Buddy Solitaire Page #3

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.
 
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Year:
2016
86 min
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-YOU'RE GORGEOUS.

ACTUALLY I FOUND

A FLOWER OVER THERE.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

HEY, YOU KNOW HOW

MAPLE HILL IS LOOKING

FOR THAT NEW AFTERNOON

ACTIVITIES INSTRUCTOR?

-I'M YOUR GUY.

YES. I'M GONNA

TEACH 'EM STAND-UP

AND SKETCH, IMPROV.

LOOK, I REALLY LIKED

THAT GROUP YESTERDAY.

ARE WE TALKING:

ABOUT THE SAME PEOPLE?

YEAH.

WELL, THEY'RE...

CHARMING.

LOOK, I KNOW IT'S JUS AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS,

BUT THESE PEOPLE

HAVE REAL PROBLEMS.

I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S

A COUNSELING CENTER,

NOT A PSYCH WARD,

BUT THEY NEED:

A SPECIALIST.

I'M AS SPECIAL

AS THEY COME.

WE ALREADY HIRED SOMEONE.

MR. RICKLES IS GONNA DO

A DEEP MOVEMENT WORKSHOP.

OKAY, LOOK, ANYBODY

NAMED MR. RICKLES DESERVES

TO BE FIRED, ONE,

AND TWO, WHAT THE HELL

IS A "DEEP MOVEMENT"

WORKSHOP?

-IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR JOINTS.

-BABY, COME ON, PLEASE.

I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO

PUT IN A GOOD WORD, OKAY?

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE

ON MY SIDE.

I NEED THIS.

I'LL SEE

WHAT I CAN DO.

-THANK YOU.

-YOU'RE WELCOME.

MM-HMM.

UH-OH.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE TAUGH WORKSHOPS BEFORE.

OH, REALLY?

WHERE?

-BAKERSFIELD.

-BAKERSFIELD.

MM-HMM.

YOU DON'T HAVE

YOUR CERTIFICATE, DO YOU?

PAPERWORK?

COME ON, WHO NEEDS THAT?

ME.

LOOK, I DON'T HAVE

A PH.D. LIKE YOU.

-MM-HMM.

-BUT I CAN STILL BE VERY

USEFUL TO THIS PSYCH WARD.

THIS IS NO A PSYCH WARD.

THIS IS:

A COUNSELING CENTER.

SORRY.

UH...

I CAN BE VERY USEFUL

TO YOUR COUNSELING CENTER.

BUT HONESTLY, IT'S KINDA

"TOMATOES-TOMAHTOES,"

RIGHT?

JUST KIDDING.

YOU GOT THE JOB.

THOUGHT YOU'D APPRECIATE THAT,

BEING A COMEDIAN, HMM?

YEAH, THAT'S--

I'LL HAVE TO REMEMBER

THAT INTERVIEW STYLE.

WELL, THE VANESSA GROUP

DOESN'T NEED THERAPY

AS MUCH AS SOCIAL SKILLS,

BUT COMEDY,

COMEDY WILL TAKE

CARE OF THAT, HUH?

-COMEDY.

-HIGH FIVE.

-OKAY.

-YEAH.

-FIST BUMP.

-ALL RIGHT.

-AH-HH!

LET'S GO MEE THE GROUP.

-YES!

GUYS, GUYS.

LISTEN UP, LISTEN UP.

-THIS IS BUDDY.

-HI.

I HEAR YOU ALREADY MET.

OKAY... WELL.

I'LL LEAVE I UP TO YOU, THEN, HUH?

GOOD LUCK.

WELL, I DIDN'T EXPEC TO BE STARTING TODAY,

BUT... HERE WE ARE.

WHAT ARE YOU:

DOING BACK HERE?

THANK YOU,

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU TOO.

GUYS, I'M YOUR NEW

AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES

INSTRUCTOR.

SERIOUSLY,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHOA. I'M JUST HERE

TO TEACH YOU GUYS

COMEDY, OKAY?

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TEACH YOU

SOME F***IN' MANNERS.

OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

WHY DON'T WE JUS GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER

A LITTLE BIT FIRST?

LET'S GET INTO A SEMI-CIRCLE

SO BRING YOUR CHAIRS IN.

COULD YOU BRING THEM CLOSER?

COME IN A LITTLE BIT?

THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S THE EFFOR I'M LOOKING FOR.

IF YOU COULD JUS SCOOT IN?

COULD YOU JUS TAKE YOUR CHAIR AND...

OKAY.

WHY DON'T I BEGIN?

UH, MY NAME IS BUDDY.

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