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That was half an hour ago.

You said you were just...

you were just passing by.

I was. I was passing by

half an hour ago,

I went to a meeting,

and I came here.

I swear to God,

if you say one more word,

I'm... I'm gonna

open this door.

All right. Whoa,

all right. Hold on.

All right.

You don't understand.

Everything's fne, OK?

Easy, easy, Fred. Fred!

Abby:
Get out!

Fred! No, Fred!

Abby:
Buddy! Stop it!

Buddy! Buddy, stop it!

I'm just lying here.

I'm not doing anything!

- Not you, the dog! Buddy!

- Buddy:
Dog?

Abby:

Come on, Buddy!

Ow! My leg!

Abby:
Come on.

Come on. All right.

Buddy:
You told me

the dog's name was Fred?

Abby:
Sorry.

God damn it.

My God!

I probably pissed him off

calling him Fred.

What was I supposed

to do, you know?

You can't go around

telling a client

that they've got

a dog's name.

You all right?

Tch. No, I'm not.

Look at this.

The jacket,

the pants.

I didn't see

a license on the dog.

Does the dog

have a license?

Oh, my God, please.

You don't understand.

I cannot lose this job, OK?

If you cause trouble,

I... I...

Please, you've got

to let me take care of it.

Abby:
I got him about

a year ago for my boys.

They like him.

It's just, ahh...

It's a lot of work,

and... I don't know.

I think they think of him

as a consolation prize

for their father.

He, um...

divorced me last year.

Well, we... we

divorced each other.

Oh.

I didn't do it

to bribe them, I swear.

I just thought that,

you know,

it would be

a good distraction.

[Sighs] It worked better

on Joey, because he's only 5.

Yeah. I was almost

married once myself.

A couple of years ago.

Really? What happened?

Oh, I don't know.

Some couples are lucky,

some aren't.

Yeah.

We weren't so lucky.

Greg used to, uh...

write for this TV show

call The Midnighter.

Did... Do you ever watch that?

It's syndicated.

He wrote some episodes.

I mean... I mean, he still,

you know, writes episodes

'cause he's on staff.

Only took 2 puffs

of your last one.

That's 'cause I don't

really smoke. [Coughs]

Yeah. Well, last year,

I started chewing the gum,

you know?

Because my friend Donna,

she was trying to quit smoking,

and she found that the gum

was soothing to the nerves,

so I started chewing it,

then I got hooked on the gum,

and then I got TMJ

from the chewing,

so this I just do to

get me off the gum.

I'm 10 days

off the gum.

Sounds like

a good plan.

Next week,

you'll be on heroin.

Woman:
Hey, mister.

Hey, mister, it's ready.

See? An hour or less.

Look at that.

Um, listen, when you...

when you get the bill,

you know, for having

the pants rewoven,

I want you

to send it to me.

There's my number.

I'm serious, please.

Please. Not a discussion.

Thank you.

[Sighs]

Ohh.

Thanks.

Sure.

Come on, babe.

Well, it was nice

to meet you, Buddy.

[Sighs]

You, uh, you weren't

really interested

in seeing any property,

were you?

Copies. The sign's

still up there.

Then you launched

into your whole spiel,

and the dog, and I...

OK, OK. I know,

I'm... I'm sorry.

It was nice to meet you.

Yeah, you, too.

- Take care.

- Bye-bye.

[Dog Choking]

Ohh, for God's sake.

What the hell

did you eat?

[Siren]

TV:
The thing

about heroes...

Buddy:
Yeah, Judy.

Tell Karen that the color

on the GMC animatic

is way, way too hot.

And before we test,

I want to go non-announced

on the V.O.

You know, get the guy

who did Southwest

for us last summer.

You... Listen to this.

TV:
In the tradition of

the great GMC truck...

OK? Not that.

Come on, guys.

[Clicks OffTV]

Get it together.

Oh.

[Hums]

Abby:
Hey, Scott,

I said lights out.

I mean it.

[Telephone Rings]

Hello.

Buddy:
Uh, hello,

uh, is this AbbyJanello?

Uh, yes. This is...

This is her... she.

Uh, this is Buddy Amaral.

Oh.

You know, the guy

from the strip mall.

Mm-hmm. Of course.

Um, did... did you get

an estimate on the pants?

No. Don't worry

about the suit.

It's business, right?

Listen...

my frm, Tang-Weller, we're,

uh, we're relocating here.

We're trying to get out

of this building,

Buddy:
and our current realtors

aren't quite cutting it,

and I thought, you know,

maybe you could help us out.

Me?

Uh, you know what?

I don't, uh...

Buddy:
We got about

7,000 square feet here.

We need about

3 or 4 times as much.

To buy, not to lease.

Somewhere under 2.

Buddy:

Can you do that?

Million. 2 million.

Buddy:
Yeah.

What do you think?

You know, why me?

You know?

I honestly don't have

the experience.

'Cause you're hungry.

You'll try harder,

you know?

I'm hungry

because I suck.

Abby:

OK? You know what?

Let me put you

in touch with Norma,

because she's really

the one that handles...

You know, I would rather

that, uh, you did it.

And could you come by the offce

around 10:
00 on Monday?

And it'd be great

if you had 2 or 3 properties

to show us right then,

you know, in the same area.

Venice, Santa Monica,

Marina Del Rey.

And there's one property

in particular

that I'd like you

to show us on Abbott Kinney.

Buddy:
18385...

Uh, hold on one sec.

18385 Abbott Kinney.

The seller is primed.

In fact, he doesn't even

have a broker, so...

Who knows? Maybe you can book

a double commission.

[Sighs] I can give it

a shot, you know, but, uh...

Buddy:
Great. I'll call you

at your office tomorrow

and fax over the specifics...

what we're looking for,

that kind of thing.

You OKwith this?

Uh, yes. Yeah, sure.

It's fne.

Thank you.

Great. All right.

Good night.

[Beep]

[Sighs] He wants to

give me some business.

I'll bet.

Dionne:
Yeah, yeah,

I know, I know.

Well,

when do you need it by?

Hi. I'm AbbyJanello.

I'm here to see

Buddy Amaral.

I'm early.

Should I just sit down?

Oh, sorry.

OK, well,

it's on its way.

Excuse me.

Abby?

Oh, hi.

Hey.

Gee, I hope you're not

getting too optimistic.

You're unpacking

already?

Oh, no. There...

Uh, there...

there was a problem

with this, uh,

the matte job.

I don't think

they were acid-free,

which is key for matting.

You should always make sure

that your mattes are acid-free,

otherwise, you'll, uh...

you'll...

Have acid.

Exactly.

Well...

I read through the materials

that you faxed over

about your setup

and your business here,

and, uh... oh, I... I don't know

much about advertising,

if you don't count Bewitched.

Well, we got our share

of twitching noses here,

but with our

drug-intervention program,

that's on the decline.

Joke.

Oh, that's very funny.

Did you fnd

any properties?

Yeah, I, uh... I have 3 besides

the one that you mentioned.

The owner gave you

the listing?

Yeah, but I had to promise him

that I'd get a higher price

to make up for the commission.

Um, there is an offer for 1.8,

but it... it seems fshy.

Yeah, look,

you know what?

When you bring it up

toJim,

just say you found it.

Who's Jim?

Jim's my partner.

Partner and boss, sort of.

Remember Larry Tate?

He doesn't always

like my ideas.

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