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revenge, we'll handle it cheap.

I'll kill the first that tries to cheat!

$3.000... Bucescu, your cell phone!

Florin Calinescu is the host of "Today's Question"...

...the talk show for the beginning of the millennium!

Tonight, we have a surprise guest.

Good evening, everybody. I'm Florin Calinescu,

and I have to tell you I'm disgusted.

I'm sick of it!

I woke up this morning, I started looking for

a theme for today's show and...

I realized I'm sick of it. Yes, I'm sick of it all!

I'm sick of politicians, of politics,

of the empty speeches in the Parliament...

...of all the scandals in our politicians' lives.

I want to know, where are the simple people,

with their real problems?

Where are you, our viewers?

We'll meet two of these anonymous people...

...who pay from their own pockets, like you

and like me, the bill of the economic transition.

And it's exactly a bill that their story is about.

Ladies and gentlemen, to my right

we have Ovidiu and Miruna Popescu.

And to my left we have Mr. Gheorghe Stanete...

...waiter at "Karaoke Club", who'll

tell us what happened.

-Good evening.

-Good evening.

Mr. Stanete, would you please tell us, in your own words,

about the incident you were part of two days ago?

Well... they came to our club, drank and ate all night...

...and at the end they didn't want to pay,

claiming they had no money.

I can't go to my boss with an unpaid bill of 2 millions.

He'd fire me.

So what did you do?

I... "touched" this gentleman a bit.

Please show an image of Mr. Popescu.

This is what you call "a bit"?

It was just a bit at first, then we got angry...

Before I let the Popescus talk to find out

more about them...

...I'd like to announce the number where you can call

with your questions and comments...

Please write it down. For long distance

it's area code 01, then 213 45 36.

ProTV, "Today's Question". I'm listening.

So, that night you celebrated ten years of marriage.

Yes, my husband had set aside some money

for the occasion, and I insisted to go out.

You know, usually we can't afford it.

What's your monthly salary?

Together we make 3 million lei.

Where the hell are my glasses?

I never lost anything in 65 years!

This is your doing!

What have you done with my glasses?

Remember when we celebrated 40 years of marriage?

You sent me off to wash your socks,

and you fell asleep on the couch, watching "Colombo".

Shut up! I'm waiting to go on the air.

Jasmine, get over here! I want to show you something.

See this chick? Wasn't the bandaged guy next to her

at "Polenta" and he couldn't pay?

Well? It's a scam, believe me!

-Tell us about how you two met.

-He wrote me a poem...

We were on a bus, it was crowded,

and he put a note in my purse.

I found it when I was looking for money to pay the fine,

because I didn't have a ticket.

I've kept it ever since.

"The smile of the girl on the bus

charmed me for ever.

I have another drama now,

exactly like Mr. Ion Susai".

-Who was Mr. Ion Susai?

-A friend of mine, you don't know him.

Florin, we can take calls.

They tell me we have a call. Hello?

Good evening to you and your guests.

Good evening.

My name is Pavel Puiutz, and I represent

the "Philantropica" Foundation.

I read the article in the newspapers,

and I was very touched.

These people are not some lowlifes.

They both work, they have a salary.

And yet society doesn't give them not even

a decent life, let alone some respect.

I completely agree with you, Mr. Puiutz.

Do you gave a question for our guests?

I have an announcement. Today, our Foundation

opened an account for the Popescus.

The account is at the Romanian Prosperity Bank.

We already gave them a small amount, and...

...we'd like, if possible, to make this account known.

So that other people can help this family too.

Mr. Puiutz, say the account number, and

we'll put it on screen.

The number is 0 0 2 4 3...

-Yes, now!

-...0 0 1.

I can't see anything...

We have another call.

Mr. Gorea, from Bucharest. We're listening.

-Hello, can you hear me?

-Yes, we can hear you very well.

Mr. Calinescu, good evening to you and your guests.

-Good evening. We're listening.

-I have a question, Mr. Calinescu.

What the hell is the Labor Ministry doing?

They said they will increase social security.

When will thy increase it?

We didn't see any increases!

Mr. Gorea, were you following our debate so far?

Of course I was.

You invited these youngsters that...

go to a restaurant!

And nobody thinks about old people, that

live off social security.

Mr. Gorea, thank you for your intervention.

They tell me we have another call.

Mr. Fotica, from Bucharest. Yes?

Hello? Good evening, Mr. Calinescu.

I'm calling to say these two are a scam, sir.

Good evening. Please be courteous

and ask your question, ok?

Let me tell you how things are.

I saw these two scammers last Thursday,

on the terrace at "Polenta"...

...and they didn't have money to pay then either.

The other clients paid for them.

I paid too, because I pitied them.

I'm telling you, Mr. Florin, they take you for a fool.

This is a scam!

This viewer is making some pretty serious allegations.

Can you answer them?

But it's absurd, how can he think that...

It's a lie, sir, I never worked at "Polenta"!

I think it's just a misunderstanding.

I think not. It looks like this gentleman

saw us in several places...

...we can't hide anymore.

Maybe you'll tell us more, sir. Maybe...

...I asked the bodyguards to kick you

out of a restaurant, some other night...

That's right, you made a big fuss at "Cult Club".

"Cult Club"? Really? You realize, Mr. Calinescu,

what type of place I go to...

Next we'll find out someone saw us on Palm Beach...

...or who knows, in the Security, during Ceausescu.

Such a nice joke to entertain your friends, right?

Mr. Florin, it's for real, no joke.

You're having a party, right?

I can hear music and voices.

-Yeah, so? What's your problem?

-I have a question for you, sir.

How did you come that night?

Thursday, right?

To that restaurant you say you saw us at.

-I drove my own car.

-Your own car?

-What do you do for a living?

-I'm a student.

-What are you studying?

-I'm a student at a private University.

Let me show you something.

Mr. Calinescu, could they please show this on camera?

Please, get a close-up.

I can bet Mr. Student has no idea how much

this object costs, or how to use it.

-Will you hold our bet, Mr. Calinescu?

-Why not, I find it interesting.

-Mr. Fotica?

-Yeah?

-Are you still there?

-Yeah...

Tell me, sir, how much is a bus ticket nowadays?

I haven't taken one in ages...

Come on, Mr. Florin, can't you see he's

starting to speak nonsense?

Speaking of nonsense, sir...

...instead of wasting your time with cheap sci-fi stories...

...why don't you take a bus now and then...

...at least once a year, out of curiosity.

You'd see a bit of real life, and maybe...

...maybe you wouldnt make stupid jokes on TV.

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