"[TV announcer] Parakeets are the most popular pet bird in the world." "But they require a lot of care." "Now Perfect Polly brings you all the joy, and no mess to make you mad." "By the window or on the shelf, with your Perfect Polly you're never by yourself." "So lifelike you won't believe your eyes." "Just look at the detail in this pretty little Polly." "This life-sized Perfect Polly looks right at home in a cage, or perch Polly on your finger and watch her start to sing." "Perfect Polly chirps her little toot in the morning or the afternoon." "[clock alarm goes off] [alarm stops]" "But wait, call right now and you can double your order." "That's a pair of Perfect Pollies for 1 4.99." "And don't forget to find out about free shipping." "It's the perfect pet for someone special you know." "[answering machine] You have 1 6 new messages." "First new message." "[beep]" "Hey, booboo." "Gina here." "Pick up the phone." "Pick up." "Come on." "I just had the craziest phone conversation with this telemarketer and he's kind of sexy." "[answering machine] Next new message." "[beep]" "Hi, Alice." "It's Daryl Moffet." "I just got off the phone with Greg at Suncoast Pharmacy." "I had no idea you weren't picking up your medication." "Can you give me a call?" "[Male voice] Your home is far less likely" "Everybody comes to our beautiful planet Earth [both] and it is beautiful if you saw our show on Friday to do something great, something unique, something that only you were born to do." "only you can give." "So, what is your calling?" "I definitely know what mine is." "This show is about helping all of you who are watching us." "Think about and then figure out, 'cause that's your real job, to figure out what is your calling, and then begin to honor it." "Hundreds of people in this audience" "I'm going to have to check on her." "[talking in Asian language]" "Um, I-I should, uh, head out." "I'm" " It was nice to meet you." "alice." "alice." "Take care, alice." "Who was that?" "I don't know." "She asked if there was a rape in A Tale of Two Cities." "(Oprah) lf maybe, well, one that's just for you." "Just a phone call, but hopefully a new start for your friendships." "And hopefully those of you who haven't made the call, in six years, ten years, twelve, will get the nerve from this show to pick up the phone and reconnect." "Do that for yourself." "[sighs]" "[sniffIes]" "[Anchorman] The California Stack Sweepstakes." "[Woman on TV] Hello, California." "Happy Independence Day." "I'm Helen Hardaway, and welcome to the California Stack drawing." "Tonight, you need to pick four or more numbers to win." "Get all eight numbers and you could win or share tonight's jackpot of $86 million." "And away we go." "Number 40, 23." "There's 37 followed by 1 4." "There's 57, 1 5." "And finally our bonus numbers are 54 and 39." "Lottery retailers will pay for prizes up to one hundred" "[Operator] Thanks for calling the California Lottery." "If you're calling to report a winning, just say "l'm a winner" at any time." "[mouthing]" "Oops." "I didn't catch that." "If you're calling to report a winning, just say "l'm a winner" at any time." "I'm a winner." "Oops." "I didn't catch that." "If you're calling to report a winning, just say "l'm a winner" at any time." "I'm a winner at any time." "Congratulations." "Please hold." "[music on hold]" "[Announcer] Yesterday was a very lucky day for Alice Klieg, a Palm Desert woman who holds the winning ticket for an $86 million California Stack Sweepstakes payout." "[yelling] That's my" " That's my friend!" "Oh, my God." "(Alice) Thank you." "Thank you." "I'd like to read from a prepared statement." "I was a summer baby, born in the year 1 971 in Simi Valley, California." "My mother was a nutritionist and my father was a commercial baker." "I've been using masturbation as a sedative since 1 991 ." "[beeping]" "We're unable to show you the rest." "Yesterday was a" "They cut me off." "[phone ringing]" "hello?" "Hi, Ted." "alice, it's Ted." "He saw you on the news." "They cut me off." "Yeah, she's mad they cut her speech off." "(Ted) She sounds bad." "She's about a 7.5 and climbing." "(Ted) You don't have to stay." "Somebody has to stay." "(Alice) They cut me off." "Later, tater." "[Alice groaning] alice?" "[things breaking] [water running]" "You hungry?" "I'm going to take an iodine bath." "It's my new thing." "I'm managing my moods by living a high protein lifestyle." "What's going on with the AbiIify?" "I have a prepared statement." "Okay." ""Dear DaryI, it's been a good run, daryl," ""but as I will no Ionger be collecting disability from the State of california," ""our visits are no Ionger mandatory." ""l appreciate everything you have done for me," ""but as a new member of the rich and famous," "I simply don't have the time for the pain."" "well, I have something I'd Iike to read, too." ""My dear alice, I would be happy to discuss the logistical details" ""of our new relationship, a relationship which gives me great pride" ""when I reflect on the ground that we have covered." ""Since the psycho-pharmacoIogicaI value of string cheese" ""in the treatment of borderline personality disorder" ""is not, to my knowledge, even in clinical trials," ""I would encourage you to reconsider walking away from the good and necessary work that we do."" "Why did you stop your medication?" "It's a new era." "Eighty-six miIIion-doIIar alice." "Hm." "Do you really want to stop seeing me?" "No." "Yes." "No." "What do you want to do, alice?" "Something really big." "I'm moving today." "Oh." "Nice." "Good." "If I paid you, would you give me a cIean-biII health, mentally?" "[girls cheering]" "[Woman] Thanks for choosing our casino, Miss Klieg." "So, how long do you plan on staying?" "indefinitely." "Do you allow pets here?" "well, I'm sure we can work something out." "Do you have a dog?" "No." "[mouthing]" "[Woman] What's the matter, sweetie?" "[Woman on TV] Located at the beautiful Palm Springs area." "Nothing." "Woohoo!" "[Alice's mom] What I'm suggesting, is a more of a less idea." "A five-doIIar tip for you." "Just ask Ted for a little advice, small amount, about what to do with your money." "I don't need any help, Mommy." "No hand?" "Oh, thank you." "Thank you." "Ouch." "Ooh." "Sorry, Mom." "It's all right." "Oh." "Teddy." "welcome to my new home." "Oh." "This must be your alice." "This is Derick." "Hi, it's so nice to fina" "Oh, okay." "This is, um, this is my best friend, Gina." "I'm her Gina." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "Mwah." "Those two sour pussies over there are my parents." "Hi." "This is Derick, Ted's male lover." "Isn't that good?" "Hi, hi." "Hi." "If it weren't for you, I don't know what we would do." "I always knew about Ted." "What?" "When we were married." "By the way he fucked me." "Oh." "(Derick) I got it." "So, how does it feel to be a millionaire?" "I have a prepared statement." "Prepared statement." "Prepared statement." "Okay." "Here's what I want to say." "Cause." "Okay?" "Effect." "Okay?" ""l want each of you to understand that" ""you can have what I have right now if you really believe it." "You too can have a new life."" "[All] New life." "Shh." "[Alice's mom] New life." ""And as I begin my new life," "I must reflect on the love and inspiration each of you has given me."" "I love you, guys." "Shit, I didn't want to cry until the end." "A toast to alice and her new life." "[AII] New life." "New life." "To my new life." "[Alice's dad] Let's hope." "I'm going to get shrimp." "It's harvested in Ecuador, where the locals call it La madre or The Mother." "Smoothies are such a great way to load up on powerful nutrition." "Every single particle of Live Alchemy contains coded blueprints that actually rewrite your DNA." "So, who's ready for a new life?" "[applause]" "[Announcer] This has been a live broadcast from the headquarters of New Vibrance Studios." "If you're interested in being a member of our studio audience, please contact the number below." "[bell ringing]" "[Announcer] Live for Palm Desert, California, welcome to Live Alchemy." "[Woman] You can't put yogurt in waste baskets." "I know, but then, you can't just let it be there." "It's disgusting." "Good to see you." "welcome to Live Alchemy." "I'm Gabe Ruskin." "Now, what if I were to tell you one teaspoon of Live alchemy contains more usable protein than a 1 6-ounce sirloin steak." "well, get ready to pan to the audience." "...that in 1 00 years, our main source of food would be algae?" "Now." "I would believe it." "Ooh." "Hey, hey, wow." "We got a live one." "[laughs]" "And I wouldn't lie to you." "Now, we're all used to healthy food tasting like dirt, right?" "Jesus, Frank, pull away please." "(Gabe) Right, I mean, it's really bad." "well, I'd Iike to get a volunteer from the audience to come taste my chocolate amaretto smoothie with Live alchemy." "Who's curious?" "No, no." "Come on." "Not the crazy bitch." "Gabe." "Who's game?" "You want to come up?" "Right up here." "welcome." "Yeah, it's good." "Thanks for being brave, yeah." "Very courageous of you." "[applause]" "(Gabe) Would you believe me?" "Most people, they hear "algae" and they say "yuck"." "[laughter] [whispering] I'm not afraid of anything, Gabe." "including success." "Oh, what's your name?" "My name is alice KIieg." "I watch you when I sleep." "Oh." "[laughs]" "What, what was that?" "is that so?" "This is my second time on TV this week." "Oh, your second time, really?" "Yes, Gabe." "I won the california Stack Sweepstakes." "Eighty-six million dollars." "[audience] Oh." "I did a press conference that aired on all of the stations in this area." "That's incredible." "You are a lucky lady." "And we're lucky to have you here to be our guinea pig to try" "Winning has nothing to do with luck." "It doesn't?" "No. lt's all mental training." "Dawn, what the hell?" "WeII-WeII, why don't you ask your brother?" "He seems to be-- Are we in control here or what?" "Not-Not currently." "Oprah says that everything in our world is created on a DNA level by what we think." "I thought I was a winner." "I won $86 million." "AII right, give me the word, Rich." "Wait." "(Gabe) That is just great." "I didn't always think of myself as a winner." "When I was 1 6, I was diagnosed with manic depression." "In my 20s, it was called rapid cycling bipolar disorder." "Now it's just called borderline personality disorder." "alice, maybe come back to your seat." "No." "Now it's just called borderline personality disorder." "Who can keep up?" "For most of my Iife, I let my diagnosis define who I was." "Big mistake." "At a certain point, I realized I had to get back to me before my illness." "Oh, my God." "Oh, my-- Why are we following her?" "Shh, shh." "I was a summer baby born in 1 971 in Simi valley, california." "And I've been using masturbation as a sedative since 1 991 ." "We have to kill this, Rich." "Okay, kill it." "kill it, please." "My father was a commercial baker." "[female voice] Introducing Essentis, luxury hair care formulated with natural and organic components" "Do you think she really won the lottery?" "seriously." "Can someone google that?" "What was her name?" "(Alice) Oh, my God." "Gabe, that was the best experience of my whole entire life." "well, um, you didn't have to buy me out." "I need the protein." "(Rich) Hey." "You must be the big winner." "I'm Rich." "Me, too." "I'm Gabe's brother." "Oh." "So, you own all of this?" "Gabe and I sure do, yeah." "I have an idea for a show." "What kind of show?" "Uh" "How about this?" "You want to come in tomorrow, we'II sit down, we have an official meeting, and we can hear all about this show of yours." "I'm sure it's a knockout." "Okay, yeah." "Does that sound good?" "Yeah." "Great." "It's a mindset, right?" "Okay." "I'II see you tomorrow." "[blows]" "Anything she wants." "Huh?" "Anything." "Okay." "You realize that's where we are, right?" "It's that bad?" "We run a company together." "Jesus Christ, where the hell are you?" "Wait." "Uh, I thought we were doing okay." "We were doing okay in the '90s." "Not so much now." "We're going to have to start laying people off again." "No, no." "So, they thought I had this virus that only cats get, but it turned out to just be I BS." "So I couldn't have any orgasms." "I was in the hospital for three weeks." "But I feel so much better now." "That is so great, alice." "[Woman] Should I just bring it in?" "Sure." "Pastrami's mine." "Um, why don't we get to your idea?" "Um, I want a talk show with me as the host." "Okay." "well, it wouldn't, uh, be our first foray into vanity programming." "That's true." "Last year we did that hobby show." "I think alice wants to take over for Oprah." "(Dawn) Oh, good deal." "That's crazy." "So, you want to talk about current events?" "No." "(Deb) A show with guests and do interviews?" "No." "What kind of stuff do you want to talk about?" "Me." "I'm still not getting what the show is going to be." "Let me, Deb." "Um, alice directing, shooting, editing, sets, costume design, hair and makeup." "Yeah." "I want all that." "AII these things add up to making creating your own show extremely expensive." "Yeah, particularly when you're not offsetting those costs with income from selling products." "(Deb) Are we talking about a half hour or" "Two hours." "How much would that cost?" "Two hours." "You're looking at $1 00,000 an episode." "It's more like 1 50." "And that times a hundred would be" "That's $1 5 miIIion." "[whispering] $1 5 miIIion." "[whispering] My business stuff." "[mouthing]" "Oh, and I want to come in on a swan boat." "$1 5 miIIion." "Guys, we're doing this." "[Rich mumbling] $1 5 million." "Yes." "Come on, it'II be fun." "Like a nervous breakdown is fun?" "Dawn, everyone, we do this show or we start laying people off again." "Have you thought about how this is going to affect the other brands?" "Well, Live Alchemy hasn't turned a profit in two and a half years." "Same with Viva Ceramica, San Tropez, Neo Regenerative." "Neo Regenerative has never turned a profit." "Neo Regenetif." "Is that how you say it?" "It's French." "Here's the deal." "We are dead in the water without this woman." "(Alice) The almonds." "(Daryl) All right, leave the almonds on the floor." "I can clean them up after the session." "would it make you feel better if you were eating, too?" "This eating is not working for me." "The food is distracting from the work." "I have to eat because of my new relationship with glucose." "AII right." "You can have a snack at five of two and another one at 2:50." "please stop eating in session." "So, Iike Oprah, but with a swan boat." "talk show." "Uh-huh." "Hosted by..." "Me." "Hosted by you." "Yeah." "AII right." "well, how about a little recap?" "In case you missed last week's episode of the Alice Klieg Show" "That's not what it's called." "That's not the name of it." "You're off your meds, you just spent $1 5 miIIion, you're living in a reservation casino, and you're hosting your own talk show." "I thought I asked you not to eat." "It's a banana." "It's in its own container." "I come out on the swan boat." "[humming]" "And then I talk about myself." "Is there a show that's kind of like what you want your show to be?" "Oprah." "So, maybe we should watch some old Oprahs and pay special attention to how each show has a topic." "I have a topic." "Which is?" "Me." "What does that mean?" "You know, just what I Iove." "My hopes, my dreams." "What I Iike to eat." "Who I think is a cunt." "My spirituality." "Me." "We need to figure out how to break this down into segments." "This is going be live." "Yeah, okay." "well, um, we have regulating your moods with a high protein lifestyle." "Oh, um, I want to do a reenactment." "About what?" "Jordana." "Jordana who?" "Jordana SpangIer." "Who is Jordana SpangIer?" "A liar." "(Gabe) Donna Keever." "We'II be right with you." "alice's." "Huh?" "For the reenactments." "Oh, right." "Where is she?" "In the booth, recording her theme song." "You should hear these segment ideas." ""Matching Colors to Emotions." Okay." "What else?" ""To Be a Woman." That one's a song." "Something called "I Can still smell You."" ""Lucky Foods", "You Got Everything, I Got Nothing."" "Can we please, um, talk about this?" "talk about what?" "I don't feel great about where this is going." "How do you feel about where this is going?" "I'm glad we got to do this." "I got work to do." "Poor sad eyes." "I miss being around dogs." "I'II take GodziIIa over here." "Get in." "[growling]" "You want to talk camera?" "That's the zoom." "That's the focus." "Here's the pan." "Yeah?" "And the tilt." "And up here's the tally light." "When that's on, you know it's recording." "Do you want to have dinner?" "I can't." "Can it be a work dinner?" "Can it not be a work dinner?" "It's just a restraining order." "It's not a big deal." "Sounds like cops." "It's real." "I can't go within 50 feet of her." "Or SoupIantation." "I've been divorced twice." "really?" "Yeah." "Not twice." "I mean three times." "I , uh, I Iove too much." "Aw." "It's not a good thing." "I have a swing over my bed." "I mean, I" "I used to, uh-- It's in the garage now." "Can I make an observation?" "Sure." "I want you to fuck me so bad." "[both moaning]" "(alice singing with music) Hang over." "Hey." "I'm going in there, you guys." "alice?" "We need you in hair and makeup." "We're all very proud of you." "Me, too." "[whispering] You are ready." "You are beautiful." "You are great." "You are nice." "In front of the, uh, lips." "You are edible." "This is the best I can do for you, honey." "You should go now, alice." "Good luck." "It's not about luck." "Okay." "(Gabe) Thirty seconds to air." "Camera two to your mark." "Does anyone know where she is?" "We need her in the bird." "We need to get you in the bird." "(Dawn) Okay, Grace has got her." "An Aeroknife, no force or strength or pressure." "She's doing the best she can." "Do you have any questions?" "Yeah, when people see me on TV, is my face switched around or on the right side?" "You're going to look great." "Thanks." "Have fun." "We go live in five, four, three." "(Frank) Everybody, she is on her way." "[Announcer] From Palm Desert, California," "New Vibrance Studios, it's welcome To Me, with your host, Alice Klieg." "[Alice singing] ♫ There was a time Of innocence ♫" "♫ Before the darkness fell ♫" "♫ So many lessons To learn ♫" "♫ Before I can Truly shine ♫" "♫ But this is my time ♫" "♫ lt is a time For understanding ♫" "♫ This is my time for me ♫ She's doing a Iot with her hands." "♫ To share ♫" "♫ Me ♫" "(Rich) What is she doing?" "I think she's a little frozen." "Come on." "Say something, alice." "Say something." "[whispering] You're on TV now." "hello." "I'm alice KIieg, and Welcome To Me." "And so it begins." "Lose it." "Twenty to the insert." "This morning I woke up and there was a pubic hair on my pillow shaped like a question mark." "And it really got me thinking of unanswered questions." "Like all the times in my Iife when I was supposed to feel something, but I felt nothing." "And all the other times in my Iife where I wasn't supposed to feel anything, but I felt too much, and the people around me weren't really ready for all of my feelings." "How many episodes did she buy?" "To me, it's worse than heroin." "Worse than any childhood sexual abuse." "You name it." "It wasn't until I got off the sugar wheel that I really took control of my Iife for the first time." "Then I went off my meds." "Grape tomatoes." "They're low glycemic" "Did you know that?" "Ladies and gentlemen, meatloaf cake with mashed sweet potato icing." "With only 433 calories, 52 grams of protein, and only five carbohydrants." "I think I'm going to have a slice." "Is it carbohydrates or carbohydrants?" "It's carbohydrates." "What's the next piece?" "No, we're on this for a while." "(Rich) Can Frank tell her to move it along?" "No, this is what she wanted." "She wanted to" "She wanted to sit and eat the cake for an hour?" "Yes." "Not an hour." "I think it's a good five minutes, though." "Mm." "So good." "[applause]" "Sometimes I really wonder about people." "Whether they stop maturing emotionally because of a traumatic event, maybe a birth defect." "We may never know what twisted the soul of the daughter of a california dentist, and to the cruel and malicious betrayer she became." "Come with me." "I want to show you something." "I'm going to ride my bike." "Come, tag along." "(Jordana) Your sandwich has Cheddar cheese, also lettuce and some mayonnaise." "Good, good." "That's what I want." "Now, in the manner of girls, Iet's share some secrets." "You start." "What a relief." "Now I can let my hair down." "And by hair I mean defense mechanisms." "And now that you feel safe, you can tell me anything." "When I was 1 9, I went to live with a minister and his family as an exchange student." "One day we went to the zoo and I saw a swan choke on a pretzel bite before my very eyes." "You told everyone at school I was borderline." "And when I asked you, you denied telling anyone." "But every single person that I talked to told me that you said I was." "Everything was different after that." "And it really hurt me." "Fuck you to death, Jordana." "[beep]" "Why did it end like that?" "We have a few bumps to iron out." "Why does it look so inexpensive?" "well, alice, we-we got you up and running pretty quickly, so we're still trying to-- And why doesn't it look like Oprah?" "Because you ate a cake made out of hamburger and started crying." "Oprah had the highest production values in the business." "She had the best graphics, the best lighting, sets, sound." "She had everything." "I'd Iike that." "This is all doable." "Oh, I want a new opening, and a new alice." "And I'd like more swans, too." "I can bring those from home." "Yeah." "I want to talk to people." "You know, Iike Larry King." "What was wrong with the girl who played you?" "She just wasn't me." "Can someone give me a lift?" "Sure." "I don't even know where to begin." "really." "Why don't we try to get the swans?" "She has them at home." "She said she's bringing" "I'm not buying one fucking swan." "[barks]" "You left the TV on." "It's been on for 1 1 years." "I should have them take you to the studio." "[dog growling]" "Thanks for driving me." "This is my old house from when I was a different person." "Uh, I see you, uh, got everything by color." "colors help me keep my emotions separate." "Yeah, I can never keep my emotions separate." "Have you ever done it in a bag?" "[whispering] No." "shall I take this off?" "No, no." "[Woman on TV] lf you're embarrassed about your feet, tired of tearing pantyhose, or sick of messy scrapers that hurt, then you need Ped Egg, the number one selling ultimate way-- [alarm buzzer]" "[buzzer stops] [voices from TV]" "Good morning." "My name is alice KIieg, and Welcome To Me." "[Announcer] Live from New Vibrance Studios in Palm Desert, California, it's welcome To Me." "With your host, Alice Klieg." "♫ Before the darkness fell ♫" "That corn is pretty." "Let's get ready to track and dissolve." "Ooh, water." "Thank you, baby." "(Dawn) No problem, baby." "It's all working for you." "(Dawn) And rotate set." "Come with me." "Enjoy another time that happened to me." "Big Bear, 1 991 ." "Thief!" "Keep going." "Buy your own makeup, Josie Gaston." "Yes." "Oh, my gosh." "Someone's been tampering with my makeup bag." "really loud." "You have to yell." "yell it." "Someone!" "[gasps]" "Someone's been tampering with my makeup bag!" "How in this world." "How in this world someone's been tampering with my makeup bag!" "She's got problems." "(Alice) I know, it's very upsetting." "I was very upset." "I cried for so many days." "(Alice) You said Bill looked like a drug addict and that he had no business working around people." "Her Mom is kicking her ass." "But she's not paying attention, clearly." "(Mum) You remember what you want to remember." "[buzzer] [shouts]" "Now we're all paying attention." "Grape tomatoes." "They're low glycemic and full of phytonutrients." "[Man] Alice?" "Yes, hi." "Thanks for calling." "I think you're a genius." "(Alice) You do?" "Yeah." "Um, I attended your last show, actually." "godzilla, come here." "[laughter] GodziIIa, come here." "[barking and growling]" "That's for menopause." "I Iike it." "Why don't you get a titty-kini?" "I Iook horrible in those." "What do you mean you're not a bikini type?" "You know." "Bikini types." "One piece types." "(Alice) You got it all wrong, Gina." "If you want to wear a two-piece, the decision lies with you." "And nobody has the right to tell you otherwise." "Come on, love yourself." "I sure do." "Oh." "This is the one I chose." "[applause] [moaning]" "Nothing." "Nothing." "(Alice) There are two times in my life I've performed oral sex on a man twice my age." "Jesus." "Whoa." "And that's when I found out you were a hermaphrodite." "Oh." "You're a liar, Jordana Spangler." "You're on TV." "I don't want to be on TV." "Everybody wants to be on TV." "Not everyone is an emotional exhibitionist." "Good morning." "My name is Alice Klieg, and welcome To Me." "Welcome To Me." "Welcome To Me." "Me, me, me." "And Welcome To Me." "[applause]" "(Alice) I knew if I bit him again, he would beat me." "And I don't mean, Iike, on Thanksgiving, you know," "like a sexy beating." "I mean like a real beating." "He would say, "That's just how we do things in Gaithersburg, Maryland."" "Like he was Mr. Big Man, and he really wasn't." "I was a superior wrestler, even though I didn't have the training he did." "[applause]" "I should let you know that I tried to have you put on psychiatric hold last week." "And what is that?" "It means having you involuntarily committed for an observation period." "Oh." "well, thank you." "You're welcome." "I'm very worried about you." "I feel like you are a danger to yourself." "Maybe I'm not where you think I am." "I'm going to read a list of symptoms common to people getting off of abilify." "Tell me if you are experiencing any of this, okay?" "(Dawn) Do you have anything to say before you are sentenced?" "I am innocent." "Ha." "But your wantonness and perversion have threatened the sanctity of Canada." "But I never asked for these or this." "alice KIieg, you are found guilty." "[chorus of voices] Guilty, guilty." "[crying] No." "Mama." "It's so dark." "Mama. I can see the pommel horse, mama." "Yeah, yeah, I got alice." "Yeah, copy that." "Miss KIieg." "Who are you?" "Hi." "Um, I'm Rainer." "I actually called during your last show." "I remember." "Yeah." "I just want to say I thought this was, Iike, your best show yet." "really?" "Yeah, you should do, Iike, five shows a week." "I hate waiting." "Like Oprah." "Yeah, I don't know." "I'm writing this paper about you, about your invention of the narrative infomerciaI, and I was wondering if maybe you would want to be interviewed." "Okay." "Yeah?" "[cell phone ringing] Same stuff here." "Hey, alice." "Guess what." "They picked up my show for five days a week." "Wow, that's great." "And I'm recording my song with a European orchestra, and they're studying me in school." "This grad student came to my show." "He was wearing a tuxedo." "That's, um, so great, alice." "It just, you know, for the record," "I just want to say that I don't-- I don't like bikinis." "It's not that I think that I'm fat or anything." "I just I don't" "They're ready to start." "You know what?" "I got to go." "Sorry, I'm at work." "Okay." "Oh." "Ooh, Cindy Sherman." "Yeah, from Laverne and Shirley?" "No, no." "She's a photographer." "Oh." "Wow." "Man, the fact that you don't know who she is, makes you, Iike, 75 million times more radical than you already are." "Uh, do you mind if I-- No Not at all." "I Iove your facial expressions." "well, thank you." "I've never been interviewed before." "well, yeah, cheers." "congratulations." "Oh, is it not good?" "I don't drink." "Oh, cool." "Um, so, I'm interviewing you for this class that I'm in right now called Memoir in Performance, and when I saw your reenactments-- I Iove you." "Uh, I Iove the way that you play with gender and race and time and perception in your work." "I'm just wondering, what's behind the coIor-bIind casting for you?" "Oh, you mean the skier in "Someone's been tampering with my makeup bag?"" "Yeah." "She was the prettiest that day." "I was prettier back then." "Do you think I'm pretty now?" "That's what you said." "(Mom) I said-- [shouting]" "It's got 1 70,000 hits already." "How did you know I was on here?" "I'm monitoring your web presence." "You've got some copycats, too." "But they're not you." "I don't feel so good." "You're not supposed to swallow it." "Am I supposed to swallow you?" "alice." "[Male voice] Birth." "Purpose." "Destiny." "intention." "Oprah Winfrey." "From the early days of television, there has been an unbroken line of sharing, showing, and growing." "Thank you for choosing welcome To Me." "Fasten your safety belts and prepare for take-off." "And now, your host, Alice Klieg." "(Daryl) Alice?" "Are you still there?" "Yeah, I'm here." "I hear, uh, noises in the background there." "Oh, I'm at the airport." "Where are you flying to?" "Oh, I'm not." "I just-- l had to mail something." "Okay." "So, are you planning on seeing, um, his name-- Rainer?" "Are you s-- Are you planning on seeing Rainer again?" "Hello?" "I want you to know I'm not mad at you anymore." "About what?" "Remember the other day when you yelled at me?" "I didn't-- Alice, please reconsider getting back on your regimen." "If it's a dosage thing, we can figure it out, make adjustments." "Okay, our time is up." "[applause]" "We've got red kidney beans, ground beef," "Iow sugar tomato sauce, herbs and spices, bringing us in at only nine grams of carbohydrants per serving." "Now, that's a Iow glycemic meal." "Whew." "Dawn?" "Frank?" "Can you see this?" "(Dawn) Not really, Alice." "Why don't you bring it on down so the audience can take a look?" "Good idea, baby." "No problem, baby." "[all gasping]" "(Alice) Oh, my God, I'm burning." "Oh, my God." "I'm burning." "Grace, go help her get that off." "Oh, my-- Get away from me." "(Alice) How did this happen?" "Help me!" "[shouts]" "(Alice) Whose job is this?" "Help me!" "Gabe!" "(Alice) You should try Gabe again." "I'll try him in a little bit." "Did you tell him I'm in the burn unit?" "Yeah, I already did." "will it be a Iot of damage?" "only second-degree burns." "[whispering] Why did this happen to me?" "Lady Gym is closing." "Do you think I should sue the station?" "I lost my job." "You'II find one." "Oh, I can't feel my tits." "Oh, don't go." "please." "I got to get a few hours sleep or I'II be useless tomorrow." "I have four interviews lined up." "Okay." "Can someone please turn my fucking TV on?" "You didn't answer the front door." "That's right, I didn't." "I saw the show." "Which one?" "The one that I was on." "I should've let you know." "Yes, you should have." "Where are you going?" "These are all well respected doctors, a couple of whom I know personally." "They'd be happy to consider taking you on as a patient." "You're firing me?" "I'm not firing you." "I'm seeing to my own safety." "You should try it." "daryl?" "daryl?" "Come back." "No, I'm just eating a cheese sandwich." "alice." "There she is." "welcome back." "Thanks." "I've got something that might cheer you up." "Turn page 31 ." "Not only did somebody make the ratings, somebody beat the Fresh Prince of Bel Air." "And I just got a call from KPXN San Bernardino." "They want you for a time-buy." "Congrats, alice." "Thanks." "So, what's on for Monday?" "I want to neuter a dog." "On TV?" "Deb's walking." "walking?" "Quitting." "No, no, no, no." "Deborah." "She's a menace, Rich." "I can't believe you're letting her come back." "Oh, wait, yeah." "Of course I can." "'Cause you are a greedy twat." "She has a point." "Go have fun with your girlfriend." "I'm done." "Go home." "I'II finish up with alice." "No, I mean really done." "Go home, Gabe!" "You like being a bully?" "You seem a little tense, gabriel." "Why don't you get married and divorced again?" "[groaning]" "She's rubbing off on you." "You don't respect me." "You never have." "I want you to buy me out." "Oh, you're so superior." "I'II have Barb draw everything up." "Jesus." "I was a veterinary nurse for six years, and assisted in hundreds of these "pro-said-ures"." "Once again the reckless copulation of our animal kingdom leaves us with a "tis-nammi"" "of puppies and kitties." "Over the next few weeks, I plan to neuter my own pets, and any pets any viewers would like to bring by the studio." "It's a public service." "As you can see, Godzilla is receiving a mixture of oxygen and isofluorine gas." "It's really important, as you know, to remove all the hair from the penis and walnuts before we begin." "Let's castrate." "[weak applause]" "First cut is the deepest." "[Joe groans] We're going to want to remove the walnuts from the other tissue." "Now I'm going to tie it off with the monofilament." "This is called a subcuticular suture." "And it's going to dissolve in case the doggie licks the little wound." "[Male voice] lf you have a dog that needs to be neutered" "How are you doing, George?" "I'm, uh, need water." "We're doing a good thing." "(Rich) Doing this all week." "Let's start with the easy stuff." "Here's what Gabe wants." "That's just hurtful." "What about Landon?" "He's still on the fence." "He's crackpot." "Never hit him." "Not the point." "If he decides to sue, he will win." "What are you playing at here, Richard?" "She wants to be televised." "She calls this guy "taker," said he was a "prostitute of the mind."" "Accused this married mother of three of stealing assorted cosmetic products from her in 1 991 ." "And the list just goes on and on and on." "How much they all want?" "I'm not done." "The ASPCA is going to be here tomorrow about what she's doing to those dogs." "Okay." "Thank you, Barb." "Richard." "They're going to shut your ass down, Richard." "What's going on?" "I'll be brief." "No more neuterings, okay?" "AII this shit has got to go by tomorrow." "Take the fucking dogs out of here." "I can't house them anymore." "I can't do it." "All right?" "That's just health code stuff." "(Dawn) Does he know we're live?" "should I say something?" "There are 31 lawsuits filed against New Vibrance from people you slandered on the air." "So you better get that pretty binder out and make all these go away or a Iot of good hard working non-psychotic people will lose their jobs." "If you hurt or come close to hurting someone in my employ again, you can find somewhere else to do this nonsense." "No discussion." "also, stop screwing my brother." "That's probably best for everybody." "Have a fantastic show." "[applause]" "No, this is not the show!" "Okay." "[kettle hissing]" "That's all for today." "alice, you have another 40 minutes." "I'm done for today." "Can someone please get my dogs?" "Let's get alice her doggies." "And you heard the lady, that's a wrap." "Can I go home, too?" "Come on, guys." "Where's my car?" "He's coming later." "Why later?" "You finished up early today." "Oh, yeah." "Hi, this is Gina." "I'm sorry I wasn't able" "Sorry I wasn't able to pick up the phone." "Please leave me a message." "(Alice) I need to cancel my chauffeur today." "This whole week, actually." "[Waiter] Room service." "(Alice) Leave it outside." "This next story is a perfect example of true friendship." "[knocking on door] Go away!" "Hi, this is Gina." "I'm sorry I wasn't able to come to the phone." "And I explained this to you guys before, and now I have a thousand packets of protein with, uh, 32 grams of carbohydrants, and, um, at 1 6 grams of straight glucose, and I can't, yeah, I can't use that." "[applause]" "So, I want everybody, everybody in the audience and all of you at home right now, no matter what are you doing, I want you to take a deep breath." "[humming]" "(Oprah) ln and out." "Thank you so much." "Again. ln and out." "Just relax for the next hour." "[breathing deeply]" "[Clerk] Ms. Klieg, are you still there?" "I'm all alone." "please." "[sobbing] please." "I'm all alone." "I Iive in a casino." "[crying]" "Oh, thank God." "Thank God." "Oh, gosh, you're the only normal person I've seen." "Back on the happy pills." "Look out, world." "When do you get out?" "Um, 24 hours." "I haven't talked to you since the burn unit." "I've called you, Iike, a million times." "Look, it's better." "Aren't you happy to see me?" "Ted has the dogs." "Oh, my God, I forgot." "As soon as they let you out, you need to get them." "He can't keep them." "Wait, you're leaving?" "You're a terrible friend." "You only care about your own pain." "I'm sorry you hurt so bad, but that doesn't mean other people aren't vulnerable or sensitive." "And just because you made a career out of it doesn't mean that other people don't have feelings." "You don't get to fucking cry right now." "I am crying right now." "I lost my job." "And I told you, and you haven't asked me once if I was okay or if I needed any help." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "I'm sorry." "If you want, I can give you money." "I don't want money." "I just want my friend." "Gina, wait." "Gina." "Fuck you for making me fat on your stupid show." "(Alice) What?" "That's all I have left?" "When you win $86 million, you don't actually get $86 million." "So, conservatively speaking, that's all I have left." "That's a fortune." "It's still a fortune." "If I were you, I would put this in a safe place right away." "It's in the bank." "I mean to invest it." "I will help you." "If you make a few smart choices, you can have a very comfortable life." "Did you get our flowers?" "Yes." "They were very nice, thank you." "You feeling better?" "Much." "Yeah." "Back on my meds." "Oh, good." "So, what's on your mind?" "I have six shows left, but I want to do one long one." "well, we just assumed you were done." "almost." "What did you have in mind?" "Something big." "Okay, we can do big." "[doorbell chiming]" "Oh." "Alice." "I know you're mad at me." "And I'm sorry." "I'm really sorry." "I accept your apology." "Okay." "I do hope for you, Alice." "I hope you have a good life." "Thanks." "Goodbye, Alice." "Can I come in?" "Hey, Gina." "It's me." "I know I'm not supposed to be calling you, but I just wanted you to know that I'm having one last final show and I want-- I-I would be honored if you were there." "So...please come." "please come." "[no audible dialog]" "[no audible dialog]" "(Dawn) Five, four, three, two." "[Announcer] Live, from beautiful Palm Desert, California." "A special encore presentation with your host, Alice Klieg." "[applause]" "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you so much." "Thank you for tuning in to Welcome to Me," ""The Legend of a Swan, A telethon for Change."" "My name is alice KIieg." "[cheering]" "[barking] Hey, guys." "You want your balls back." "I know." "There are a Iot of things I wish I couId change, too." "I almost burnt my tits off, and let a lot of people that I care about feel like they weren't important to me." "I hurt a Iot of American families, but I'm learning." "And tonight, I'm going to make it right." "Anyone who adopts any of these loving friends, gets a year's worth of dog food and treats, a doggy bed, and a luxury travel crate." "Do we have the number on the bottom of the screen, Dawn?" "Yes, we do, baby." "Thank you, baby." "[audience gasps]" "What's going on, Dawn?" "alice, if I'm not mistaken, that's the Carousel of Life." "[AII] Ooh." "That looks pretty damn good." "It does." "Cue the turntable." "♫ Before I can Truly shine ♫" "♫ But this is my time ♫" "♫ lt is a time For understanding ♫" "♫ This is my time ♫" "♫ For me to share ♫" "♫ Me ♫" "She's off to a really great start." "[thump]" "Do we have Gina yet?" "No Gina." "(Alice) There are so many things to be thankful for." "But right now I would Iike to express some gratitude towards a certain artistic fellow." "Is Rainer Ybarra in the house?" "[applause]" "I wanted to thank you for calling me an artist, because the moment you did, so many lost years had meaning." "could I just say something?" "[whispering] You need to go back to your seat." "[applause]" "This is when I pretended to drown." "[no audible dialog] [blowing whistle]" "[laughter]" "She's going to be just fine." "She really is." "[applause]" "And now I would Iike to honor a genuine Iove-maker who I really care about." "gabriel Ruskin, would you join me by the carousel of Life?" "Once in a blue moon, life gives you a one-way ticket to that deep erotic play land that only exists inside of us." "Ugh." "Shining captain on a sea of takers, you docked in my port and it wasn't even raining." "[audience] Aw." "[audience whistles]" "[whispering] Go sit down." "(Dawn) Still no Gina." "(George) Should we use a reenactor?" "Use a reenactor." "Yeah." "Use a reenactor." "Get Gina reenactor ready for New Apartment 45 to the roll." "She's going to be devastated." "How are we doing in adoptions, Dawn?" "(Dawn) Nothing yet, but the lines are open and operators are standing by." "This is for Gina." "(Gina) Well, I think your new apartment is great, Alice." "I don't know if I can do this." "Maybe I should go back to the halfway house where I have been living for most of 1 996 after losing my job at palm Desert animal control." "You're ready to have your own place, alice." "I , Gina SeIway, just know that you are." "It's almost as if you believe in me more than I believe in myself." "I really do." "[applause] [cheering]" "(George) Hey, Grace, Miss Selway has arrived." "Oh, my God, Gina's here." "What!" "[no audible dialog]" "I'd Iike to read from a prepared statement." ""Dear Gina," ""thank you for being the only girl who would speak to me in the sixth grade." ""Thank you for letting me sleep holding on to you during that really bad period in 1 989." ""Without you, I couId never have made it through my 20s," ""much less become a millionaire and taIk-show host." ""You are the kindest, most patient person I know." ""I don't deserve a friend as loyal as you, but I sure am lucky to have one." ""You could have given up on me seven million times, but you didn't." "And for all those times, I would Iike to present you with the following."" "[applause]" "Woo-hoo." "♫ There was a time ♫" "♫ Of innocence Before the darkness fell ♫" "♫ So many lessons To learn ♫" "♫ Before I could Truly shine ♫" "♫ But this is my time ♫" "♫ lt is a time For understanding ♫" "♫ This is my time ♫" "♫ lt is a time ♫" "♫ For me to share me ♫" "[cheering]" "And we're out in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one." "[door opens]" "You want me to stay?" "[dog growling]" "You know, I think I'd better bond with the beast." "Oh, I got you a present." "Um" "What am I supposed to do with this?" "Um...anything you want." "Okay, I'm going to go ahead." "You go ahead, do your thing." "I'II call you tomorrow." "[whispering] Okay." "[Alice chuckles]" "Bye."