For Your Consideration Page #6

- It was worth it.

- Thank you.

Corey, good job.

See what a little buzz

can do in this town?

Just a little bit of buzz, a little bit of

fairy dust and... you're off to the races.

Oh, Victor, incidentally, those radio

auditions have been changed to Friday.

What do you mean, auditions?

Hold on.

- A banana and water, please.

- All right.

- You?

- I don't audition.

- I'm gonna have the corned beef.

- Thank you.

You told me I don't have to

read for commercials. You said that.

I told them that. I said,

"My client should not have to read for this.

I think he's proven himself

time and time again."

- Excellent. So I've got the gig?

- Well, if you read for it.

- Why--?

- I think reading is important.

I don't understand why,

after 40 years in the business...

...I have to read for a freaking radio

commercial in freaking Oregon.

Victor, if you go in and audition, okay,

what you're saying to these guys is:

"Hey, fellas, I know I don't have to

audition for this, but you know what?

I'm going to audition for it, just to show you

why I shouldn't have to audition for it."

Just do me a favor. Let me be

the last person in, if I'm going to do this--

- Gentlemen, pardon the interruption.

- Hi, Corey.

Victor, the booking.

Tomorrow morning. Wake Up L.A.

- Wake Up L.A. for Victor?

- For Victor Allan Miller.

- Which is what?

- Which is a morning show.

Wake Up L.A. Wake up.

- I don't have a TV, Morley, as you know--

- Doesn't have a TV. Cherish this client.

One hour infotainment. Variety.

Cohosts:
male, female.

Happy addition tomorrow morning,

you and Marilyn Hack.

- Victor, fantastic.

- Congratulations.

Thank you, Mr. Miller.

This ship's turning around.

Thought you'd like to know.

That is so fantastic.

- Wake Up L.A.

- Did I not say--? Am I a mind reader?

- What do you mean?

- Home for Purim. I predicted it.

I said, "This is the one.

This is the vehicle."

Morley, you told me not to do it.

And so a high of 79 in Los Angeles

with a low of 67.

Long Beach is 77 and a low of 65.

Anyway, all around, it's gonna be

a pretty hot day and not very much wind.

Where does wind come from?

Where does wind come from?

I don't know. It just blows around.

That was a complete non sequitur.

We won't worry about it.

We'll go over to Skip and Sanchez.

Hello, Skip. Hello, Sanchez.

You look nice today, Sanchez.

Well, thank you very much, Monkey.

Oh, Sanchez, if only...

If only it was your hand and not Nina's.

- That's so rude.

- Get in line, get in line.

- He always does this.

- Good God.

All right. We've got a couple of wonderful

actors coming up on the show this morning.

Miss Marilyn Hack

and Victor Allan Miller.

You know, these two are good.

Very tough to do a morning show,

this chitchatty kind of thing.

But these two have an intellect

behind whatever it is they're doing there.

Oh, Skip's a good guy.

He and I worked on

The Jerry Jeckel Show together.

I can't speak for the painted whore

next to him.

Hi, hi, good morning.

In about 30 seconds,

at the end of this break...

- ...you guys are gonna go on.

- Okay.

Now, the seating arrangement

is Mr. Miller is in the middle...

- ...and Miss Heck is next to him.

- Hack.

- Okay, so I'm--?

- Right, so let me show you.

- Mr. Miller is in the middle...

- Yes.

- ...Miss Heck is next to him.

- Hack.

- She's on first?

- That's all right.

- As long as they have the name right.

- Yeah.

- And we're back. Wake Up L.A.

- Wake Up L.A.

- We have two fabulous veteran actors...

- Yes.

...that have joined us to talk

about their new movie, Home for--

- We want to--

- Purim.

- Purim.

- Purim.

- That's a Jewish holiday, correct?

- It is a Jewish holiday.

It's a wonderful Jewish holiday.

Family, good triumphs over evil.

A wonderful story.

Victor, I want to tell you

that my family and I...

...we stop when your commercials

are running.

Thank you, that's very kind.

Does anybody out there know

Victor's day job as an actor?

- Let him have it.

- I do!

- Name of the character?

- This is on the tip of my tongue.

- It's the wiener...

- Yeah.

- Irv the Footlong Wiener!

- The Footlong Wiener, right.

Head of the class.

Told you I'd get one right.

I wanted a wiener

every time I saw your commercials.

- That's the idea.

- Fantastic.

- Good, good.

- And you buy the hot dogs too?

Let me ask you a couple of questions

about Home for Purim.

It's a story about a Jewish,

Yiddish family?

- Jewish family.

- Tell us a little about the movie.

- Marilyn, why don't you--?

- Yes, Marilyn.

I just would like a moment

to collect my bearings.

Okay. Can I--? If it's okay with you.

You gave a performance

in Song of Reuben...

Oh, she looks nervous.

She's too sensitive for this.

She shouldn't even do that.

You look gorgeous!

I'm calling her on her cell.

I swear, I'm calling her in 10 seconds,

when she goes off.

When they go to commercial break,

I'm calling to tell her.

Yes, Victor!

I don't act for trophies.

I think some people act for trophies.

Some don't.

- This is the range we don't see in actors.

- I hope I don't laugh.

Absolutely not.

Now, Victor, let me ask you something.

Because you are so distinguished

as the wiener...

...do you feel that people

are going to accept you in this role?

Well, if they've seen my theatrical work

over the years, I think they will.

Well, I have to tell you, for my money

and how I feel about it...

...I think you're looking

at an Academy Award nomination.

This is the woman, right here.

No, we know that, but I'm telling you,

I think you can...

- Did he just say what I thought he said?

- What?

Did he just say Oscar buzz at Victor?

He thinks there's gonna be Oscar buzz

around Victor?

- That's what he said.

- Great.

That's two Oscar nominees.

He said, "Oscar" and "Victor"

in the same breath, didn't he?

- Yes, he did.

- Do you know what this means?

- The guy said Victor--

- The man.

- Has to be quiet.

- He thinks Victor's gonna be nominated.

- Oscar buzz.

- I need a Selectric.

- Let's send a big gift basket to Victor.

- I need to compose a very long letter.

- Oh, my God, that was...

- Oh, Corey.

- My infrastructure had a meltdown!

- No, no, you were perfect.

- Couldn't have done better.

- Don't lie.

- It won't help me.

- I'm not.

I didn't know what I was saying.

- Oh, I heard.

- How did he do it?

- Well, he's a natural, okay?

- He is.

You made him look good,

you were so stiff.

- I mean, you were a little nervous.

- Stiff? I should be so lucky.

- He was marvelous.

- But you looked pretty.

- She had a sexual feeling to you.

- Thank you.

I'm not used to being a sex object,

more of a food object.

- Get used to it.

- You play the actor so well.

- Congratulations.

- You had a quiet drama.

- That was wonderful.

- Sure, thank you.

- Do you know any, like, coaches?

- Come with me.

- Victor, go like this:

- Yeah?

You taste that?

That's the taste of stardom,

my friend.

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