Buddy Solitaire Page #2

Synopsis: Buddy Solitaire is a struggling comedian on the late night circuit. The only job he can get is teaching comedy to the mentally ill. Buddy discovers, however, that by helping these patients, he can get closer and closer to healing himself.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Year:
2016
86 min
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-I WAS AT MY MOM'S.

HEY, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

I HAVE TO GO TO:

THE BATHROOM.

-YEAH.

CAN'T BE ANY WORSE

THAN MY IRVINE AUDIENCE.

HEY YOU, YOU NEW

TO MAPLE HILLS?

UH, NO, NO.

I COULD BE.

I'M AN INSOMNIAC,

HYPOCHONDRIAC,

-HUGE MEGALOMANIAC.

SERIOUSLY.

OH. I'M VANESSA'S

BOYFRIEND, BUDDY.

-ARE YOU A

SOCIAL WORKER?

-NO.

NO, BUT THANK YOU

FOR THINKING I COULD BE.

I'M A COMEDIAN, GUYS.

I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK.

TRY THE SHRIMP.

WE HAVE SHRIMP HERE?

I HAVE NO IDEA:

WHAT THE MENU IS.

YOU KNOW IT'S NOT NICE

TO MAKE FUN OF US.

YEAH, LOOK, I'M NO MAKING FUN OF YOU GUYS.

I GET WHAT IT'S LIKE

BEING HERE, THOUGH.

SOCIAL WORKERS, SHRINKS.

EVERYBODY THINKS YOU'RE

CRAZY, RIGHT?

IT'S LIKE BEING

AT HOME WITH YOUR MOM,

EXCEPT SHE PROBABLY

DOESN'T MAKE YOU KISS HER.

KIDDING.

YOU GOT A VERY:

MAD CAT AT HOME?

I'M SORRY, DOES ONE OF YOU

TRANSLATE FOR HER?

ALL I GOT WAS:

"IS SOME"

OKAY, TOO MUCH!

ALL RIGHT, TOO FAR, TOO FAR.

I WANT MY CHICKEN SALAD!

MAN, THAT IS YOUR FOURTH

CHICKEN SALAD.

DO YOU REALLY:

EAT THAT MUCH?

HEY, I'M BACK.

SO AM I.

WHAT WAS THAT?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, MAN,

HE'S JUST SOME JERK.

CHICKEN SALAD...

VANESSA'S CLASS IS GOING

TO BE MY NEW SPARK.

WRITING ABOUT THESE WEIRDOS

IS GOING TO GET ME

INTO THE JUBILEE.

WHAT ABOUT THAT JOKE

I GAVE YOU,

THE ONE ABOU MY COUSIN PATEL?

-THAT WAS SOME BAD SH*T.

-YEAH, THAT WAS

SOME BAD SH*T.

-HEY.

-LOOK, IF I WIN

THE JUBILEE,

THAT'S GONNA TURN

EVERYTHING AROUND.

AND STEPHAN MARTIN

IS RUNNING IT THIS YEAR.

THAT FREAK WOULD LOVE

A SHOW ABOUT CRAZY PEOPLE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, MAN.

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THIS?

YEAH, YEAH!

I MEAN ,LOOK, COMEDY IS

HALF INSANE ANYWAY, RIGHT?

-LOOK AT US TWO A**HOLES.

-I'M NOT AN A**HOLE.

YOU ARE:

KIND OF AN A**HOLE.

LOOK, IT JUS SEEMS LIKE A LOT,

OKAY, FOR SOME NEW JOKES?

LOOK, I GOTTA TRY SOMETHING

DIFFERENT, OKAY?

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS

FOR 15 YEARS.

SOMETHIN'S GOTTA CHANGE.

SIR!

SIR, EXCUSE ME.

HI, YES.

YES, YOU, SIR. YEAH.

HI. IS THIS THE PLACE

THAT STEPHAN MARTIN

DOES HIS HIPPIE-DIPPY

BULLSHIT?

BY "HIPPIE-DIPPY

BULLSHIT," YOU MEAN

MEDITATION?

-YEAH, I THINK SO.

I'M BUDDY SOLITAIRE.

CAN YOU TELL STEPHAN

THAT BUDDY'S GO A BRAND NEW BAG, OKAY?

LIKE JAMES BROWN?

BUDDY GOT A BRAND

NEW BAG, WHA-AA!

NO, IT'S NOT A GREA IMPRESSION

AND YOU CLEARLY:

AREN'T A MUSIC FAN.

-I LIKE CHANTING.

-AWESOME.

TELL STEPHAN:

IT'S CALLED "THE CRAZY SHOW"

AND THAT IT TOTALLY KICKS ASS,

YOU GOT THAT?

I'LL MAKE SURE

TO LET HIM KNOW.

OKAY.

DON'T FORGET, BALDY.

PSST.

AMAZING PAJAMAS.

IT IS NICE.

I LOVE NATURE.

NO, YOU DON'T.

THAT'S TRUE.

ACTUALLY, I THINK

IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS.

HEY...

WHOA.

WHAT'S THE OCCASION?

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