Bounce

[Airplane]

Buddy:
Hey, Jim, ready

for your Christmas present?

We're now the biggest little

ad agency on the west coast.

Jim:

We got it back?

Buddy:
Yeah. I pitched,

they caught, we closed.

We got the Infinity Airlines

account for the next 2 years.

They love us.

Jim:

This is great, Buddy.

I thought he was gonna

give me a corsage.

I thought he was gonna

kiss me right there.

Jim:
Did he sign?

Yeah. I got the signed

contract in front of me.

I'm looking at it.

You want a quote?

He said, "I can't see

why we would ever leave."

Jim:
Buddy, this is great.

You did it!

Yeah, no problem.

I'm on the 6:
00 flight.

I think I'm flying free

for life.

Jim:
Hey, Buddy, you really

came through on this one.

What can I tell you?

Jim:
That's some

Christmas present.

No problem, man.

All right.

I'll see you in a bit.

Bye.

Buddy:
Is it supposed to

snow like this all night?

P. A:
Thank you

for your patience

this snowy holiday season.

If you have not met...

Buddy:
Shit.

O'Hare is hell with runways

and a couple ofTCBY's.

L.A.?

Yeah. Does it show?

I think I flew out

with you on Tuesday.

Ron Wachter.

Yeah. Buddy Amaral.

Good to see you.

I don't know.

I've seen worse.

I think we'll get

out of here.

Hey, Buddy.

You made it out.

Janice. I was

gonna call you.

Yeah. I was gonna

hold my breath.

Nice talking to you.

So, did we like

your dog and pony show?

Well, what can I say,

you know?

Love at frst sight.

Lucky us.

So, you on the 6:00?

Yes, I am.

Just about

to push it back.

- No.

- Mm-hmm.

God damn it.

Well, time for a drink?

Yeah, that's why they

called me in on my day off.

Drinks with the freight.

So, next time, yeah?

I'll call you.

Whatever.

[Loud Chatter]

Whoa. Sorry.

Sorry, it's this bag.

I don't know where I am.

It's all right, man.

You got your whole

Let's Go:
Europe thing

happening there.

I understand.

Eurail pass, yogurt,

get stoned,

see the Anne Frank House.

Sorry?

Sit down. Join us.

Have a drink.

- This is Mimi.

- Hi.

We've known each other

for, what, 5 minutes?

I think she's bored

with me already.

Greg:
Well, thanks.

Sure, why not?

The line at the snack bar

is like an hour.

Oh, God.

Let me guess...

English teacher.

Let me guess... agent.

[Laughs]

Advertising.

It's like agenting

without the heart.

Am I that much

of a clich?

Hey,

don't look at me.

I'm just sitting

here eating nuts.

And I'm not a teacher.

I'm a writer.

Buddy:
A writer?

That's what I started out at.

Couldn't make a living.

I write for TV.

TV? So that "I'm so much

better than you" look

I saw on your face

when I said advertising,

I must have imagined it.

Maybe on his face

you imagined it.

Greg:
I got nothing

against advertising.

It pays me, I guess.

That's right, it does.

What do you do again?

I told you. I'm with

the National Organ Center.

I'm in development.

Gotta love that.

She's in

organ development.

Buddy:
Can't...

[Laughs]

She has this whole

great speech on here

that David Crosby

gives, actually,

about transplants

and stuff.

It's pretty compelling.

I write plays, too.

That's what I was

doing in Chicago.

A play of mine

opened.

What TV shows?

It was no big deal.

A little theater.

I'm here again next week.

I love plays.

No, it closed.

It closed.

Um, it was a limited...

It's called

Lilacs in the Dooryard.

Buddy:
I wonder why

we have plays anymore.

Hello? We got movies.

Check a movie out.

Buddy:

Know what I mean?

Hmm, not in here.

Yeah.

What's a dooryard?

It's from a Whitman poem.

"When lilacs last in

the dooryard bloomed."

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