"So sweetie, today's the big day." "Your first swimming lesson." " That's today?" " Yup." "I'm not going to my swimming lesson." "Ritchie, we have talked about this." "You're eight years old." "We live in Los Angeles." "You have to learn how to swim." "Why?" "Because, honey, you can't keep going to pool parties telling people you're having your period." "That's what you say." "Well, that's because I don't want to get in a bathing suit in front of the other mothers." "Tell you what." "If you go to your swimming lesson," "I will write you a check right now for a million dollars." "You don't have a million dollars." "I don't even have a check." "What's going on?" "Uncle Matthew, Mom offered me a million dollars to go to my swimming lesson." "Oh, don't do it." "She still owes me a zillion dollars for taking her SATs for her." "Yeah, and thanks, by the way, for that combined score of 400." "I was in third grade." "Ritchie, you have to go to your swimming lesson." "No." "Hey, bud, do you want me to take you to your swimming lesson?" "I'll go get a towel." "How did you do that?" "I don't know, but I do know it doesn't work on women." "No, no." "That's for my company." "Who's coming over?" "Uh, Pete and Barb, Richard and New Christine." "And me." "Ah, one of your famous fifth wheel brunches." "Why do you invite over your ex-husband and his girlfriend all the time?" "Because I'm nice and civilized." "And Richard's bringing the bagels." "And the Twinkie." "And by the Twinkie, I mean his new girlfriend." "Oh, you are nice." " Hello." " Hello." " Hi, Christine." " Hey." "I'm sorry we're late." "We were talking to your neighbor." "He's so lonely since the twins went off to Cornell, but his wife's doing a lot better." "What a nice family, huh?" "Somebody lives right there?" "Thanks for doing this." "It should be fun." "Me and Christine, Pete and Barb." "You and... the bagels." "Hey." "There you are." "Sorry, we're late." "We got hung up talking to your neighbor." "That man will talk your ear off." "That guy is friendly, huh?" "Really?" "The house right there?" " Oh, this is unbelievable." " What?" "Get a load of this." "Look at." "Is his hand in her pocket?" "Yeah." "Let's say that's where it is." " Shut up, Pete." "You're gross." " Gross." "Go-go over there and break it up." "But be subtle." "Gee, Richard, get your hands out of that poor girl's pants." "Believe it or not, that was subtle for him." "If it bothers you, why did you invite them?" "It doesn't bother me." "It's just so gross." "And, I mean, seeing them be so gross together makes me wonder if anybody will ever be gross with me again." "Give Pete a second mimosa, and your wish may come true." "Come on, let me set you up." "I know a lot of great guys." "Please, Barb." "Oh, come on." "Pete and I have been dying to." "One call, and you can have a hand down your pants by Friday night." "Well, that is very tempting really." "But you know how I feel." "I mean, setups are so phony, you know?" "You meet some stranger, you go, you have a couple of drinks, you make chit-chat about, I don't know, where you parked, why you don't eat bread, how come you didn't vote." "I mean, you know, if I meet somebody, I want it to be spontaneous, you know?" "I want..." "I want the spark." "I want the magic, you know?" "How is that working out for you?" "Pretty good." "Come on, sweetie, you spend all your time at Ritchie's school, you live with your brother, and you own a women's gym." "You need a wand and a rabbit to make magic happen there." "I mean, come on, you got to put yourself out there to find what you want." "I think I'm looking for that." "You had that." "No, not that." "That." "This." "And a little of this." "You look like you're shampooing a cat." "I want a relationship, okay?" "I want what they have." "We gave them what they have." "Pete and I-- we're the ones who set them up." "You set them up?" "Oh, don't look at me like that." "I've been asking to set you up for two years." "You always say no." " Do you want me to set you up?" " No." "See?" "That's what I thought." "But when you're ready, I'll hook you up." "You know, find you a really nice guy." "Someone who knows what's on the other end of all..." "Forgot the cream cheese." "So Barb was telling me that she and Pete set you and Christine up, huh?" "Yeah." "Why?" "You're gonna let her set you up?" "No, no." "That's not for me." "No, sir." "I am a naturalist." "You study nature?" "No, I hate nature." "What do you call somebody who believes they should meet somebody naturally, you know, without being set up?" " Lonely?" " Ah." "That's very nice." "No, no, no, no." "I mean, I don't need help." "I'm just waiting for magic." " How's that working out for you?" " Pretty good." "Yeah, you don't need that." "You've got a bagel." "You're gonna love this, Ritchie." "You'll get out there, do a little kicking, a little splashing, and before you know it, you'll be peeing in the deep end." "Hey, they're all babies!" "I'm not taking swimming lessons with babies." "Oh, I'm sure they're in a different class." "They're not gonna put you with the babies." "Hey, uh, excuse me, he's looking for the 10:00 swim class." "This is it." "You get to be a guppy." "A guppy is a baby fish." "I'm not doing this." "Come on, Ritchie, your mom really wants you to learn how to swim." "Don't you want to show off for her?" "I can't get in the pool." "I have my monthly visitor." "Shh." "Shh." "Don't say that." "You've got to stop hanging out at your mom's gym." "Okay, can I have everyone over here, please?" "All my guppies." "Welcome, baby fishies." "Okay, to start our lesson, if I could have all the parents pick up their child?" "Okay, now, go ahead and walk your children into the pool." "Wait." "What?" "This is how we do it." "It makes the child feel safe." "Forget it." "He's not even my kid." " Just get in the pool." " You get in the pool." " I need you in the pool." " Let go of me." "I can't swim, all right?" "I can't swim." "I don't see why I have to go to a spa to get ready for a date." "In the past, I'd just shave up to my knees, slap on a little Charlie, and I was good to go." "Well, things have changed." "Unfortunately, men just aren't into bumpy, scaly and hairy as they used to be." "All right, but you know what?" "I am not getting one of those Brazilian waxes." "I don't know why people think that's so sexy." "I did that once, it was like a hair arrow pointing to my C-section scar." "Okay, I'm gonna go." "Uh, but when you're on your date, please have fun." "Yeah, okay." "And one more thing." "Do not, under any circumstances, use the term "hair arrow."" "Okay, I won't..." "I won't." "That's a good tip." "Thank you very much." "Hello." "I'm, uh, Christine Campbell." "I have a 3:00 appointment." "Ah, yes." "Ms. Campbell, welcome." "Thank you." "Uh, it says here you didn't pick which treatment you wanted." "Oh, yeah." "I didn't know what you had, and..." "I didn't think an hour was long enough time to attach a new body to my head." "But, um, I've-I've got a date tonight, actually, and I'm pretty excited, you know?" "I've got my outfit all picked out and everything." "I'm being set up, actually, and normally, I don't go for setups, but this time I said that I would." "Usually, I like to believe in magic and fate, 'cause I call myself a naturalist." "You know, which means that I like to believe in things that are natural, so I guess really what I'm saying is, is I'll take the Brazilian wax?" "Can I help you?" "Uh, yeah, um.... actually, I'm meeting someone, but I-I don't know what she looks like." "It's a blind date." "Oh." "Hi." "Yes." "Blind date." "Yes, hello." "That's me." "Okay." "That's not thing, is it?" "Like, if your foot touches the ground, your house is gonna blow up?" "No." "No, no, no, it's not a thing." "I'm actually very normal." "I-I just thought that you would be smaller than you are." "I'm sorry." "Would you like me to stand further away?" "No, no." "No, no." "You're perfect." "You're the exact right size." "You're-you're..." "Good arms." "Proportionate." "Head." "I'm sorry." "I haven't been on a date in a while, and, uh... oh, I just got a wax today." "Sort of..." "Sort of feels like I slid down a sandpaper banister." "Wow." "I bet you're really turned on right now." "Actually, a friend of mine convinced me to get a salt scrub today, and let me just say that, uh, certain things should never be scrubbed with salt." "So, I guess we're not going all the way tonight." "Not unless it's in a tub of ice." "Gosh, I was so nervous about tonight." "You know, I got a... new date outfit." " I know." "Me, too." " Oh, really?" "Yeah, about halfway over here, I really regretted the purple shirt." "Oh, no, it's..." "Uh, it's just, I hate blind dates." "I'm always afraid I'm gonna get set up with some freak." "Yeah, I know, but I guess Pete and Barb knew what they were doing." "Who?" " Burton?" " Yeah?" "Hi, I'm Cerise." "Oh, you're Cerise." "Oh." "Well, hi." " I was just talking with my friend..." " Christine." "You're Christine?" "Hi." "I'm David." " Pete and Barb's friend?" " Yes." "Oh, hi." "Good, good." " You're David." " Yeah." "Y eah." "Wow." "You're tall." "Not if you stand further away." "It's a great company to work for." "And the accounts payable gang is just terrific." "Except for Neil." "I hate Neil." "No, wait, not Neil." "He bought me lunch." "Mark." "No." "What's his name?" "Link." "No." "Something with a "K."" "Kevin?" "Who's Kevin?" "No, the guy who always whistles, what's his name?" "I don't know." "I don't know any of the people in your story." "John!" "That's it." "John." "So what are you gonna have?" "Oh, uh..." "I have this thing where I can't eat food that's been touched by another person." "Of course you do." "Brought my own chicken." "I'm gonna have to get Pete and Barb something real nice." "Let go." "Matthew!" "You're never gonna learn if you don't let go." "Don't you want to swim like a big boy fishy?" "Hey, that helium voice would really work on me in the bedroom, but not out here." "If I'm gonna learn how to swim, it's gonna be in my own good time." "So back off!" "Okay, you win." "Ow!" "Help me!" "For the love of God, help me!" "Stand up!" "It's better." "Good." " Hi, Ritchie." " Hi, Mom!" "Hi, honey." "Hey, Matthew." "How's it going?" "It's good." "I'm getting the hang of it." "How'd your date go?" "What was Barb thinking?" "How come Richard gets someone cute and young?" "I want someone cute and young." "If you're looking for someone cute and young, I might have someone for you." "Ooh." "I really do like cute and young." "I can't believe I'm going out with Matthew's sister." "This is so hot." "Yeah, I'm divorced, too." "842 days." "But it's great, really." "It's the best thing I've ever done in my life." "In fact, let's call her." "I mean, I know, dating is hard for everyone, you know?" "I should probably just cut myself some slack, but I'm not really a slacky kind of person." "I bet you look great in slacks." "Actually, I look dynamite in slacks." "Oh, thank you." " This is nice." " Yeah." " It's comfortable." " Yeah." " You're not gay, are you?" " No." "I'm sorry, but when my mom said "Sam," I didn't ask any questions." "Want to go back to my house, anyway?" "Well, I would love to see the new deck that you built." "But that's really gonna have to be it." "Probably." " There you go!" " You're doing great!" " Keep kicking!" " That's so good!" "Keep kicking!" "So who you going out with next?" "No one." "I'm done." "I quit." "Look, I know it's not easy, but you've got to look at dating like you're on a desert island." "What?" "Every night, you build a fire." "And you hope a ship will see it and come save you." "You do this for months and months." "After a year, you're tired of building the fire." "You figure, what's the use?" "A ship hasn't come so far, why should I think it'll come now?" "So you stop." "But what if the ship comes the day after you stop building the fire?" "You've got to keep making the effort." "I mean, what's the alternative?" "Wow." "Where did that come from?" "It was in an e-mail from my Christian aunt." "Well, thank you, but I don't want to build my own fire, okay?" "I want to walk across my island and come upon a fire that's already been built." "And I don't want to know how it got there, all right?" "I just want it to be hot and big, and maybe a mustache..." "Where am I going with this?" "Magic." "Right." "Magic." "Because I do, I do believe in magic." "And then, if it doesn't come, I'm okay with it." "Besides, you know, I've got a full life and a body pillow that I can get dressed in front of." "You know, I'm not going to force it." "From now on, I dine alone." "That's so funny." "You sell cars for a living, but you don't know how to drive a stick?" "A lot of people can't drive a stick." "You know, only about 20% of the cars in the United States are manual transmission." "I heard that 80% of all cars in the United States are actually automatic." "You're saying the same exact thing that I just said." "Yeah, I was making a joke." "You know, but only 20% of my first date jokes are actually funny." "How's your salad?" "You know, I just got into Feta for the first time this year." "And, so..." "I'm still in here!" "Oh." "Sorry." "I didn't know if I turned the knob the whole way." "And I didn't want to b standing out here waiting for an empty bathroom." "'Cause I have to tell you, I've done that before..." " Stop talking to me." " Oh, right." "God bless it, what is wrong with you?" "!" "No, that wasn't me." "Sorry." "I guess we're having a little thing, apparently." "You're still doing better than I am on my date." "Oh, yeah, I noticed that." "She, uh... she knows a lot of facts about cars." "Yeah!" "Oh, not just cars." "No, trucks, SUVs, mopeds and, for some reason, Palm Pilots." "Oh, the sound of a woman's laughter." "It's been so long." "Well, what happened to, um..." "Barbie from the other night?" "You two seemed to be hitting it off." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "We got into a real heated debate about the political direction the country's moving in... and I'm kidding, she was dumb." "She... she spent an hour talking about her highlights in her hair." "Oh, really?" "Those were highlights?" "Wow, they looked great." "Did she happen to say where she had them... done, because, I mean, as a country, we are most certainly veering off course." " You know, I mean, people need to vote." " Yeah." "How about you and your date?" "I noticed he brought his own food." "Oh, yeah, yeah." "You saw that, did you?" "Good kisser?" " Oh, the best." " Yeah." "What about Barbie?" "Is she a good kisser?" " Yeah, yeah, she was, actually." " Oh, okay." "You know, but it doesn't matter." "I'm through with setups." "Why can't I find somebody on my own?" "Without bunch of friends getting involved or my mother handing out my phone number to every woman between 18 and 63." "Whatever happened to spontaneity?" "Whatever happened to magic?" "I am so sorry." "I don't know why I did that." "No, no, it's okay." "I'm glad you did." "I've been wanting to do that since our almost blind date." "Good kisser, by the way." "Oh, well... you're a good kisser as well." "Well, I should probably get back to my date." "Oh, right." "Oh, my God." "You're on a date." "Can I call you?" "Oh, yes." "Oh, please, yeah." "I have a little thing that I can give you." "Here." "That's me right there." "I'm Christine Campbell." "Burton Shaefer." "But I don't have a card." "Oh, well, that's okay." "You know, I got a deal." "Thirty bucks for 10,000." "You want another thousand?" " Uh, no, I'm good." " Okay." "Well, it was nice to meet you." " You, too." " Yes." "Okay." " I still have to use the..." " Yes, I do, too." "Transcript:" "Raceman" " Synchro:" "Amariss"