Broken English
[Glass Clinking]
You Guys? Sorry.
Um, I Just Want To
Take A Second
To Thank Everybody
For Coming Out Tonight
To Help Us Celebrate
Our Fifth Wedding
Anniversary.
It'S Not Often That,
Um, You Meet The Girl
Of Your Dreams,
Much Less Get A Chance
To Marry Her.
Guests:
Aw.Marriage These Days,
Um, Is--Is--
As Most Of You Know,
Is Not Any Easy Thing
To Get Right.
It Takes Love
And Humor And Attraction
And A Real Willingness
To Really, Really
Let Yourself
Be Seen By Someone.
I Know People Who
Have Searched Their
Whole Lives
For What We Have,
And I'M Just Glad
To Have It With You.
I Love You, Audrey.
Guests:
Oh. Aw.Same Man:
Happy Anniversary.
Oh, And Wait. Sorry.
I Want To Also Thank
Our Good Friend
Nora Wilder,
Who Introduced Us,
And Without Her
There Wouldn'T Be An "Us."
May There Be Many
Years Of Celebration.
Cheers, Everybody.
Guests:
Cheers.When Are You Gonna
Give Us Some Grandchildren?
[Laughter]
Hi.
Oh, Hi, Baby.
Hi, Mom.
You Look Lovely.
Oh, Thank You.
So Do You.
Give Me A Hug.
Hi, Irving.
Hi.
How Are You?
I'M Gonna Get
You A Drink.
You Want One?
Uh, Champagne.
Thank You.
Oh, I Didn'T Mean
To Embarrass You.
Mom:
I Wish YouWould Have
Married Mark.
Oh, Mom.
He Was Always So
Crazy About You.
You Know That.
It Would Have
Been Perfect.
Good Family
And Friends.
L.
He'S So Handsome,
And He'S Successfu
He Has A Terrific
Trust Fund.
Audrey'S Never Gon
Na Have To Work Again
In Her Life
If She Doesn' Feel Like It.
You Know, I Don' Know Why They Haven'
Started A Family Yet,
Though.
It'S Really Odd.
Introduced Them.
Audrey'S My Best Friend.
Mark'S My Friend.
They'Re Really
Happy Together.
You Know I Love
Audrey.
She'S Practically
Part Of The Family.
I'M Only Saying
That, You Know,
She Knew A Good Thing
When She Saw It.
The Good Ones Get
Snapped Up So Quickly
At Your Age.
[Telephone Ringing Faintly]
Good Afternoon.
Guest Relations.
This Is Nora.
Oh, Hi, Mr. Harris.
How Are You?
I'M Good, Thanks.
How Can I Help You?
[Indistinct]
Tonight At Nouveau
Might Be A Little Tricky.
Is There A Backup
You'D Like?
No? Well, Let Me Try
To Work Some Of My Magic,
And I'Ll Call You Back
With An Answer.
You'Re Welcome. Bye.
Your Job
Is So Weird.
No Kidding.
Knock, Knock, Knock.
Hey, Glen. What'S Up?
You Weren'T Answering
Your Phone,
And Mr. Gable
Is Checking In,
And He'S Not Happy
With His Room,
And He'S Being Really
High-Maintenance
About It,
And I Don'T Know
What To Do With Him.
I'Ll Take Care Of It.
Oh, Hey, Audrey.
[Telephone Rings Faintly]
Sorry. I Could Try
Another Name.
Try Kurt Vonnegut.
I'M Sorry.
There'S Nothing.
Well, What Other Name Could
I Have Checked In Under?
Try Walt Whitman.
It'S Not In Here.
Mr. Gable?
I'M Nora Wilder,
Manager Of Guest
Relations And
Special Services.
Is There A Problem?
Yeah, There Is A Problem.
I Usually Get A Room
On The Fifth Floor.
My Assistant Or My Manager
And Now It'S Apparently
Not There,
And It'S Got, Like,
Arched Windows,
Wood Floors.
Do You Know What
I'M Talking About?
Yeah. I Thought
There Might Have Been
Some Mix-Up.
The Room You Usually
Stay In Is Occupied
Right Now,
But I Can Show You
Something On
The Seventh Floor
That'S Very Similar.
All Right.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Great.
I Don'T Want To Seem
Like A Pain In The Ass
Or Anything, But...
No. It'S Not
A Big Deal.
Yeah, Well, He'S Making
Me Feel Like A Nazi.
Yeah. We'Ll Take Care
Of It Right Now.
Anyway...
I Hope This Is
Good For You.
Yeah. Ok. This Is Good.
It'S Cool.
It'S Better Light.
This One I Can Have?
Yeah.
Good.
Great. Life Is So
Much Better.
I'Ll Just Get Someone
To Bring Up Your Bags.
Oh, That'D Be Rad.
Hey, Thank You For
Being So Sweet.
No Problem.
What Do You Do Here?
You Just Deal With Professional
Complainers Like Me?
I Deal With V.I.P.S
And Their Needs
And Wants.
So I'M A V.I.P.
Of Course You Are.
So If I Need Anything,
I Can Just Ask You?
You Can Ask At
The Front Desk
Or The Concierge,
But I'M In Charge
Of All That Stuff.
How Come I'Ve Never
Seen You Here Before?
I'Ve Taken Care
Of Things For You
In The Past.
You Just Didn'T Know
Because There'S Never
Been A Problem.
Oh. Thanks.
Sure.
Oh, Sh*t.
What?
Can I Ask You For
One Little Favor?
Sure.
Will You Go To
Dinner With Me?
Uh...
Or Do They Not
Let You Do That Here?
Sure. I Guess So.
Great.
How About Tomorrow Night?
Yeah.
Sweet.
I'Ll Just Call Down
And Get Someone
To Bring Up Your Bags.
Ok.
Good Afternoon.
Front Desk.
This Is Glen.
Hey, Glen.
Could You Bring Up Mr.
Gable'S Bags, Please?
Woman On Tv:
Take A Big Breath In
And Exhale A Big Sigh.
Women On Tv:
Ahh.Nora:
Did You Have A Good
Time The Other Night?
I Guess. Mark Did.
The Whole Andrews
Family Did.
I'M So Stupid.
I Think I'M Having
A Personal Crisis.
Woman On Tv:
...As You Exhale,Begin To Bend The Knees.
Your Hands And Thumb.
I Haven'T Slept
Without A Drink
Or Sleeping Pill
Since I Can
Remember.
Join The Club.
No, Really.
I Think My Marriage
Is Falling Apart.
You Don'T Think
It'S Just P.M.S.?
No. He'S Driving
Me Nuts.
All He Cares About
Is Recognition
And Going To Parties
And Winning Awards,
Instead Of Just
Doing It Because
It Makes Him Happy.
I Mean, We Used To
Laugh About That Stuff.
G.
I'M Sorry.
It'S Just So Depressin
What'S Going On
With You?
I Got Asked Out
On A Date.
You Did? By Who?
This Guy--Nick Gable,
That Actor.
He'S The Hitman.
He'S Inthe Hitman.
That Mr. Gable?
You'Re Going Out
With A Hotel Guest.
Are You Allowed To
Date Hotel Guests?
I Don'T Know.
Do You Think That'S Creepy?
Just Don' Sleep With Him
On The First Date.
Oh, No.
That Would Be
So Available.
I Don'T Think
It'S Like That.
[Woman Speaks Japanese]
Arigato.
Do You Live In L.A.?
Yeah. I Hate It.
Oh.
It'S Awful.
I Mean, It'S Cool
Once You Find
Your Little
Coffee Spots,
Blah Blah Blah.
Anyway, I'M Gonna
Be Here For, Like,
Forever.
What Are You
Working On?
I Am Working On
A Movie Called
Rain Dancer,
Where I Play
A Medicine Man,
Anwahatu,
Who'S A Member
Of The Choctaw
Tribe.
There'S Actually
A Whole Tribe Of
Medicine Men
That Used To
Basically
Travel Around
Sort Of Poisoning
The European Settlers.
Oh, My God.
Yeah, I Know.
He'S Kind Of
A Villain, I Guess.
Do You Like
Playing Bad Guys?
Yeah. You Know,
It Would Be Nice
To Take A Shot
For Leading Man
Every Now And Again.
Mm-Hmm.
Don'T Want To Get
Pigeonholed.
I Mean, I'M Gratef
Ul For Working.
That'S So Cool.
Thanks.
How About You?
Are You Interested
In The Hotel Biz?
Yeah. Uh, I'Ve Been
Working At The Hotel
For About 6 Years,
Since It Opened.
Oh, My God. 6 Years.
That'S, Like,
Forever.
It'S Awesome.
So Is There, Like,
A Hotel School
For That
Or Something?
[Laughs]
No. Um, I Went To
Sarah Lawrence.
Oh. Sarah Lawrence.
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