, huh? 422 00:14:53,593 --> 00:14:56,029 Oh. Ceilings are even lower in here. 423 00:14:56,063 --> 00:14:58,932 Yeah, your office is right below Brian's. 424 00:14:58,966 --> 00:15:00,400 He wanted his ceiling 425 00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:02,135 just a few inches taller than Ron's. 426 00:15:02,169 --> 00:15:04,137 - Okay. - Some internal competition. 427 00:15:04,171 --> 00:15:06,239 - Kind of like between us. - Yeah. 428 00:15:06,273 --> 00:15:09,442 - Wait, what? -Well, you have a family to track down. 429 00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:11,611 Yeah, I do. Hey, speaking of that... 430 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:14,714 Kitty, is there... is there a directory of actresses, 431 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,649 - with pictures in it, that I could... -Wow. 432 00:15:16,683 --> 00:15:18,618 Starting with the casting couch already. 433 00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:19,987 No, no, no, no. Nothing like that. 434 00:15:20,020 --> 00:15:21,454 I met... I met this unbelievable woman 435 00:15:21,488 --> 00:15:23,390 that would be perfect for the part of my wife. 436 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:25,058 And even if she isn't, I'd love 437 00:15:25,092 --> 00:15:26,459 to track her down, so... 438 00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:28,295 an actual couch could be useful, please. 439 00:15:28,328 --> 00:15:29,496 Okay, you're funny. 440 00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:30,830 This is Imagine Entertainment, 441 00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:32,832 not the hot tub at Bruckheimer Tower. 442 00:15:32,865 --> 00:15:34,567 We make family movies, 443 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:36,169 you pig. 444 00:15:36,203 --> 00:15:38,271 - Okay. - So, why don't you not worry 445 00:15:38,305 --> 00:15:40,440 about casting your movie, and instead just get 446 00:15:40,473 --> 00:15:42,175 the rights to your family, and, of course, 447 00:15:42,209 --> 00:15:44,844 if you need any help at all, I would love to help you. 448 00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:46,779 - We like to pull together around here. -Watch your back. 449 00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:48,748 No, you watch your back, mister! 450 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,417 If you screw up this project for me, 451 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:52,352 I will bury you farther underground 452 00:15:52,385 --> 00:15:54,654 than I did your illiterate little niece! 453 00:15:54,687 --> 00:15:56,423 Hi, guys. 454 00:15:56,456 --> 00:15:58,625 With Michael's movie in jeopardy 455 00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:02,162 over the rights, he decided to call in a favor. 456 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:03,830 You know, we're making a movie 457 00:16:03,863 --> 00:16:05,332 about the family, and I thought, 458 00:16:05,365 --> 00:16:06,699 "I wonder if Carl Weathers 459 00:16:06,733 --> 00:16:08,268 would be willing to help me out." 460 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:10,437 - Let me ask you this right up front. -Okay. 461 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:13,006 Do you think anybody would be upset 462 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,308 if one of these Crinch dolls took a walk? 463 00:16:15,342 --> 00:16:17,977 No, no, no, no, help yourself. 464 00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:19,379 I know what you're thinking. 465 00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:21,614 "What part would I play in this?" 466 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:23,616 I figured you'd want me to play me. 467 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:26,219 Well, I... I didn't want to waste you on you. 468 00:16:26,253 --> 00:16:28,121 In fact, I wasn't even going to talk to you about acting, 469 00:16:28,155 --> 00:16:30,223 but if you are game, boy, that would be great. 470 00:16:30,257 --> 00:16:31,491 Let's circle back to that. 471 00:16:31,524 --> 00:16:33,360 There's a television show, was it, 472 00:16:33,393 --> 00:16:36,063 that you made about my family. 473 00:16:36,096 --> 00:16:39,032 Michael was referring to the George Bluth Sr. episode 474 00:16:39,066 --> 00:16:42,302 of a horribly narrated crime reenactment series 475 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:43,870 called Scandalmakers 476 00:16:43,903 --> 00:16:46,073 that Carl had directed years earlier. 477 00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:48,308 Did you retain the rights to my father's story? 478 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,077 Nah, man, rights cost money. 479 00:16:50,110 --> 00:16:51,478 I never bothered with that stuff. 480 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:52,679 I figure you go ahead, you shoot it. 481 00:16:52,712 --> 00:16:55,648 Better to ask for forgiveness than beg for permission. 482 00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:57,517 As it turned out, Carl 483 00:16:57,550 --> 00:16:59,752 had never bothered to get either, 484 00:16:59,786 --> 00:17:01,488 which is why he made himself the subject 485 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:04,023 of the final episode of the series. 486 00:17:04,057 --> 00:17:07,060 Lee Nails, only pressed on once. 487 00:17:07,094 --> 00:17:09,028 Carl, we're at a swap meet. 488 00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:10,763 Okay. There he is. 489 00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:12,565 - Carl Weathers. - Mr. Weathers— Carl Weathers. 490 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:14,901 You've been accused of producing a television show 491 00:17:14,934 --> 00:17:17,003 based on real-life events for which you've done 492 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:21,108 none of the due diligence in securing the rights thereto. 493 00:17:21,141 --> 00:17:22,742 I only have one question. 494 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:24,177 Can I have your rights? 495 00:17:24,211 --> 00:17:25,512 - Of course. - Of course, Carl Weathers. 496 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,046 Cut! 497 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:28,848 Now we'll move on, do a little voice-over. 498 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:29,916 How much are these belts? 499 00:17:29,949 --> 00:17:31,718 - Oh, oh, oh, God. - DeBrie! 500 00:17:31,751 --> 00:17:33,420 Her heart stopped. She's dying. 501 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:35,722 Oh, hey, Dave, you shaved, I like it. 502 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:37,290 Please get the paddles! 503 00:17:37,324 --> 00:17:38,958 Oh, hey, Mike. How was Ojai? 504 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:40,293 But, Carl, the whole point 505 00:17:40,327 --> 00:17:42,195 of the movie is that it's a true story, 506 00:17:42,229 --> 00:17:43,263 so I need the rights. 507 00:17:43,296 --> 00:17:44,731 Don't I? 508 00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:48,235 Man, you're as green as old lady Crinch. 509 00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:51,371 Come on, people don't go to movies to see rights. 510 00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:53,440 People go to movies to see actors. 511 00:17:53,473 --> 00:17:55,542 Now, who you got as scriptwriter? 512 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:56,609 And that's when Michael remembered 513 00:17:56,643 --> 00:17:58,645 that he did know one member 514 00:17:58,678 --> 00:18:00,780 - of the Writers Guild. -The eye is falling off this one. 515 00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:03,383 You mind if I swap it out, you know, for the restaurant? 516 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:04,551 Swap it. 517 00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:05,885 And I thought, who's going 518 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:07,754 to get it right the first time? 519 00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:09,289 Because I don't want to give a lot of notes. 520 00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:10,790 And then it came to me. 521 00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:13,460 Who knows my father better than Warden Gentles? 522 00:18:13,493 --> 00:18:16,929 Hold on one second. 523 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:18,965 "The first time." 524 00:18:18,998 --> 00:18:20,099 Yeah. 525 00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:21,067 My grandson gave me this, 526 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,969 but I guarantee you, give me an old Royal 527 00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:24,471 and a glass of Scotch, and I'll give you 528 00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:27,774 250 pages where the lightning hits the tree. 529 00:18:27,807 --> 00:18:29,776 - That's not what we do here. - I mean, 530 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:31,010 where the drop hits the pond. 531 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,345 - That's it. - I apologize. 532 00:18:32,379 --> 00:18:33,746 I've had a few meetings today. 533 00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:34,747 Then... 534 00:18:34,781 --> 00:18:36,183 the yellow robot gets mad 535 00:18:36,216 --> 00:18:37,417 at the pink robot— 536 00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:39,152 - That does... - correction... 537 00:18:39,186 --> 00:18:40,587 the purple robot. 538 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:43,423 Sorry, I'm, I'm back to back today. 539 00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:44,524 I bet. 540 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:45,758 I'm gonna be honest with you. 541 00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:46,959 You're not charring my tree, 542 00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:49,362 and... yeah, 543 00:18:49,396 --> 00:18:51,364 Jerry's not gonna come off the boat for this one. 544 00:18:51,398 --> 00:18:52,999 This is basically a story about 545 00:18:53,032 --> 00:18:54,867 - Mm-hmm. - a fellow like myself 546 00:18:54,901 --> 00:18:56,203 - and his father - Mm-hmm. 547 00:18:56,236 --> 00:18:57,537 and their friend Carl Weathers. 548 00:18:57,570 --> 00:18:59,339 I'm not entirely sure 549 00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:02,642 how to organically work him into the, to the story. 550 00:19:02,675 --> 00:19:03,976 Uh, you know, maybe he's teaching them 551 00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:05,778 lessons or something. 552 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:08,147 Anyway, I'm gonna leave that up to your capable hands. 553 00:19:08,181 --> 00:19:10,983 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a minute. 554 00:19:11,017 --> 00:19:12,118 I've turned it off again. 555 00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:14,120 Yeah, those are tricky. 556 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:15,355 Might I suggest 557 00:19:15,388 --> 00:19:17,490 bringing in someone younger to play the father— 558 00:19:17,524 --> 00:19:19,292 a Philip Seymour Hoffman type? 559 00:19:19,326 --> 00:19:21,228 A Philip Seymour Hoffman type. 560 00:19:21,261 --> 00:19:22,295 And so, naturally, 561 00:19:22,329 --> 00:19:23,463 I-I thought of you. 562 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:25,232 Well, you know, I'm a married man, 563 00:19:25,265 --> 00:19:26,799 so I don't really keep a directory 564 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,635 of attractive young actresses around. 565 00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:30,537 - Okay. - I mean, are you really planning 566 00:19:30,570 --> 00:19:33,373 on using her, or is it like Conan with the girl writers? 567 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:34,841 It doesn't matter, it... 568 00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:36,476 I-I'm here to talk to you about a movie 569 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:37,910 that we're gonna make about the family, 570 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:39,246 and I thought that it might be really fun 571 00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:40,713 for us to work together again. 572 00:19:40,747 --> 00:19:43,015 Help me remember. What did we do together? 573 00:19:43,049 --> 00:19:45,385 You came over for a chicken and ham-water dinner 574 00:19:45,418 --> 00:19:47,487 that my family threw to raise some funds for itself. 575 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,155 And they're finally getting around 576 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:50,723 to making a movie of that, huh? 577 00:19:50,757 --> 00:19:52,058 There's more to it than that. 578 00:19:52,091 --> 00:19:53,493 It's, it's about a young man trying 579 00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:56,095 to get out from under his domineering father 580 00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:57,897 while dealing with the slow death of his wife. 581 00:19:57,930 --> 00:19:59,566 That just saved me 12 bucks. 582 00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:01,734 I'm not going to see it. 583 00:20:01,768 --> 00:20:03,670 I'm not asking you to see it; I'd like for you to be in it. 584 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:06,205 No offense, I have a job. I mean, I have a good thing. 585 00:20:06,239 --> 00:20:07,440 - Oh, hey, Mr. O'Brien. - Hey, how's it going? 586 00:20:07,474 --> 00:20:09,409 - Real good. - Andy, quick note. 587 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:12,011 Uh, just 'cause I look at you when we're doing the show 588 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:14,281 and ask you a question doesn't mean you have to respond. 589 00:20:14,314 --> 00:20:16,215 Sometimes it's funny when you don't say anything, 590 00:20:16,249 --> 00:20:18,551 and the audience gets to think, "Hey, 591 00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:20,119 Andy really is stupid." 592 00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:22,955 Gets a big laugh. 593 00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:24,724 - Hey, you're new. - I've been here a year. 594 00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:26,959 And you're funny, too. 595 00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:28,361 Let's get you set up in a writer's office. 596 00:20:28,395 --> 00:20:30,196 Oh, you can have Andy's if you don't mind 597 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:31,898 the smell of bologna. 598 00:20:31,931 --> 00:20:33,633 I'm in. 599 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:40,039 Michael had assembled his dream team, 600 00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:42,642 and now it was time to wow his boss. 601 00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:44,411 Excuse me, sir, could you turn that off, 602 00:20:44,444 --> 00:20:45,412 please? 603 00:20:45,445 --> 00:20:47,814 Oh, I thought that was playing in here. 604 00:20:47,847 --> 00:20:50,417 Sorry, it was a slide show of my granddaughter's— 605 00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:52,251 daughter's graduation from college. 606 00:20:52,285 --> 00:20:53,420 - Sure. -Michael. - High school. 607 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:55,488 - Hi. - Did you get the signatures? 608 00:20:55,522 --> 00:20:58,224 Better— I put together the core team: acting 609 00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,092 - and writing. - You guys do remember 610 00:21:00,126 --> 00:21:02,662 I have to be back in Burbank by 1:00 every day, right? 611 00:21:02,695 --> 00:21:04,163 - We've got that, uh-huh. - I'm looking forward to this. 612 00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:05,898 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - This is happening. 613 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:07,667 - It is happening. - It's happening. 614 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:08,735 Dude, you are moving way too fast. 615 00:21:08,768 --> 00:21:09,969 Maybe by Hollywood standards, 616 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:12,339 you know, but, Kitty, I come from the business community, 617 00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:15,342 where sometimes you have to show it to him already built. 618 00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:17,243 Still think you're going to bury me? 619 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:20,347 Well, Michael, you may not have your father's signature, 620 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:22,782 but you sure have his signature style. 621 00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,283 Cue the music. 622 00:21:25,518 --> 00:21:28,154 I think I just deleted my pitch. 623 00:21:28,187 --> 00:21:30,289 As it turns out, it wouldn't matter. 624 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,126 Uh-oh. 625 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,329 Hello, think there's a problem with the elevator. 626 00:21:36,363 --> 00:21:37,764 Do you have a scheduled appointment? 627 00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:39,265 N-No, we're here to see Ron Howard. 628 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,300 This is the untitled Michael B. project. 629 00:21:41,334 --> 00:21:43,102 I'm actually a producer here. How are you? 630 00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:44,337 I've got the office just below the sunken 631 00:21:44,371 --> 00:21:45,672 living room there in Brian's. 632 00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:47,340 We're here to pitch Ron the movie. 633 00:21:47,374 --> 00:21:48,775 I'm sorry, sir, this is a restricted floor. 634 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:50,377 Louisa, it's all right. 635 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:52,645 For crying out loud, I'm not the king of England. 636 00:21:52,679 --> 00:21:54,847 - Ah, there he is, hey, Ron. - Oh, did you get that signature? 637 00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:56,616 You know, I've got something better— 638 00:21:56,649 --> 00:21:58,050 take a look. 639 00:21:58,084 --> 00:21:59,719 Andy Richter? 640 00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:01,854 I'm out, it, I'm out. 641 00:22:01,888 --> 00:22:03,523 Not married to Andy, 642 00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:05,992 - but what I do have is the writer. -Stephan Gentles, 643 00:22:06,025 --> 00:22:08,294 Warden, East Orange County Department of Corrections 644 00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:12,231 and writer of multiple episodes of Rocko's Modern Life. 645 00:22:12,264 --> 00:22:13,733 Well, everybody's got to start somewhere. 646 00:22:13,766 --> 00:22:16,569 As long as I don't end up there. 647 00:22:16,603 --> 00:22:19,238 I'll have 25 pages on your desk by tomorrow morning. 648 00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:20,740 Gosh, that's 649 00:22:20,773 --> 00:22:22,308 - putting the cart before the horse. -Oh, yeah. 650 00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:24,711 Loo-Look who I've got to play Carl Weathers. 651 00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:25,745 Oh, is that Cuba? 652 00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:27,313 No, no, n-n-no, that's not Cuba. 653 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:29,816 I did not want to waste Cuba on Carl. 654 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:31,217 This is Carl Weathers. 655 00:22:31,250 --> 00:22:33,152 Oh, sure, Carl. 656 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,921 You know, I thought it was Cuba 657 00:22:34,954 --> 00:22:36,589 with the perfect Carl Weathers makeup. 658 00:22:36,623 --> 00:22:39,826 No, no, no, no, Cuba doesn't have that kind of range. 659 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:41,327 The thing is, I really do insist 660 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:43,430 - on controlling the casting myself. -I get it. -I'm out. 661 00:22:43,463 --> 00:22:45,832 I thought maybe if you just saw the whole team together. 662 00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:47,400 Team, what team? 663 00:22:47,434 --> 00:22:48,901 I should be informed of all meetings. 664 00:22:48,935 --> 00:22:50,336 Hey, Cuba, how you doing? 665 00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:52,371 Oh, Brian, you know Carl Weathers, Stephan Gentles, 666 00:22:52,405 --> 00:22:54,106 Andy Richter, and Michael Bluth. 667 00:22:58,478 --> 00:23:00,713 I'm gonna skip this one. 668 00:23:00,747 --> 00:23:02,248 Good to see you, Brian. 669 00:23:02,281 --> 00:23:04,417 You know, Ron, I think it might be easier to talk 670 00:23:04,451 --> 00:23:06,185 if we just come up just the rest of the way. 671 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:07,487 Oh, thanks. 672 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,256 Yeah, the elevator's been kooky since we lowered that floor... 673 00:23:10,289 --> 00:23:12,091 but maybe once you get that signature. 674 00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:13,560 It might be kind of tricky. 675 00:23:13,593 --> 00:23:15,027 They're all down in Orange County. 676 00:23:15,061 --> 00:23:16,963 - Tough to get down there. - Oh, hey, B. 677 00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:18,531 - Yeah. -We must have an office down there somewhere. 678 00:23:18,565 --> 00:23:19,599 Yeah, we'll stick you someplace. 679 00:23:19,632 --> 00:23:20,700 Yeah. 680 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:21,901 We'll stick you someplace. 681 00:23:26,005 --> 00:23:27,774 Michael was starting work 682 00:23:27,807 --> 00:23:29,976 at his new show business office 683 00:23:30,009 --> 00:23:32,445 - at Orange County Imagine. - Charles Dawkins. 684 00:23:32,479 --> 00:23:35,482 And his office was already receiving a lot of visitors. 685 00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:37,617 Don't get comfortable. Sir, thank you, no. 686 00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:39,051 But mostly because of the sign's similarity 687 00:23:39,085 --> 00:23:40,753 to that of this institution, 688 00:23:40,787 --> 00:23:43,289 which also received some confused visitors. 689 00:23:43,322 --> 00:23:44,624 An embolism? 690 00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:46,225 I-I was just here to pitch a game show. 691 00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:48,461 Go right out this way, sir, thank you. 692 00:23:48,495 --> 00:23:49,729 - But can I leave a sample? - It's generous 693 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:51,764 of you, but they're gonna be much better 694 00:23:51,798 --> 00:23:54,000 with it down there at Imaging. 695 00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:56,335 And that's when Michael got his most unexpected visitor. 696 00:24:02,041 --> 00:24:03,610 Dad, what are you doing here? 697 00:24:03,643 --> 00:24:07,480 I wanted to speak to you in person. 698 00:24:07,514 --> 00:24:09,516 I think that you're a little late, okay? 699 00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:13,085 Because I went to you for a simple signature, 700 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,922 not so I could just make a movie about the family, 701 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:17,423 but so that I can move on with my life, 702 00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:19,325 and you told me to go to hell. 703 00:24:19,358 --> 00:24:21,260 Yeah, you know, sometimes, when I'm caught off guard, 704 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,630 I say things I don't mean. 705 00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:25,264 This is a horrible little office. 706 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:26,966 So you're here to apologize, is that right? 707 00:24:26,999 --> 00:24:29,969 Yes, and I, uh, brought you a peace offering. 708 00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:32,171 Tetas Gigantes? 709 00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:33,305 You hate it, right? 710 00:24:33,339 --> 00:24:34,874 Well, it's, it's Mexican porn. 711 00:24:34,907 --> 00:24:37,309 You know, you are impossible to buy for. 712 00:24:37,343 --> 00:24:38,645 Just, uh, give it to me. 713 00:24:38,678 --> 00:24:39,779 - No, no, oh. - No, no, no, give... 714 00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:41,614 - No, no, no. - See, this is the kayak 715 00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:43,349 - all over again. - Dad, I apologize. 716 00:24:43,382 --> 00:24:45,284 I was saying it was a very original gift. 717 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,485 No, no, no. You'll never use it. 718 00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:49,455 I will use it, except for maybe Señor Señoritas. 719 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,357 I live in Mexico now 720 00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:53,560 and I, I don't always know how to ask 721 00:24:53,593 --> 00:24:55,161 - exactly for what I want. - Understandable. 722 00:24:55,194 --> 00:24:56,896 And that's almost over now, 723 00:24:56,929 --> 00:25:00,733 which is what I came to talk to you about. 724 00:25:00,767 --> 00:25:02,301 Do you know a guy named Herbert Love? 725 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:03,570 I know a lot of people, sure, 726 00:25:03,603 --> 00:25:05,404 'cause I'm a big producer now. 727 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:06,973 - Yeah? - He ate a mouse. 728 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:09,475 Let's grab a coffee. 729 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:11,177 Okay, so I guess things haven't been going 730 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:12,745 that well for me. 731 00:25:12,779 --> 00:25:15,081 And you didn't feel you could tell me that? 732 00:25:15,114 --> 00:25:16,415 That's why I haven't heard from you? 733 00:25:16,448 --> 00:25:18,317 I guess I was afraid that if I admitted 734 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:19,752 Sudden Valley was a failure... 735 00:25:19,786 --> 00:25:22,388 - Told you so. -... you might say, "I told you so." 736 00:25:22,421 --> 00:25:25,692 Well, then, you don't know me at all. 737 00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:27,560 It's all right, it's my fault. I bit off more than I could chew. 738 00:25:27,594 --> 00:25:29,261 I mean, I lied about being a big shot 739 00:25:29,295 --> 00:25:32,498 to impress this girl whose name I don't even know. 740 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:35,668 I've got this crazy idea that I'm gonna turn into a star 741 00:25:35,702 --> 00:25:38,170 with a film that I can't get made 'cause I can't get 742 00:25:38,204 --> 00:25:39,706 my own father's signature on, on, on a release. 743 00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:41,240 - It's like, you know... - Shh, shh, shh... 744 00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:45,778 I didn't know it was about lying to a girl. 745 00:25:45,812 --> 00:25:48,848 Give me the release. 746 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,082 You'd do this for me? 747 00:25:50,116 --> 00:25:52,084 Of course I will. 748 00:25:52,118 --> 00:25:54,053 And so, with his father's rights in hand, 749 00:25:54,086 --> 00:25:56,088 Michael the producer headed up 750 00:25:56,122 --> 00:25:58,725 to find his lady "Cinderella Man" 751 00:25:58,758 --> 00:26:00,226 at the Ealing Club, 752 00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:02,061 an exclusive show business hangout. 753 00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:03,229 Ron Howard. 754 00:26:03,262 --> 00:26:04,931 Oh, thank you. 755 00:26:04,964 --> 00:26:07,399 No, it's Michael Bluth. Hi. 756 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:08,935 Oh, I remember. 757 00:26:08,968 --> 00:26:10,569 I did it. 758 00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:11,638 I got my father's signature. 759 00:26:11,671 --> 00:26:13,139 You know, you said you wanted to focus 760 00:26:13,172 --> 00:26:14,573 on the father-son relationship, and I love it. 761 00:26:14,607 --> 00:26:16,208 Who's not going to be able to relate 762 00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:17,576 to a son standing up to his self-centered father? 763 00:26:17,610 --> 00:26:19,078 Sure. 764 00:26:19,111 --> 00:26:20,647 But the father-son relationship I was interested in 765 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,450 was not you and your father, it was you and your son. 766 00:26:24,483 --> 00:26:26,719 You're the father. 767 00:26:26,753 --> 00:26:29,421 But that would make my son the son. 768 00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:30,790 Bingo. 769 00:26:30,823 --> 00:26:32,391 Michael had to decide 770 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:34,627 whether being a producer was worth invading 771 00:26:34,661 --> 00:26:38,898 the privacy of a son who had kicked him out for that reason. 772 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:40,299 I don't think I can do it. I don't think I can go... 773 00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:42,001 I can't go to my son. 774 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:44,503 That's, uh— I just— I don't even think 775 00:26:44,536 --> 00:26:46,806 that it's worth it just to say that I'm a producer, like... 776 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:48,074 - It's your call. - Yeah. 777 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:51,978 Maybe the real estate business will come around soon. 778 00:26:52,011 --> 00:26:54,146 Will it? 779 00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:58,017 I could never reveal that information to a non-producer. 780 00:26:58,050 --> 00:26:59,318 And then he heard something 781 00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:01,487 that made him change his mind. 782 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:02,955 Michael? 783 00:27:02,989 --> 00:27:05,257 Mr. Moobie Producer. 784 00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:06,558 That's me. 785 00:27:08,895 --> 00:27:12,131 And like all bagpipe music, 786 00:27:12,164 --> 00:27:14,667 it was hard to tell if it was good music played horribly 787 00:27:14,701 --> 00:27:17,503 or horrible music played well, 788 00:27:17,536 --> 00:27:19,138 but Michael was eager to find out 789 00:27:19,171 --> 00:27:21,340 her name when she was introduced 790 00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:23,175 at the end of the set. 791 00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:25,745 And tonight on bagpipes... 792 00:27:30,683 --> 00:27:32,952 But he got to know her anyway. 793 00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:34,854 Fantastic. 794 00:27:34,887 --> 00:27:36,655 I'm only doing this in between movies, 795 00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:39,325 which, given how badly I bombed at that audition yesterday, 796 00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:40,993 it's going to be a while. 797 00:27:41,027 --> 00:27:42,561 Yeah, you shouldn't worry about that, you're gonna get 798 00:27:42,594 --> 00:27:44,130 something. You know, sometimes 799 00:27:44,163 --> 00:27:45,965 even students make films. 800 00:27:47,366 --> 00:27:49,068 Yeah, that's really funny. 801 00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:51,137 I just could put your name in for something. 802 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,204 I do know Ron Howard. 803 00:27:54,606 --> 00:27:56,242 Love that I make you laugh. 804 00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:58,544 You seriously would be great for this part. 805 00:27:58,577 --> 00:28:00,379 You remind me of the person that, that it's based on. 806 00:28:00,412 --> 00:28:02,849 Uh, she, she actually dies on camera. 807 00:28:02,882 --> 00:28:03,850 Wow. 808 00:28:03,883 --> 00:28:05,351 Make her mentally challenged 809 00:28:05,384 --> 00:28:06,753 and I'll thank you in my Oscar speech. 810 00:28:06,786 --> 00:28:08,020 There's a part like that, too, 811 00:28:08,054 --> 00:28:09,922 only she-she comes in later 812 00:28:09,956 --> 00:28:12,759 and she's British, so she doesn't seem... 813 00:28:12,792 --> 00:28:14,593 No one could ever tell that she's disabled. 814 00:28:14,626 --> 00:28:16,595 I haven't been in work mode for a while to be honest. 815 00:28:16,628 --> 00:28:19,198 I've been, I've been raising my son. 816 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:20,666 Oh, you have a son? I have a son. 817 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,234 - You do? -Oh, yeah, we've got a little issue, 818 00:28:22,268 --> 00:28:23,269 though, right now. 819 00:28:23,302 --> 00:28:24,403 Let me guess. 820 00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:25,938 He's pushing you away? 821 00:28:25,972 --> 00:28:27,840 - Yes. - My son practically 822 00:28:27,874 --> 00:28:29,876 kicked me out of his school the other day. 823 00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:32,344 That is literally what my son did to me. 824 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:33,846 Then I said to him, 825 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,547 "You have no privacy from me." 826 00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:37,183 That's what I should do. 827 00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:38,517 Lem's six in August. 828 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:39,518 Yours? 829 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:41,387 - Seven in July. - Aw... 830 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:42,855 Michael regretted the lie, 831 00:28:42,889 --> 00:28:44,857 so he sort of split the difference. 832 00:28:44,891 --> 00:28:47,259 Teen— 17 833 00:28:47,293 --> 00:28:48,527 - in July. - Oh. 834 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,929 They grow up so fast, don't they? 835 00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:52,198 Oh, wow. 836 00:28:52,231 --> 00:28:54,934 Well, I guess you got to move on with your life sometime. 837 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:58,204 Yes. 838 00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:01,640 Yes, you do. 839 00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:03,642 Oh, n-no, you know what? 840 00:29:03,675 --> 00:29:06,578 I don't think that this is— it's not a good idea. 841 00:29:06,612 --> 00:29:08,314 This is a great idea. Why don't you think this is 842 00:29:08,347 --> 00:29:10,049 - a great idea? - 'Cause people can see. 843 00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:11,818 - Nobody can see. - Oh, God. 844 00:29:11,851 --> 00:29:13,820 Wow, you weren't kidding 845 00:29:13,853 --> 00:29:16,088 when you said you had a part for me. 846 00:29:16,122 --> 00:29:17,790 - That was absolutely insane. - Thanks. 847 00:29:17,824 --> 00:29:20,092 - I've never done anything that crazy before. 848 00:29:20,126 --> 00:29:21,260 - Perfect. -I want to do a lot more of that. 849 00:29:21,293 --> 00:29:22,428 I want to see you again. 850 00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:24,163 I want to take you out to a nice dinner. 851 00:29:24,196 --> 00:29:25,597 - Oh. - So, then, uh... 852 00:29:25,631 --> 00:29:28,500 Well, this will have to tide you over until then. 853 00:29:28,534 --> 00:29:30,269 Oh, look at those. 854 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:31,737 Boy, without this, I wouldn't know you had a tattoo. 855 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,072 Oh, anyone that gets that much clothing 856 00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:34,941 off me better know my name. 857 00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:38,210 - Good night. - Good night. 858 00:29:39,846 --> 00:29:43,282 And that's when Michael finally saw her name. 859 00:29:43,315 --> 00:29:44,984 Oh, my God. 860 00:29:47,219 --> 00:29:49,155 I'm dating Ron Howard's girlfriend. 861 00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:51,423 Actually she's his daughter. 862 00:29:51,457 --> 00:29:55,061 But that's kind of worse, don't you think? 863 00:29:59,031 --> 00:30:00,799 Michael starts to really learn the business. 864 00:30:00,833 --> 00:30:02,468 We can keep going around another 20 minutes, if you want, 865 00:30:02,501 --> 00:30:03,970 but I know what I'm talking about. 866 00:30:04,003 --> 00:30:06,438 I just went through this last week with a guy. 867 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,207 That is a hernia. 868 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,976 I'm gonna send you to my guy over at Hoag Hospital. 869 00:30:10,009 --> 00:30:11,277 They call him the Bulge Whisperer. 870 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,679 He does 20 of these a week. 871 00:30:13,712 --> 00:30:15,814 And after failing to get back to Burbank on time, 872 00:30:15,848 --> 00:30:17,616 Andy calls in a favor 873 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:19,151 from his identical quintuplet brother Rocky. 874 00:30:19,185 --> 00:30:21,153 All right, my next guest is a famous pilot 875 00:30:21,187 --> 00:30:24,656 who safely crashed his plane into the Hudson River. 876 00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:26,158 That's kind of a coincidence, Andy. 877 00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:28,827 We've got a pilot who crashes planes, 878 00:30:28,861 --> 00:30:31,730 and you're an actor who crashes pilots. 879 00:30:31,763 --> 00:30:34,666 And Rocky hurts two nice red-haired guys' feelings... 880 00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:36,468 Yeah, that's really funny. 881 00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:38,204 You know what else would be funny? 882 00:30:38,237 --> 00:30:40,072 If I ripped that red rug right off your head 883 00:30:40,106 --> 00:30:43,009 and turned you into Ron Howard. 884 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:46,045 while getting the biggest laugh of Andy's career.