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Father of Invention Page #4
Oh yeah, saving the day.
Steven Leslie.
Robert Axle.
How's the family?
How's Claire?
Fine. How's my
$1.6 billion company?
It's 2.7 now.
Oh, you feel good about that, huh?
Sucking off the Robert Axle teat?
Your name on the product... you take
the fall when it disfigures people.
My name was the product.
Face it, we could have put
birdshit in a box
and we would have moved
three million units
as long as it was
a Robert Axle fabrication.
What do you want, Axle?
Steve, we live in the world
where parents are so paranoid
that they're willing to put a leash
on them just to keep track of them.
Now imagine if that leash
were wireless.
The kid doesn't feel like a dog;
the parents know the instant
the kid wanders out of a certain range;
they get a vibration on a receiver;
they know where their kids are.
Wireless child leashes
already exist, Axle... not big sellers.
- And you know why?
- Why?
Because nobody's ever thought
to market them to kids.
Say we bury
the leash technology
inside of a kid's watch,
but not just any watch.
I mean, this is like the coolest,
the greatest,
ever invented.
It's... are you ready for it?
Watchdawg.
Right? It plays music,
video games,
emails. It takes pictures.
Everything plays music and video games
and takes pictures these days.
What, have you been living
under a rock?
Steve, you're missing the point.
This is about bringing together
a child's need to be entertained
with a parent's need
to keep them safe.
All things are intertwined, Steve.
And all we gotta do
is step out of the way
and let atoms and molecules
show us how easy it is...
Wait, did you just say
the atoms and the molecules?
You know how hard it was for us
to distance ourselves from you?
Do you know how hard it is for me
Axle, from my heart,
I would love to help you, but I can't.
Jesus Christ, Steve.
I gave you your first job.
- Good luck.
This is Robert Axle.
Can I speak to Mr. Johnson, please?
- Edward?
- Yeah, Ed.
- Who did you say was calling?
- Robert Axle.
The Robert Axle?
The infomercial guy?
Yes, that Robert Axle.
Well, listen...
Mickey, is this you
joking around again?
No, look, the whole...
Yeah. Yeah, formerly...
hello?
Bob Agzel.
- Robert Axle?
- Agzel.
Hello.
Yeah, hi. Somebody just
called me from this number.
They left a message about a pitch,
but I didn't get a name.
No my name is...
- Troy Coangelo.
- Troy Coangelo.
Troy Coangelo.
Okay, and how do you spell that?
T-R-O-Y.
Yeah, no, I got that part.
Oh, C-O-A-N-G-L-O.
- Really? No E after the G?
- Nope.
And you do have
a working prototype?
Ha. I wouldn't be calling
if I didn't.
Oh, now is really not a good time.
Matt leaves for Dubai
on Wednesday.
We're gonna have to get you in
on Tuesday. How's 9:00 AM?
Uh, let me just look for a second.
Mr. Coanglo?
Yeah, I can make Tuesday work.
Okay. All right, great.
We'll see you then.
Okay, thank you very much.
Excuse me.
I wonder if you could help me.
I'm looking for Sam Bergman's
room, please.
You're new around here.
Yes, I guess you could say that.
- Well, let me show you.
- Okay, thank you.
Now you can't have Sam's room,
'cause Sam ain't passed yet.
I'm sorry?
But I can see why you'd want it,
because it's got a good view,
it's close to everything, but...
Yeah, I think you misunderstood.
I'm just here to visit Sam.
But Sam ain't passed yet,
so you can't have his room.
Now this room here...
this will suit you just fine.
As a matter of fact,
I tried to get this room,
because across the hall here...
this is Miss Miller's room.
And ooh-ee,
Miss Miller... she is all right.
Great. Harold, hold that thought.
I'll be right back.
Not a bad place.
It sucks.
Yeah? Try prison.
Prison is avoidable.
Senility is not.
Well, what the hell do you want?
I can't just come by and visit
the best engineer I know?
I told you people would get tired
of doing crunches.
You should have listened to me.
You didn't tell me people would
get sick of doing crunches.
You told me we needed
more testing.
And you were right.
Again I ask, what do you want?
A prototype.
I'm retired.
This is a gadget watch for kids.
Combined with what?
A garden hose?
How about a catcher's mitt?
How about child leash technology?
There are so many kids
getting lost out there these days, Sam.
We gotta do something about it.
What makes you think
that I will work with you again?
'Cause you need this
as bad as I do.
Five grand, five days.
- Done.
- You do have the money?
No, but I'll get it.
No money, no prototype.
I mean it, Axle.
This is a brilliant concept. I can't
believe someone else hasn't done it yet.
And it's not like you're asking
for a lot of money here.
I mean, five grand's nothing
when it comes to prototypes.
Neil, you cannot
possibly know
how relieved I am
to hear you tell me that.
Can I interrupt you for a second?
Okay, you know how people
always blow out the candles
on a birthday cake
and then they expect everyone to want
to eat it with their germs all over it?
Introducing the Neilster.
Okay?
I could have bronchitis
and be blowing
on your birthday cake.
May I?
It's good, right?
Showed my boss the business plan...
signed off on a deuce that afternoon.
A deuce?
Yeah, it's loan officer talk
for 20K.
You know what K means, right?
I don't have a business plan.
- You don't have a business plan?
- Shh.
My business plan is
the $1.6 billion empire I built.
Don't write that down.
Just give me one moment here.
What are you d...?
Okay, anything else I should know
before I run this up the flagpole?
No, that's it.
Good. My boss hates surprises.
I am also a convicted felon.
I'm sorry?
I'm a convicted felon.
Oh.
I'm not sure if we give loans
to convicted felons.
I've got a gut feeling
about you though.
And my boss is big
on gut feelings.
Neil, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
And this... it's a great idea.
- Give me just a moment, okay?
- Okay.
Okay, we've got
a new customer... 5K.
I've got a good feeling
about this one.
This gentleman right over here.
Jerry!
Ranger Jerry!
Jerry!
- Hey.
- Punks!
Upsetting my fritillary butterflies.
That's an endangered species, Axle.
You'd better not come back!
Jesus!
Sh*t, my fault.
Well, I hate to bother you
while you're working,
but I need to borrow five grand.
Axle, you're my boy, man.
I'd hook you up just on principle.
But me and Lo... we're a little
strapped for cash at the moment.
Strapped for cash?
That's impossible.
How can you go through $362 million
in eight years?
It's easier than you think, man...
charity, bidding wars on eBay, trips.
just to rent your own submarine.
Tell me how much she blew
on this so-called music career of hers.
Let's just say she made
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