"Oh, yes, that's funny." "Oh, that was so funny." "I like that one." "Henry." "Henry Phillips." "Hey, John, man, I'm a huge fan." "Oh, thanks." "These are my friends." "We're all gonna see your show tonight." "Hey, how's it going?" "Thanks for coming." "We drove all the way from Greensboro to see you." "Oh, wow." "We reserved the table." "I called ahead." "We got a table front row and center." "I was like, "we wanna be right up front"" "to see Henry Phillips." "That's really cool." "Thanks, thanks so much." "Please tell me you're gonna sing the bitch song." "Uh, you know what, that one hasn't really grown on me." "So, I don't think I'm gonna play it tonight." "Come on, man." "Oh shit." "Are you okay, man?" "Oh, shit." "Oh, shit." "Oh, my god, you're bleeding." "What the hell." "We have to go to the hospital." "God." "Oh, my god." " Oh, no." " Tilt your head back." "Yeah." "It's like your nose is broken." "Are you okay?" "Are you guys... are you..." "So, we're going to the fucking hospital?" "I hope it gets better, man." "We drove all the way from Greensboro." "I'm sorry, Henry." "This is Sharon Levine and you're listening to mouth fuck and I'm here with comedian Henry Phillips." "You call yourself a rambling troubadour extraordinaire." "What's that?" "Uh, yeah, that's..." "My manager says that." "I don't even know what that means exactly." "I mean I'm a troubadour and that..." "I guess" "I play music and I travel, so that's the rambling part." "I don't know about extraordinaire." "Extraordinaire, that seems like it might be subjective." " Yeah." " It's like calling yourself the king of pop or something." "Well, for a while there I was calling myself the king of hit-and-miss comedy folk music at shitty one-night bar gigs, but apparently I'm not the first to own that one." "You got to Google that stuff to make sure it's not taken." " That's true." " My trick." "Gonna do a song for you now, um, that I wanna dedicate to anybody out there in this room, and I hope you enjoy it." "Sorry." "Shit." "Ma'am, you can't use your phone in here." "All right, everybody, I actually happen to have one of these pills on me right now." "We're gonna take this and see if it works." "I've never tried this before, but..." "Chug, chug, chug, chug..." "Thank you..." "For supporting what's clearly a problem that I have." "Ow!" "Thank you." "I wanna say I sell these pills for $10 a piece after the show if you guys wanna come up and, uh..." "How do you describe what you do?" "Well, I've always like to say that what I take from my life" "I give back through my art." "And so far, I've taken nothing but shit." "Thanks, everybody." " Ellen?" " Henry?" "Hey." "It's so good to hear your voice." "Same here." "How are you?" " I'm great." " Hey." "Okay." "Hey, how are you doing?" "Are you on the phone?" "I am." "I'm sorry Ellen." "Hold on one second." "Okay." "Listen." "I thought you were really, really, really funny." "Thanks for coming to the show." "I was laughing and stuff." "I've had four beers and, um, eight shots." "No but listen, you just got to keep trying." " Henry, are you..." " Hey, man." "What's up, man?" "Guess what, guess what." "What's that?" "My name is Phil." "Oh, awesome." "My name is Henry Phillips." "Same difference, who cares." "Dude, come have some beer." "No, no, no, I got to..." "Dude, come on." "My friends are super funny." "They should be comedians." "I know." "Man, i..." "Dude, come on, we're going to the city bars." "It's gonna be fun." "Come on, dude." "No, I got a gig." "Don't be a pussy, bro." "Next week." "You're so weak bro." "No, I suck." "Hey, I'm out now." "Sorry." "I can hear you." "What's up?" "Well, let me just cut to the chase." "Do you know who Jay Warren is?" "Jay Warren, the director?" "Well, he's not just a director." "A producer, major producer." "He wants to meet with you." "He wants to meet with me?" "Yes." "Why?" "He heard what happened to you out here five years ago and, well, he's fascinated and he wants to see your act." "Let me guess, this means that I have to go out to la?" "I know you have a bad taste in your mouth about last time but if nothing else you get to meet a big time producer." "I mean, are things really going that great out there?" "Yeah." "No, I mean, things are going good." "I've got, you know, people coming out." "I had a whole bunch of people coming out from Greensboro just to see me so." "If you need a place to stay, you could stay with me." "No, we don't... we wouldn't have to do that." "I have this friend Jillian who just moved out there and she's been pressuring me to go out and visit." "So, I could stay with her." "Mouth fuck is brought to you by read to me." "Read to me is our sponsor, and we love them, and they will read to you if you can't read, or you don't feel like reading, or you're too lazy or too stupid." "Listen to a book in your earholes, read to me." " Sorry." " Oh, that's all right." "I know you got to pay the bills." "So, how does the misconception about being racist, uh, occur?" "It had to do with..." "Being racist?" "Yeah." "No, I think that people wanted me to be racist because it's sold, you know, advertising." "See, I came out to la a few years ago and it started out pretty good." "I even got a record deal." "But one day I was at a meeting, and I asked this guy at the label where they got their bagels, and the truth is" "I didn't give a shit where they got the bagels." "I was just trying to make small talk but, anyway, the guy started yelling at people, you know, power tripping." "Saying like," ""Henry Phillips needs to know where the fucking bagels are from," or whatever and it made me look like an asshole." "Anyway, eventually there was an article in the paper saying that I was a Neo-Nazi or something." "Uh, you know, there was a lot of stuff that happened in between there but either way, it ended up with me getting wound out of town but I'm back now to try it again and I'm just hoping it goes better." " Oh, my gosh." " Hey." "You look the exact same." "Thanks, you too." "Yeah." "Oh, it's so good to see you." "It's so good to see you." "Come on in." "Yeah." "This is Zoe." "Hi." "Zoe, this is Henry." "Yeah, nice to meet you too." "Yeah, finally." "I'm so glad you're here." "It's so good to see you." "It's funny I feel, like I just..." "No." "Oh." " I'm sorry about that." " Oh, no, it's fine." "Um, was that expensive?" "Yeah, it's a glass tomato." "Of course, it is." "I can take your guitar for you." "Sorry, I have this new case, it's bigger." "Be careful." "Yeah." "All right." "Why don't you take a load off." "Go sit down and maybe take Henry out to the patio..." "Yeah." "I'll show you the patio." "Okay." "Oh, that sounds amazing." "Again, I'm sorry about that whatever that was." "Well, fost-adopt allows for you to foster a child or even a baby and then after certain amount of time, the judge decides if you can keep a child or not." "Oh, wow." "So, you could actually have a child, and become attached to the child, and then the judge can just take it away from you like that?" "Yeah." "They try to reunite the kids with the biological parents as much as possible." "But what happens then?" "I mean, that would just be so painful and then we'd have to start completely over." "Boy, that would be really sad." "You seem like a pretty upbeat guy." "Yeah... oh, you're joking." "I'm sorry." "I'm gonna perk up, I promise." "I've just been on a long road trip here." "I was just telling him about our adoption plans." "Oh, yeah, dude, sorry," "I should have warned you that's pretty much all we talk about around here these days." "That's okay." "It sounds really promising and exciting." "Yeah, it is exciting and promising." "Um, but it also can be very grueling and at times, painful." "That's awesome." "It can be awesome at times." "Are you okay?" "Well, I'm pretty sure that's where I parked my car." "Is it not there anymore?" "No, it's gone." "I parked it right in front of that house." "Oh, man." "Did you lock it?" "I mean, I should have locked it, right?" "You didn't lock it." "Suzuki Forenza 2006 and silver." "I ran your vin number through the system and nothing came up and so I'm gonna the designated vehicle as stolen." "Well, that sucks." "So, what happens now?" "Well, I mean, I can't make any promises but often times whoever extracted the vehicle just wanted to take it on a joyride and most likely a group of juveniles." "It is possible that the vehicle will reemerge somewhere in the neighborhood and you will be notified when it's located." "Well, that would be great." "Is that normally what happens?" "I mean, it's the best case scenario." "I can't attest to what would be designated as normal in this particularly situation." "Well, I guess I meant in your personal experience." "My personal experience, if I tell you something then you're gonna hold me to it and so, I'd prefer not to get into any predictions or conjecture, okay?" "Okay." "Thanks." "That guy is a dick." "What did they say?" "Well, he said he ran the, uh, registration number into the system or something and, uh, he said it's definitely stolen." "Oh, my god." "The good news is he seems to think it's just some teenagers out on a joyride." "Okay." "I don't know what joy there would be in driving your shit basket car around town." "Well... shit, I guess, I got to, if it's okay, get a ride to the place tonight on sunset boulevard." "Is that..." "Yeah, of course." "Yeah." "I mean, we could drop you off on our way to the, uh, adoption okay." "Not a problem." "You know what this means is your cassette player is gone for good." "Yeah." "I don't know how I'm gonna get over that one." "Tell me you didn't have a tape in there." "Thank god I did not." "I had taken the tape out and put it in the glove box." "So, we're good." "Good." "What's the story with Jillian?" "Is she an ex?" "No." "Jillian is a musician and we used to play in bands together years ago." "One of the things that's so great about our friendship is that she is always been, sort of, my last connection to..." "My youthful days of music which was a big part of my life." "As a matter of fact, she's pretty responsible for me going into comedy." "All right." "Mr. George Michael." "Party." "All right, guys." "Thank you so much." "Have a great set and, um, don't forget to get guitar-ded." "See you later." "Very nice to meet you Zoe." "I'll see you guys in the morning." "Thanks again." " Henry." " Hey." "How are you doing?" " It's been so long." " Five years." " Yeah." "You look great." " Thanks." "So, Jay Warren is inside." "You're going up third." "Everything is coming together perfectly." " Okay." " So, come with me." "A joyride?" "What, are they gonna return it?" "I don't know." "Well meet the man himself." "Jay Warren, mega-TV producer." "Henry Phillips, singer-songwriter, troubadour extraordinaire, plays clubs and coffee houses nationwide." "Great to meet you." "Yeah." "Good to meet you." "How's la treating you so far?" " Uh, well." " Would you believe he just got his car stolen." " Really?" " Yes." "That's hilarious." " Yeah." " So, Jay says he's working on a new show idea about the life of a struggling performer." "Yeah." "Yeah." "It's, uh, it's something I've been thinking about for quite a while now, and then I heard about what happened to you, and I thought, "wow, I mean, this is an incredible story."" "Yeah, I know, I've had some pretty bad luck." "Yeah." "I'll say." "I don't wanna interrupt but I just wanna say hi to this guy." "Hey, Charlie." "How are you doing?" "How are you doing, man?" "This is Charlie." "He's a fellow comedian." "That's Ellen, my manager and, uh..." " Hi." " My pleasure." "This is Mr. Jay Warren." "Uh, I'm a big fan of your work." "Thank you." "Thanks." "Uh, everyone, this is Erica." "Hey." "Nice to meet you." "Uh, I didn't interrupt some type of industry oh, no." "Yes, so Charlie is a fellow comedian." "He's very funny." "We've done the road together." "Good times." "And remember the, um, the assassinator?" "Oh, he's the assassinator." "We were in Omaha and there was this champion UFC fighter called the assassinator and, uh, he got up to Henry and says," ""you have to wish my girlfriend a happy birthday from the stage or I'll kick your ass."" "Henry is on stage and he just doesn't say it and afterwards the assassinator is pissed." "He's prowling around this club, like, "I'm gonna kick that guy's ass."" "I'm gonna break that guy's guitar." ""I'm gonna crush that clown's skull."" ""And I'm like," oh, whoa, I didn't even know the guy." "I don't know where he is." And I really didn't know where you were." "It was hours before anyone found him." "The janitor goes to the utility closet to get his mop and there's Henry, lying on his side, crying." "He's shitting himself." "Just, oh..." "The assassinator is coming to get me." "The assassinator is coming to get me." "I don't even, uh, remember that." "Are you sure that was me because it's not sounding familiar." "No, no, that was you." "All right, okay." "I'll see you after the show and just really to both of you." "Pleasure." "All right, man." "Hey, you watch out for the assassinator." "I still don't even know if that was me, really." "It's weird." "How long ago was that?" "I'm not sure that it happened." "You must have a lot of good story." "I don't think that's one of them." "Billy..." "You had to do it didn't you?" "You finally had to do it Billy." "Just when ma was starting to get up on her own two feet, Billy." "You son of a bitch." "Why, why, why did you have to do that?" "And with Bob's 38, what was that supposed to be, huh?" "Irony?" "You selfish coward." "Why?" "Why, Billy, why would you leave me and ma like this?" "You were always good at ruining the party Billy." "Well..." "Fuck you Billy, fuck you." "Fuck you Billy." "Fuck you." "Okay, wow." "That was some heavy stuff." "We're gonna change gears a little bit here." "We have a singer-songwriter who's gonna come out and sing a little funny song for you guys." "Everybody, let's give a warm hearty welcome to Henry Phillips." "Whoa." "Thanks everybody." "All right, um, well," "I'm gonna do a little song about my current financial situation and I hope you guys enjoy it." "You suck." "All right." "That's, uh, one guys opinion, anyway, they might be right." "I don't know." "It's over focal bird." "Nice sneakers you dipshit." "All right, you know what, um, maybe this wasn't meant to be." "I, uh, I wanna say thanks to everybody, especially that guy in the back." "Come back when you grow a set of balls man." "I hope you guys all enjoy the rest of your night, thank you." "There he is." "Oh, guys," "I am so sorry about that." "That was just awful." "It was perfect." "Well, that was just terrible." "That guy was being such a dick." "Hey, you know, it happens." "Yeah." "Listen, uh, I got to run, I'm sorry, but, uh, you should get a call from my office this week, okay?" "I'm gonna set something up in the network and we're gonna tell your story Henry." "Okay." "I can't wait to get started." "That sounds good." "Hey, very nice to meet you." " See you soon." " Bye Jay." "He loved it." "Why?" "Well, because..." "He doesn't care about a good set." "I mean, sure you but he's more interested in you, your story, your struggles." "You heard him, he's so excited." "I mean, let's just see what he says about this meeting with the network." "I can't believe it." "This is great." "Now look, I have to go too, but let me introduce you to stupid Joe before I go." "No, I'm good." "No, no, no, no, no." "Hey, Joe." "Hey." "How are you?" "I'm good." "I wanna introduce you to Henry Phillips, singer-songwriter, troubadour extraordinaire, and Jay Warren was just here to check him out for a new TV show." "Wow, impressive." "Nice to meet you." "Hey, I got to apologize about that heckler guy." "What an asshole, you know." "I guess we all figured out why he's brother killed himself, right?" "Oh, Joe." "Oh my god, I'm too old for this comedy game." "It's a young man's game, but you got to make money." "You know what I'm actually thinking to do in getting into making a little money?" "Commercial jingles." "Oh, that's so smart." "And actually, I got one I've been working on," "I'm gonna throw into the ring." "Tell me if you guys think this is good, you know, the Hollywood casino?" "They have... their slogan is satisfaction." "Tell me if you guys just think this is a good jingle." "Oh, that'll work." "That's very catchy." "Yeah, pretty good, all right." "Anyways, I got to get going, please come by here anytime, work out your stuff, you know." "We got to get some come back lines for you, like," ""hey, I don't come to your job and knock a dick out of your mouth."" "Stuff like that, you know." "Show these assholes who's in charge." "Well, I got to catch the last bus on that note." "And how are you getting home?" "Uh, I'm just gonna take a cab." "You're a bus and a cab, what is this, uh, 1990?" "Don't... you guys don't have Uber?" "Anyways, listen, I got to start kicking people out." "Okay." "Nice to meet you." "Ellen always a pleasure." "Always." "You're beautiful." "Thank you." "Look, I have a card for EZ cab." "They're really good." "Okay, great." "By the way, you don't have to say all my credits every time you introduce me to somebody." "Oh, but if I don't, no one would ever wanna talk to you." "Yeah, I guess so." "That's a good point." "Hey, you still here?" "Oh, hey, yeah." "I've been waiting for a cab for, like, an hour and a half." "Why don't you just call them again, tell them you're somebody else." "What does that do?" "Well, then there'll be two cars showing up, it doubles your chances." "Yeah, maybe I'll try that." "Yeah." "Hey, and, uh, Henry, uh, anytime you wanna come by the club, the door is always open." "It's a $10 cover, two drink minimum." "EZ cab." "Yeah, hey, uh," "I got to get a cab." "Yeah, what's your location?" "I'm at, uh, stupid Joe's comedy and music club on sunset." "Stupid Joe's, did you just call... uh, is this Henry?" " No." " Are you sure?" "Because I just scheduled a pick up at stupid Joe's for a Henry." "What's your name?" "Manny." "Danny?" "Yeah, Danny." "And you're sure you're not part of the Henry party at all?" "I'm not sending two cabs for no reason." "No, this is definitely Danny." "Yeah." "3835 Tracy street, please." "Do you mind, uh, if we take silver lake boulevard?" "You got it." " Hello?" " Yeah, is this Danny, or should I say Henry, or should i... should I just say dickhead?" "You just had me send two cabs for nothing." "Dude, I was standing there for like an hour and a half, and nobody was coming to pick me up." "I mean, I'm sorry to put you out, but frankly this isn't my problem." "Sorry to put me out, how about you apologize to my cab driver who just had to hump his way through the canyon because you're over there getting a laugh at stupid Mike's comedy shithole." "You know, these guys have to pay for their own gas." "Hello?" "I was very reluctant to go la because..." "It's a little too, uh," "I don't know how you'd say it, like, too..." "Opportunistic." "I don't know." "I've always found that if you just put positive energy out there then people will definitely take advantage of you." "EZ cab." "Hi, yeah." "I'm pretty sure I left my cell phone in one of your cabs last night." "What was the, uh, location of the pick up?" "Uh, it was at stupid Joe's comedy and music club over on sunset." "Oh, stupid Joe's, let me guess, you're the fucking genius that called two cabs aren't you?" "Yeah." "Uh, I guess, I, um..." "I guess I really owe you an apology about that." "I'm sorry, I, uh..." "Oh, you're goddamn right you owe me an apology." "Yeah, I was just, uh, being selfish, um..." "You were being a dick man." "Yeah, I think you're right about that." "You know how much aggravation and shit I get from my driver's when they have to drive all the way to the fucking valley?" "Actually, you know what man, I take it back." "I don't apologize." "I was standing there for, like, a fucking hour and nobody was picking me up." "I could've gotten mugged or something." "I'm tired of hearing you bitch about it and everybody's telling me this Uber thing is a million times better anyway, so why don't you go fuck yourself." "Today, 10:17 am." "Hey, sorry about last night," "I wind up banging that Erica chick." "She is okay." "She's gonna be the last girl in la who still has a hairy crotch." "Come on, lady, shave that thing down there, um, all right?" "Shave the cooch." "I went down under though." "Um, what did I call about?" "I just wanna say hi." "Let's hang out soon." "Bye." "Today, 10:18 am." "You hang up on me you piece of shit coward." "You tell me to go fuck myself to my face, why don't you do that?" "Come down here..." "Hey." "You got home all right last night?" "Yeah." "I, uh, just wound up taking a taxi." "Cool, how did the gig go?" "Well, let's see." "I got basically booed off the stage but Jay Warren loved it, so." "Well, I'm sorry, but congratulations?" "Yeah." "Thank you." "Listen, um, my band clit fit is performing at this really cool house party on Saturday night." "Would you wanna open?" "It pays like 50 bucks." "Oh, that's awesome." "Yeah." "I would love to do that." "That's actually the first time I've ever been offered money to do a gig out here." "Yeah." "And maybe you can get booed off of our stage and wind up with a three-picture deal with Paramount pictures." "That's..." "I wouldn't be surprised." "I would, but for sure it won't happen." "Anyway, uh, obviously, I need to get a ride with you, if that's all right?" "Totally." "That's perfect because I've been wanting you to see our stuff." "Yeah." "And I'm looking forward to it." "Um, are you missing something?" "Yeah, have you seen my wallet?" "I have not." "Did you by chance leave it in the cab?" "Uh, hmm." "I bet you did." "Yeah, shit." "Oh, hey, it's, uh, Henry." "I'm the guy who left his wallet." "Oh, Henry Phillips." "Yes." "Yeah, my good buddy, Henry Phillips." "You called two cabs on me, screwed my driver, cursed me out, hang up in my face." "How many cabs did it take you to get here today?" "Jesus, I was, uh..." "I was expecting more of a stoned drunken dumb Bon Jovi." "Did you lose your hair in one of my cabs as well?" "Yeah." "Old two cab Henry." "It's an old picture, so, uh..." "I guess, that's you." "I think the last time we talked you were telling me I should go fuck myself." "You told me to go fuck myself and then you rubbed Uber on my face." "The company that's single-handedly destroying my fucking industry?" "Let me ask you a question, Hank." "Do you think your good friends over at Uber would've returned your wallet?" "Do you think those scumbag pirating unlicensed criminals would have returned your fucking wallet?" "Why don't you take your last six dollars in this wallet and, uh, take an Uber cab, and I hope you get fucking chlamydia from it." "Oh, and go fuck yourself." "Do you mind if I join you here?" "Oh, yeah, sure." "Oh, thank you." "Hmm, the chicken's really good." "I wouldn't know, I got the eggplant." "Oh, are you a lesbian?" "I mean a vegetarian?" "I'm sorry, god." "That was awful." "That's okay." "Um, yes, I am and yes, I am." "Oh, okay." "Yeah." "God, stupid." "Hey, you guys." "Hey, guys, how's it going?" "Have you met each other yet?" "Henry..." "Not officially." "Sascha." "Hey, how you doing?" "Nice to meet you." "Sascha plays bass in our band and, uh" "Henry is my old friend from like 20 years ago." "He's opening for us tonight." "Oh, yeah, I heard a lot about you." "Yeah, it'll be cool." "I'm looking forward to seeing you guys play, the clit fit." "Uh, Jillian says you tour all around the country." "Uh-hmm." "Shit room to shit room." "Hold on." "Perfect timing, whoever that was." "I'm sorry, I'll be right back." "Hey, Ellen, how's it going?" "Henry, I just got a call from Jay." "You won't believe this." "We have a meeting Monday afternoon with the now channel." "That's amazing." "That's fantastic." "See, I told you this was gonna be exciting." "Where are you?" "I'm at a party with my friend Jillian, and actually her band is gonna play, and I'm gonna open for them." "Oh, well, go knock them dead." "What was the first comedy song you ever wrote?" "Well, years ago, uh, my friend Jillian, she was going through a break up or something and I was trying to cheer her up, so I just, like, pulled out the guitar and I started singing headlines" "right out of the newspaper, and she was laughing at it, and, uh, she was, like, you know, "maybe you should go around the, like, open mic nights and do that."" "Can we hear it, your first comedy song?" "I have a guitar behind you, if you don't mind." " Yeah." " Yay." "I wanna hear the song that cheered up Jillian." "Yeah." "So, yeah, I was just, like, uh, playing these chords and trying to cheer her up, and I was, like," "and then I grabbed the newspaper and it was, like," "in Spanish." "It's real Spanish." "Thanks, everybody." "Thank you so much." "Thanks." "That's amazing." "Hi." "You guys, uh, hi." "Okay." "This is the modern day Sisyphus." "A road weary entertainer, pushing the Boulder of hope up the rocky mountain of desperation." "Only to have it roll back down on him time after time, after time, but we like him." "We're on his side." "We want him to succeed because we identify with him." "He's, like, a real life Charlie brown." "Only instead of snoopy and Linus, his friends are failure and despair." "So, he's a blockhead?" "Yeah, sure yeah, he's a blockhead." "Yeah." "I see you." "Yeah." "And we're rooting for him." " Oh, yeah, absolutely." " Because he sacrificed the good life to do what the rest of us could only dream of." "Yeah, he has no friends, no money, no love life, not even the respect of his peers." "But we care about him simply because he's doing it." "Sisyphus meets Charlie brown?" " I like it." " I like it, too." "I do, I like it." "I mean, if a normal person had that life, they would do something" " to change it, right?" " Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Or just you know, but this guy just keeps, kind of, going on, and on, and on," " and god knows why, right?" " Yeah." "Yeah." "He's like a loser's loser." "Sure, yeah, yeah." " Or a loser's hero." " Yeah." "Or a loser who could make a loser feel like a hero." "Guys, I'm right here." "Right?" ""Guys, I'm right here."" "Sincerely, I have not been this excited about an idea in a very long time." "You're excited?" "I'm excited." "I like it." "Jay, it is so good to see you again." "Thanks, Carl." "Thanks for that." "Thanks for bringing this to us." "Yeah, you bet." "Henry, nice to meet you." "Mara, I need you to wrap this up." " Okay." " Okay." "Put a bow on it." " I will do that." " Great." "Okay." "Well, where do we start?" "Well, we'll do a pilot, right?" "And I'll direct it." "I guarantee you it will be..." "You know, my suggestion is we get Henry's materials over to the new media department, because we wanna create a lot of buzz." "Right now, our most successful show, an idiot dad, that's based on a 15-year-old kid's video blog." "This kid managed to get a million friendlings to his chumpster, just by social media alone, what?" "So, when the chumpsterverse found out that we were doing a TV show, well, they went nuts." "And those friendlings they turned into Nielsen ratings..." "Wait, I'm sorry." "Uh, chumpsterverse?" "Is that a TV station?" "Okay." "That's an online community that the younger demographic is going to, to get their entertainment right now." "Yeah, these guys are real wizards at this." "They were the real geniuses behind getting idiot dad to be an idiot dad." "Uh, I'm sorry, what does that do?" "Uh, when you make it "an idiot dad?"" "Oh, I'm sorry, Henry, it's called Alpha stacking." "So, if you have a title that starts with a for example, like, an idiot dad, then all of a sudden now it really optimizes the search engines" " and the VOD placement." " Okay." " Right." "Yeah, good." " Alpha stacking." "So, uh, what do you want from us?" "Well, I think if we can get one of Henry's little, um, silly songs over to Matt and Zack, and they could put it up on chumpster." "Uh-hmm." "I don't know, let's see how it does." "Right?" "Can't hurt." "And everything these guys touch really does go viral." "Did you guys happen to catch what they did with the American skin..." "Oh, I love that one." "Promo campaign could... yeah." "It's where the Hollywood masseur has sex with all of his customers." "Yeah, tattoo artist, yeah." "And these guys are just really amazing." "And, you know, if we could get a song actually it's got some good keywords in it, that would really help with trafficking, you know, something, like, cocks, balls" " and tits, farts, uh..." " Oh." "Clits." "Maybe and balls and tits, right?" "You know, uncle stupid Joe, and we could set up a taping there." "I mean, if he knows it's for now channel..." "Well, that's a good place to shoot, good sound, good lighting, yeah, and we could knock it out." "Okay." "Terrific." "Great." "Excellent." "Terrific." "Thanks, Mara." " Great meeting you." " Pleasure." "Oh." "Nice to see you." "Thank you." "Well, welcome to la." "Yeah." "Did you park in the garage?" "Actually, um..." "His car got stolen." "Oh, no, when?" "It was literally like a half hour after I got to la." "Cops are trying to find it." "Well, yeah, that'll happen." "Sucks." "Oh, I'm sorry." "That should be the first episode." "So, here I am, a young guy, basically fresh off the bus, right?" "Here in la." "No clue." "Wet behind the ears." "Uh-hmm." "But I know one thing." "I know what I want." "Unfortunately, I got a distant cousin who manages to set me up a meeting with the guy, a producer who's pretty high up the ladder at MGM." "Okay." "So, we're having lunch and it's going fine, you know, small talk." "And then I don't know where I got the nerve to do this, but, uh, right in the middle of lunch" "I just dropped my fork," "I looked the guy in the eyes and I go," ""I want in."" "And he's looking at me, like," ""what in?" "In what?" You know." "And I go, "you know what I'm talking about", in the business." ""And I know you're a guy who can get me there."" "I said, "hey, I might be nobody", but a few years from now?" "I'm gonna be somebody to be reckoned with in this town and if you don't help me out now," "I might not be all that easy to deal with when our paths cross again." That was it." "I was in." "Wow, that's how you do it." "Yeah." "Yeah, I'll say, yeah." "I mean, people can sense when you're determined, you know." "And they don't wanna get in the way of that." "Yeah, I wish I had a little bit more of that in me." "You see this before?" "The celebrity tombstones?" "Merv Griffin," ""I will not be right back after this message."" " All right, that's good." " That's good." "My absolute favorite is Rodney Dangerfield, he knew his plaque was next to Dean Martin and, uh, Marilyn Monroe." "So, the epitaph, there goes the neighborhood." " Oh, yeah, it's very..." " I love Rodney." "Who's Arnie "rimshot" Roberts?" "You see, he was another comedian." "People don't really talk about him here anymore." "Always a gentleman, but never a gentleman." "I think I know why nobody talks about him." "No, there was a story behind that." "Apparently, what Arnie really meant was, always a gentleman, but never a gentle man." "Oh, okay." "Okay?" "And then, after he died, some moron assistant just typed it up wrong and sent it off to the mortuary like that." "Wait, so, this guy's got a typo on his tombstone?" "Because this idiot assistant didn't get the joke?" "Yeah, pretty much." "Well, that bums me out." " Depressing." " Yeah." "Oh, hey, uh, stupid." "Hey, look at this, the big TV star, get in here." "Oh, yeah." "Heard about the network deal." "Congratulations to you, sir." " Thanks." " Hey, uh, ask them if they need a theme song." "Actually, you know what?" "I got a new one." "I think it's gonna be a big hit." "Tell me what you think of this." "Uh-hmm." "Okay." "So, it's like... yeah, yeah." "A Christian song?" "Christian, Christian song, yeah." "Oh, are you Christian or?" "No, no, here's the deal." "I love religions of all type." "Yeah, yeah." "As long they're good people, you know." "Oh, sure." "But the deal is, nobody's music anymore." "Except for Christian rock." "Christians." "Exactly." "So, I'm thinking, hell," "I can probably write the shit out of a Christian song." "Why not throw my hat into the ring, right?" " Sure." " Anyways, congratulations on your success." "Oh, thanks." "Well, it's still just a development deal." "Just a development?" "What is wrong with you?" "You just sold a show to the now channel." "Why don't you live a little?" "Hey, can I help you?" "Yeah." "Hi, I'm Dave." "I'm from the now channel" " to check..." " Oh, yeah, you're here to tape this guy, right?" "Yeah." "Oh, good." "Well, just go talk to Lance, he'll take care of everything." "Okay, great." "Because I just wanna ask him about lighting and then some sound issues and, uh, my penis is in my anus." "There you go." "Big fan." "I appreciate it." "Penis in my anus." "Thank you very much." "Wow, that's an oldie." "Well, I used to intern at x company record, so." "Hey, Fabian man, I love him." "And I ran to him at a coffee shop the other day." "Uh-hmm." "I asked him how things are going." "He asked me if I needed room for cream." "Fucking rich." "All right, Dave." "Go take yours." "Nice meeting you," "I appreciate you, good luck." "Likewise." "All right." "Bye." "Dickies, let's go-es." "I think your persona definitely matches the jokes that you do." "And I've seen a lot of comics, that try to avoid that." "And I don't know," "I think what you're doing's great." "Really?" "That's so good to hear." "Because a lot of my friends and family think that I'm not fat enough to tell fat jokes about myself." "Oh, I think you are." " I mean, uh..." " Hey, like, hey, there you are." "Oh, gosh." "Come, come with me." "I invited some people from my tennis club and they're right over here." "Let me introduce you." " Hi, everybody." " Hello." "This is Henry, and this is frank." "Hi, frank." "Uh, Phil." "Oh, Phil." "I'm sorry." "You're frank." "No." "Mark?" "I'm Jim, this is my wife, Mary." "Uh, I'm sorry." "Who are you?" "Oh, I'm Ellen." "And this was Henry, you know, singer or songwriter." "Troubadour extraordinaire." "And let me make sure I get this right." "He's a singer, songwriter, troubadour extraordinaire who plays clubs and coffee houses nationwide." "Ladies and gentlemen, let's give it up for Henry Phillips." "Hey, thanks, everybody." "This is just a song that I wrote and I hope you enjoy it." "Hey, Henry, so I just spoke to Jay." "And he said Mara at the now channel really liked the video and they're ready to make an offer." "Oh, that's awesome." "Did they say anything about when we were gonna get paid?" "Well, Jay said it might take a little while, but I could get you some regional gigs to sign you over if you're up for it." "How about next Thursday at the nugget hotel in Nevada?" "I had a client in there earlier, but he pulled out, so this would be perfect." "And that pays 500 bucks." "And then, if you go up there the night before, uh, there's a place called the folk house in Ukiah." "And they $250 and both of these, of course, include hotel." "I guess, I should probably write this down." "Oh, nonsense, Henry." "I'll send you an email." "Come on, this is the 20th century." "Oh, and here's the best news." "You could take the greyhound bus for the whole trip and it won't cost you more than a hundred bucks." "So, should I lock it in for next weekend?" "Yeah, let's do it." "Hey." "Good morning." " Oh, hey, guys, how's it going?" " Good." "Just making some gourmet coffee that I bought." "Ooh, congrats." "Yeah." "Hey, um, do you have a minute?" "Yeah." "Is everything okay or?" "Yeah, we just wanna talk to you." "Nothing bad." "Okay." "Yeah." "Okay." "What's happening?" "Well, um, our, uh, adoption plans are starting to look kind of iffy and we... we're, kind of, getting cold feet about the fost-adopt process." "Yeah." " Sorry to hear that." " Yeah, thanks." "And so, Zoe and I were thinking about..." "Well, we're wondering if you would father our child." "Yeah, I mean, if you think about it, Henry, it makes perfect sense." "I mean, you and I are..." "No." "I know what you guys have been going through and how hard it's gonna be and, you know, I would do anything for you." "Thanks." "But, um," "I mean, that's a pretty heavy thing to think about." "Like, would i..." "Would I be involved in the child's life?" "Oh, god, no." "We wouldn't let you near the child." "Oh, yeah." "Um, I, uh..." "And then, how does that work?" "Like, is it, like," " a in vitro or..." " No, no." "Actually, that's a very expensive procedure and it's not always successful." "Uh-hmm." "So, what we were hoping for was that we could do it the old-fashioned way." "You know, wearing bonnets." "I'm sorry." "Old-fashioned and that would mean, unfortunately, you'd have to have sex with Zoe, so my apologies ahead of time." "You know, we're both okay with the idea of you guys having sex and, um, we just really wanna make sure you're comfortable and that you know that there is zero obligation on your part." "And that we're more than happy to have a contract with you, or just..." "Well, that's not the issue." "I mean, um," "I guess, it's just..." "It's pretty heavy." " So, I'm trying to kind of..." " Yeah." "And honestly, we don't need an answer right now." "You can think about it." "If you have any questions, there's no rush." "Yeah, I mean, you know, finish your coffee and then give us an answer." "Might need more time than that, but how about this," "I promise that I will give it a lot of thought, and I'll consider it, and I'll ask if I have any" " other questions about it." " Thanks." " And, um..." " Great." "We'll, then it's out there and..." "Uh-hmm." "Yeah." " Let's move on, shall we?" " Okay." "His name was Arnie "rimshot" Roberts." "So, anyway, he wanted it to say," ""never a gentle man."" "So, this poor guy's got a typo on his tombstone for all of eternity because, uh..." "Hey, how's it going?" "Hi." "Good." "Oh." "Somebody smells good." "Who is it?" "Come here." "All right, next round on me." "Drinks for everyone." " So, Henry." " Yeah." "Do you have a girlfriend?" "I don't." "I did for a couple of years." "But it's hard, you know, with all the road work and everything." " I don't know how you do it." " Dude, you know what?" "There's this girl in my acting class called Hanna." "You would love her, I should introduce you." "Sure." " How about I do it right now?" " No." "No, no, I'm gonna ask her to come down." "I'm not even dressed up." "Yeah, you look right." "What are you worried about?" "Come on." "I'm wearing a Jersey." "Okay." "I... it's ringing." "It doesn't matter." "Come on." "Hi, Hanna." "What are you up to tonight?" "Great." "Well, why don't you come down at stupid Joe's and meet my friend?" "Uh, I would say he's in his 40s, 40-ish." "Uh, blonde type hair." "Uh, comedian." " But he does music." " And he also does music as well." "He's..." "Well, half comedian, half musician." "So, he does both." "Oh." "Okay." "All right then." "Well, feel better." "Okay." "Bye-bye." "Yeah." "She's not feeling good." "Let's not do that again." "Guys, I'm gonna go to the, um, just go to the bar." "Yeah." "Come on, man." "Hey, can I, uh, get one more?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "For you." "Thank you." "So, are you from la originally or?" "No, I'm from Iowa actually." "Oh, what part of Iowa?" "It's a small town." "You've never heard of it." "Try me." "Okay." "Burlington." "Burlington." "Yeah." "Right by the river there, south of Bettendorf and all of that." "Yeah." "Yeah, sure." "Have you heard of chopper's billiards there?" "Yeah." "I worked there in high school." "Oh, weird." "Wow." "How do you know Burlington?" "I travel for a living." "Okay." "So, are you single or, uh..." "I am." "Yeah, uh, just recently actually." " Just recently?" "Okay." " Uh-hmm." "Uh-hmm." "Seeing this guy and I just..." "I had to break things off." "Oh, why is that?" "He traveled for a living." "Oh." "You know, we're closing in like 10 minute, so..." "Okay." "If you could just finish up." "Thank you." "No problem." "Hey, guys." "Hey, Jillian." "Um, I wanted to call and say that, uh," "I was thinking about what you guys were saying earlier." "And, um," "I've always wanted to be there for you, and I know what you're going through, and I just have thought about it, and I wanted to say that, um," "I'll do it." "Uh, I'll have sex with Zoe." "I mean, tonight." "Owls can rotate their heads and necks as much as 270 degrees." "So, I just wanna be a hundred percent certain that you guys are totally fine with this." "Yeah, yeah." "Okay." "And she's fine with it?" "Yup, yeah." "Okay." "That's fine, it's fine." "All right." "Okay?" "Okay." "Okay." "Great." "Yeah, let's..." "Let's have sex." "Yeah." "Here." "Um, oh, yeah." "Let me." "Okay." "Um..." "This." "Yeah." "Okay." "All right." "Okay." "Is this fine?" "Okay." "Yeah, yeah." "And do you want me to do anything or." "Uh, just... it's fine." "Whatever." "Okay." "And thanks again." "Oh, yeah, no problem." "Unite in a very large anastomosis or junction." "Okay." "I think it's." "Yeah?" "Okay." "Yeah." "I think it's ready." "Great." " Oh." " Oh." " Oh, no." " Are you okay?" "Shit." "I'm sorry." "I, um," "I might have fucked up." "What just happened?" "I, uh..." "What?" "Um, I pulled out." "Are you serious?" "Yeah, I think it was, like, an instinctive thing." "Oh, my god." "I'm sorry." "Unbelievable." "What's going on in here?" "Um, it's just, uh." "He pulled out." "What does that even mean?" "He pulled it out." "Well, can't you just put it back in?" "I... uh, it's too late." "Too late for what?" "Are we on a time crunch or something?" " We basically just had sex." " So awful." "Like it was a complete waste." "Jerk." "I'm so sorry." "I just... maybe I'm just used to doing that or something." "I guess, I just wasn't thinking, um, but I mean," "I could try it again like in the morning." "No, we're not trying this again in the morning." "Well." "Gross." "You're listening to Sharon Levine and you're listening to mouth fuck and I am here with comedian, Henry Phillips." "Henry, you are, um, in this area why?" "Why are you up?" "I'm doing a little bit of a tour, a mini tour if you will." "As a matter of fact, actually tomorrow," "I'm gonna be in northern Nevada at a place called the nugget." "It's in, uh, Carson city." "Check out Henry Phillips tomorrow at the golden nugget and I love..." "No, it's, uh, just the nugget." "I guess, it's like the golden nugget, but without all the glitz." "It's a place called the nugget that's not a part yeah." "Of the golden nugget?" "I don't think it's even remotely related." "I think it's just this place." "I don't know." "My manager set it up and she is my manager extraordinaire." "It's pretty typical of a lot of the gigs that I do." "Like, uh, instead of the Madison square garden," "I play at a place called the square garden." "Hi." "I'm performing tonight." "Um, do the performers get a discount on drinks by any chance?" "Hey, Jack." "It's another comedian trying to mooch free drinks." "Well, no, I was, uh..." "No free drinks, buddy." "But you can get a discount." "That's all right." "Well, I'll take a Heineken then... thanks." "Got it." "Also, who do I talk to about sound check?" "Go talk to ed right over there." "Hey, how's it going, ed?" "Yes, sir." "Yeah, I just need to plug in a guitar." "No." "We don't have a guitar here." "Oh, no." "I've got my own guitar." "I just need a place where I can plug it in." "Do you have, like, a quarter inch input on the stage somewhere or, uh..." "No." "No, we're not set up that way." "Well, what do people do when they need to plug in their instruments when they're doing music here?" "The musicians come with their own equipment." "You're a stand-up comedian though, right?" "Yeah." "Just do it without the guitar then." "I can't do it without the guitar." "I sing songs and I play the guitar." "That's my whole act." "And you're coming to me two hours before the show with technical issues?" "I could get another mic, but I've only got one long cord and the console is way up there and, I mean, we only have two hours." "Well, we got to figure something out, man." "All right." "Look, you fucked up." "Um, I think I got an idea though." "Here, come here." "All right." "Here's what I'm gonna have you go ahead and do." "You find the end of that cable." "I will find the end of this cable." "If I hook them together, we will end up with one cable that is long enough to reach the..." "Console." "Dammit." "Hey, you guys having a good time tonight?" "Sorry." "We have a little bit of a technical issue." "That's why I have to kind of..." "Anyway, this is a song for my dog and, uh, I hope you enjoy it." "And this is gonna be your part, guys." "You're gonna go..." "Let's try that." "Three, four..." "It's creepy as he'll, but I like it." "Three, four." "I'm good, man." "Thanks." "Take it, man." "I'll save it for later." "Okay." "You guys giving me a..." "Well, you're crazy." "Oh, this is... ah." "Is this lit?" "God, it's..." "Hello." "How may I help you?" "Hi, there." "Uh, it's Henry Phillips." "Okay." "Um, okay." "I'm not finding that reservation." "Of course, you're not." "Um, let's see, you're sure..." "It's two ls?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Let's check again." "I'm the entertainment tonight at the fantasy lounge, so maybe they put it under fantasy lounge?" "Okay." "Um, yeah, well, we do have a room that's under the fantasy lounge, but, um, it's under someone named funny guitar boy." "Okay." "Yeah." "I'll take a wild stab at it and say they're talking about me." "So, I'm sorry." "I have to perform at 8:00, and I need to take a nap, and shower, and stuff, so if you don't mind," "I'd like to get checked in." "Okay." "Okay." "So, you're funny guitar boy." "Usually, you need to have your full..." "I know." "Name, but that's okay." "So, how many hits on that video?" "Just over 11,000 views." "Wow." "That's great." "Well, actually, we were hoping for it to do a little better." "We tried everything." "We growled it out to our hundred thousand friendlings." "We had it featured on the front page of chumpster and the appreciate to connect to share ratio is nowhere near what we had for even the outtakes on an idiot dad." "Yeah, but aren't people buying their friendlings on chumpster nowadays?" "Oh, yeah." "We've already accounted for that." "Yeah, listen." "Here are your friendlings here." "Now, for every hundred of these, 30 are verified." "That's good." "Now 28, ironic, that's not good." "Forty are us." "That looks good, that's not good." "Well, why don't we have a big show and invite these people?" "Well, unfortunately, Ellen, these are not actual human beings, you know, who will like go places." "They're just computer clicks." "Hi." "Hi." "I should have a reservation." "Okay." "What's the name?" "Funny guitar boy." "So, what'd they say?" "Well, it didn't go as well as I'd hoped." "I mean, it's all about Internet numbers." "You had 11,000 people watching your song, but that wasn't enough for Mara and her whiz kids." "Yeah, I kind of figured as much." "I mean, 11,000 people, Henry." "I mean, you could fill a stadium." "Yeah." "But it's all relative, I mean," " they need a viral hit." " Exactly." "That's all they talked about, friendlings, and connect to favorites, and buddies, and pals." "I mean," "Jay had to translate the whole thing for me." "Hold on." "I'm gonna have to call you back." "There's somebody at my door." "Yeah." "Um, we have a problem." "This gentleman is supposed to be in this room and we don't have a reservation for you, so I'm gonna have to ask you to leave." "Who is this?" "I'm funny guitar boy." "Thank you, guys." "Thank you so much." "You guys have been amazing." "Please follow me on Twitter and vine and friendling me on chumster." "Also, I have bumper stickers out back that say," ""my penis." Now, I wanna introduce my new friend." "Feels like an old friend, Mr. Henry Phillips." " Thanks." " It's all right, man." "Hey, thanks, everybody." "And give it up again for funny guitar boy." "He was hilarious." "And a nice guy, too." "He's letting me crash to his hotel room tonight because apparently my manager smokes crack." "Oh, I'm supposed to tell you guys this from the management here at the fantasy lounge, this is not actually a show." "Um, it's just that everybody has died and gone to hell." "Sorry about that." "But anyway, this is a song about growing up." "And I hope you enjoy it." "Hey, man, I'm really excited that we get to do the show together." "I, uh," "I'm a big fan back in college." "My buddy, he burned your Cd for me and it was inspiring for me." "Thanks, man." "Yeah, I think they're gonna have you back here." "You had a really good set." "Well, you know," "I mean, this isn't, you know, really what I wanna be doing exactly, you know?" "What do you wanna be doing?" "Michael, by the time I'm 30," "I wanna be headlining a clubs only." "You know what I mean?" "Big cities." "New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Orlando." "By the time I'm 35, hell, man, I'll be doing theaters, TV show." "Well, it sounds like you got it all mapped out." "Oh, I tell you, you got to do it." "In this business, oh my god, set goals, achieve the goals." "So many people just drift." "They just drift off into nothing." "I'll tell you one thing, I don't wanna be in my 40s paying shitty rooms like this for a hundred bucks a night." "You know what I'm saying?" "Yeah." "Gray." "Haven." "Gray." "Haven." "Gray." "Front desk, this is Danielle." "Yeah, um, there's somebody making all kinds of racket in the hallway right now." " Haven." " Oh, I'm sorry about that, sir." "Um, what are they doing?" "Uh, just like, uh, just yelling, and screaming, and banging on the walls and shit." "What are they yelling?" "Um, gray haven or something." "What?" "Uh, sounds like they're saying gray haven." "She's saying, uh..." "Could spell that?" "H-I... h-a-v..." "I don't know." "Who cares how you spell it?" "Can you..." "Is there a way you can make them stop doing it?" "Yeah." "Oh, you know what, could you hold on one second?" "I'm so sorry." " Front desk, this is Danielle." " Yeah, it's still me." "I'm so sorry." "Hold on one second." "Front desk, this is Danielle." "Still me." "Haven." "Lady, shut the fuck up." "You know what, I can send somebody up there and see if they can do..." "Uh, you know what, actually, I think it's been taken care of." "Well, I'm very sorry for the inconvenience." "Thanks, man." "Matt, Matt." "Come here, look at this." "Awesome." "Oh, you're crazy." "Uh, uh, got it." "This is lit." "Oh, shit." "Hey." "Hey, how's it going?" "Can I get a cup of coffee to go, please?" "Right on." "Hey, uh, you have a video on the Internet right now." "I actually do, yeah." " I knew that was you." " Really?" "Oh, it was so funny." " You've seen it?" " Yeah, I've seen it" " over and over." " Uh, I've seen your video, too." "I showed it to everybody." "Well, that's great." "Well, what do I owe you for the, uh..." "Oh, um, have it." " Are you sure?" " Yeah." " Okay." " Uh, be careful with that." "I was, uh, talking about how..." "You were talking about the beauty of what you do." "Yeah, yeah, and just how amazing it is that I can make so many people so happy, you know?" "It's just..." "But it's true." "Ow." "Front desk." "Hello." "Yeah, I'm sorry." "I'm having a problem with flies in my room." "You have what problem?" "Like, flies." "There's a whole infestation of them." "They're buzzing around and shit." "Flies, flies in room?" "Yeah." "Can we do something?" "What room number?" " 125." " I send someone." "He take care of it." "Thank you." "Today, 10:02 am." "Henry, I have your check from the network." "They took out a lot of taxes, but still." "Anyway, come by my place anytime and bring your checkbook." "I want my cut in this." "Today, 10:26 am." "Good morning, Mr. Phillips, detective Delgado here." "Well, good news, we found your 2006 Forenza." "It was not stolen." "It looks like the vehicle was actually towed for obstructing a driveway." "It's gonna be a hundred and seven dollars for the towing, plus an additional one hundred dollars for each day in storage." "Have a nice day." "Congratulations." "Message saved." "This is Delgado." "Yeah." "It's Henry Phillips calling about my car." "Yes, Mr. Phillips, 2006 Forenza." "You can pick up your vehicle at 2309 west temple." "Okay." "Well, but what I was thinking is, like," "I shouldn't have to pay the $2,000 fee if, uh, it's technically not my fault, right?" "It's not your fault you obstructed" " someone else's driveway?" " Well, no, I'm not denying that part." "I'll take your word for it." "But that's beside the point." "Uh-huh." "Nobody ever told me that my car was stolen." "Hold on a second." "What is this shit?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "You know what I mean?" "It's, like, if somebody had told me that my car was impounded, then I would have picked it up that day, you know?" "Okay." "I mean, you can fight it with the adjudicator." "But I wouldn't recommend it considering that every day that your car is in storage, you're gonna be incurring higher fees." "All right." "Well, I think I have a pretty strong case here, so, can we set up, uh, an adjudicator meeting?" "Yes, sir, I will set up your adjudicator meeting." "Thank you." "All right." "Oh, yeah, let me, uh, I can cut you a check." "Yeah." "Well, come into my office." "Here, would like some coffee?" "Yeah, that'd be great." "How do you take your coffee?" "Uh, just black." "Oh, that's easy." "So, isn't this exciting, Henry?" "Yeah." "Oh, I'm gonna let the machine get it." "Hi, this is Ellen from Ellen Pinsky management." "I'll get back to you asap." "Hey, Ellen, it's Jay Warren." "Um, you know..." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Uh, um, hi, Jay." "Oh." "Oh, you're there." " Yeah, I'm here." " Great." "In fact, I'm screening my calls, but I'm actually here with Henry right now and I just gave him his check." "Uh, yeah, that's great." "Listen, are you guys able to make it to now channel today at 2:00 P.M." "Which I know is short notice, but they wanna see us right away." "Uh, sure." "Is it something good?" "Let's just say I've never heard of a network calling an emergency meeting like this to tell somebody no." "You know what I'm saying?" "Hold up." "Hold up." "Hold the door." "Okay." "Okay." "Got it." "Oh, thanks." "Oh, hey." "Oh, hey." "Oh, hey." "Hi." "Have you heard the good news?" "No." "Clue us in." "Uh, well, your video went viral." "Oh, you're kidding." "Wow." "Those whiz kids really came through, huh?" "I'll tell you what, I'll save it for later." " Awesome." " Yeah." "Crazy." "What?" " Oh." " This is lit." "Wait, so this is the video you guys" " are talking about?" " It... it's got the three steps of virality." "Step one, the join." "Get your hand on the mouse." "Step two, the fuck up, moves the mouse over to the share button." "Step three, the epic face-plant, fires the click." "It's a fucking masterpiece." "Guys, this is really good." "We're ready to take this to the next level." "We have one little tweak." "Mara, why don't you tell them about it?" "All right." "So what we're gonna do is we're gonna take the day's hottest viral videos and then we're going to have famous actors reenact them, but who better to introduce them than Mr. epic fail himself," "Henry Phillips?" "So Henry, you would come out and you do like a little bit and maybe a stunt where you trip and fall over." "Wait, wait, uh, hold on." "So, I'm the host of this show doing my songs and having..." "Dude, fuck your songs." "This is what people wanna see you doing." " Yeah." " Yeah, like no offense, but when we uploaded your song, the response was garbage, like it was like trying to give away an old mattress or something." "Uh, we love your songs and we think they're so silly, but I think that we can all agree that they're not testing very well in the viral universe." "So, we just really wanted to take advantage of this really remarkable opportunity." "People are doing parodies of your video." "Look, that's the thing though, it's not my video." "Not..." " no, this is your video, this is your face." "People are recognizing you." "They're talking about you." "Yeah." "Well, they aren't talking about me." "Here's a guy who calls me a douche canoe." "I don't even know what that means." "All right, here's a good one." "I'm a shit-eating twat waffle." "I do know what that means and it's not flattering." "You got to get over it, man." "Negative comments are how you know" " you're a somebody." " If everyone was being nice, that means they don't see you as a threat." " This is a compliment." " Oh, yeah, it's a compliment." "Okay, well," "I'm gonna compliment you, guys, and say that you're a couple of, uh, ass-gobbling cunt balloons." "Nothing's set in stone, okay?" "I mean, this is just spitballing here." "Henry, how about this?" "We're gonna get you some water, we'll get you some coffee," "I'm just sensing you're maybe getting a little upset." "I'm extremely upset." "As a matter of fact, I don't wanna have anything to do with any of this shit." "Well, I think he feels like he, kind of, got blindsided, you know?" "And it's, uh, it's an adjustment." "We'll work it up." "Ellen, we'll talk to him and we'll be good." "Fuck your songs?" "You kidding me?" "I know this is not what you originally envisioned, what any of us originally envisioned, but this is just the way things shake out sometimes." "I mean, this is..." "This is an opportunity, this is serendipity." "Well I mean, the thing is, my songs are my life, you know." " That's what I enjoy doing." " I know." "I get that, I do, and I love them, but here's what I think you're missing." "If this show was a hit, you can write all the songs you want." "I mean, you're gonna be famous." "That's what you want, right?" "I never said that." "Hey, guys." "Hey, Henry, I just saw that viral video of yours." "Is that, uh, what the TV show is all about?" "Well, it's not what it was supposed to be about, but apparently it is." "Well, it was funny as hell and you got tons of views." "Congrats." "Yeah, but it's unintentionally funny." "Unintentional?" "The... what does that..." "Do you know... you know who Arnie Roberts is?" " There you go." "Rimshot." " Oh, yeah, tombstone guy." "Arnie "rimshot" Roberts." "You know what he used to say?" "It doesn't matter why they're laughing as long as they're laughing." "Have a good stay." "Well, listen, why don't we shoot for a compromise, like, let's say they have you sing one of your songs and then on the way out, you slip on some paint or something?" "Oh, I don't know." "I'm just spitballing out of my ass." " Hey, buddy." " Oh, hey." "Your hair is on fire." "See?" "Like this is the kind of shit" "I Jay:" "Yeah, that was ridiculous." "But do you really have a choice now at this point?" "Well, what do you mean?" "Well, I mean, we signed on to develop this thing, you know." "If you just walk away now, you're pissing off some pretty important people." " This is big business here." " Henry, you got to think about this." "All right." "Well, look, I got to go on now, but, uh, let's talk about this another time." "Okay, well, knock them dead and don't worry, Henry," "I got your back." "All right." "Well, thanks, Ellen." "Thanks, guys." "I'll see you in a little bit." "We got a very funny guy coming up now." "He just sold the show to the now channel and he's here tonight, give him a hand, make him feel welcome, Mr. Henry Phillips." "Hey, thanks, stupid." "Um..." "Well, I've only been in la now for a couple of weeks and it's weird because I've noticed that I think hailing a taxi must look exactly the same as trying..." "Do the light-your-hair-on-fire bit." " The what?" " The bit, where you light your hair on fire." "That's not actually a bit." "She's talking about a video where, uh, somebody gave me a marijuana cigarette and I hey, man, were you really stoned?" "No, I wasn't stoned." "Like I get..." "I didn't know it was lit and I put it on my hair and I wound up damn near killing myself..." "Feeling like you were stoned." "If you don't mind," "I'd rather not do a whole Q and a about this fucking video right now." "I'd rather just do my act." "That was so funny." "Was it fake?" "Okay." "Uh, so anyway, yeah, I've only been in la for a couple of weeks now" " and, uh, it's funny..." " So why did you come up here if you weren't gonna talk about the..." "All right, dude, if you wanna talk about it, you can talk about it." "Everybody just go fuck themselves." "I'm done with this shit." "Hey, what did I tell you guys about heckling the performers?" "I was just trying to go..." "I was trying to that's not up to you." "Why don't you guys pretend this is TV and shut the fuck up, huh?" "You know what?" "Get out of here, buddy." "Oggy, get this idiot out of here." " I'm a customer." " Not at my club," " you're not." "Get out." " That's so unfair." "Oh, you, too, asshole." "Oggy, this one, too." "It's a little harsh." "So is your makeup." "We just wanted to see..." "Yeah, shut up." "Why don't you guys go and have sex in the parking lot?" "Thank you, guys, for being human beings, not like those idiots." "Give yourselves a round of applause." "Are you guys the front end of the vehicle was over 20 inches into a private driveway." "It's a violation." "It's clear cut." "Mr. Phillips?" "Well, yeah, I'm not disputing that part of it." "I'm just saying that nobody ever told me the car was impounded." "You see what I mean?" "So it's like the cops are looking for a stolen vehicle when meanwhile my car is sitting on their impound lot racking up $2,000 worth of charges..." "When did the police contact you about finding your car?" "I got a message two days ago." " I see." " Now, hold on." "When the car was towed," "I entered it into the system so there's absolutely positively no way the police would not have notified him that day." "Mr. Phillips, do you still have the message?" "I should, yeah." "Can you play it for us?" "Sure." "Sunday, September 18, 10:17 am." "Sorry about last night." "I wound up banging that Erica chick." "Oh, sorry." "She's gonna be the last girl in la that still has a hairy crotch." "Shave the cooch, shave the cooch." "I went down on that..." "I'm sorry." "Um..." "You hang up on me, you piece of shit coward?" "You little fucking weep..." "Hold on." "Hey, Henry, I feel bad." "I know we haven't talked since you ejaculated on my girlfriend's leg..." " Mr. Phillips, it..." " But, um..." " One sec." " I'd love to talk to you or see you." "Message saved," "Monday, September 26, 10:26 am." "Good morning, Mr. Phillips, detective Delgado here." "This is it." "Well, good news we found your 2006 Forenza." "It was not stolen." "It looks like the vehicle was actually towed for obstructing a driveway." "You can retrieve it at 2309" " west Tampa boulevard." " Okay then." "Can you read that back to me, please?" "Sunday, September 18th, 10:17 am." "Hey, sorry about last night." "I wound up banging that Erica chick." "Just the last message is fine." "Sorry." "Monday, September 26, 10:26 am." "Good morning, Mr. Phillips, detective Delgado here." "Well, good news we found your 2006 Forenza." "It wasn't stolen." "It looks like the vehicle was towed for obstructing a driveway." "Well, there you go." "So I guess somebody uploads this stupid video of me making an ass out of myself and it turns out that that's what the network wanted to make a show about, not my songs, just some asshole whose hair caught on fire, you know," "so just because of this dumb viral video, you know?" "Yeah, I know." "I saw the video." "It was hilarious." "You saw it?" "Yeah." "Somebody uploaded it on Facebook and I was like, oh, there's the guy that screwed my girlfriend." "Oh, no." "I hope Zoe's gonna forgive me about all that." "I think when she finally stops vomiting, she'll probably come around." "I was gonna put a fresh pot of coffee on." "Would you like some?" "I would love that." "All right." "Well, um, here comes a little visitor for you." "Aw." "Make sure he doesn't jump off the ledge." "Oh, he's fine." "I was talking to the cat." "Jay, whatever happened to your TV show about that loser guy?" "Just a little Fyi, uh, you talking to a guy in my business, it's not the best idea to say, hey, whatever happened to your blank, you know, because if you didn't hear about it," "that story is not gonna have a happy ending." "Duly noted." "I owe you one." "I'll take it." "I'll tell you what happened." "We had Carl Rohmer and the whole now network chopping at the bit to make a show about a guy, we're in the homestretch and the guy just bails." "Well, all I can say is he's damn luck he's working with you, Jay, not one of those other sharks out there or pedaling hotdogs in Kalamazoo right now." "You know what, at the end of the day," "I kind of get it." "I mean..." "Not everybody is dying to be famous just for the sake of being famous." "So pop one open for that cool, refreshing taste." "Look at that." "Stupid Joe does make more money in 10 seconds than we're gonna make all weekend." "Well, good for him, I guess, huh?" "Hey, did you leave the lights on?" "No, they turn off automatically." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "Yeah, come on, let's go." "Okay." "It just didn't." "I'm going to go to the bathroom." "Yeah." "Is it all right if I just drop this here for a sec?" "Okay." "Thank you." "Hey, what's up man?" "Hey, bathroom?" "Yeah, but this section is closed for a private party, sorry." "Uh, is there another bathroom or..." "No." "So, what would somebody do if they have to go to the bathroom?" "I got some VIPs back here and I'm gonna tell you, sir." "This is crazy." "I mean, is that even legal?" "Don't you have to have a bathroom for the people?" "I mean..." "Yeah, I'm not a lawyer." "That's crazy." "All right." "I want in." "But you're not getting in." "You know, right now," "I might be a big nobody here, but few years down the line, I might be selling out shows all over the country and our paths may cross again." "And if you're not nice to me now," "I might not be so easy to deal with a little bit down the line." "So, what's it gonna be?" "Bullshit." "Hey, man." "Hey, man, how's it going?" "Good, good." "What do you want for your introduction?" "Oh, just say Henry Phillips." "Cool." "You want me to tell them to turn off their cell phones?" "Yeah, if you want." "I got it." "All right." "Cool." "Hey, can I have a glass of water real quick?" "Oh, thanks." "Hey." "Well, hey, man, where did you go?" "Bathroom." "Did that guy let you in?" "Yeah," "I had to tell him I was with Henry Phillips." "Oh, um, by the way," "Arnold tell me to tell you..." "Hotdogs." "Don't forget to mention hotdogs, two for a dollar in a bun." "Put it in there somewhere." " Good deal." " All right." "This guy coming up here, Henry Phillips, wants you to turn your cell phones off, okay?" "He came all the way out here from la." "I expect you to give him the respect that somebody from la deserves." "Don't need to be talking on your cell phones like a bunch of jackasses, so give it up." "Oh, thanks." "You guys having a good time?" "I'm not from la." "I, um, I was just there for a little while though." "I think la is this place where everybody feels like they're just like sleeping their way to the top and I always felt like I'm just like masturbating my way to the bottom for no other reason." "And, um..." "But I've always had the worst, like, when it comes to meeting new people for the first time, and this is a true story." "I was in the elevator recently and there were a couple of girls there and some other people and I was trying to talk to these girls and there wasn't really happening and so, um, when I got to my floor, I didn't know" "if I was supposed to go right or left, but I just wanted to get out of there so I thought, well, I'm just gonna go left and deal with it later." "So I get to my floor and I was like, well, you guys have a good one, whatever." "And then I went out and I went left, but there's just a wall right here and I was like, oh, shit." "But I didn't think they could see, so I thought, well, maybe what I'll do," "I'm just gonna, kind of, like stand here and hide up against the wall just for a second and wait for the doors to close so that way they don't know that I fucked up." "So, I'm just kind of standing here, hiding against the wall, waiting, and the doors weren't closing for the longest time, but while I was standing there," "I looked across here and there's this giant mirror and I could see them, and they're staring at me and I'm just standing here, hiding up against this wall," "I didn't know what to say, I was like, uh, oh, hey." "And then the doors closed right at that moment, so that's the last thing anybody saw and I was like, oh, man." "I don't think that happens to normal people." "So is it worth it?" "As long as I'm doing what I like to do, you know, I think that if somebody came up to me and said," ""hey, I'll give you $10,000," ""but you have to say a joke that you don't think is funny,"" "I would do it, obviously." "Yeah, I would, too." "That was a bad example." "I was stupid." "What I meant was, um, like, if you..." "You wanna fail at doing what you love" " and not compromising." " Exactly, and I think I'm feeling very well doing what I love." "You're listening to mouth fuck." "That was Henry Phillips who I believe is..." "A rambling troubadour extraordinaire." "Oh." "And, uh, thank you so much for coming in." " Yeah." " Playing your song" " and talking about your life." " Sure." "Thank you for having me." "I wanna apologize about my voice tonight, by the way." "Every night, it's a shitty voice, so I apologize about that, but..." "Thank you guys very much." "Thank you so much."