L.A. Story Page #7

Synopsis: Harris K Telemacher is a 'wacky weekend weatherman' for a local Los Angeles television station who is searching for meaning in his otherwise cliche ridden Los Angeles life. With the help of an insightful and talkative Freeway sign, Harris embarks on a journey through Los Angeles in pursuit of Sarah, an English reporter who has been sent to the City of Angels to research an article for the London Times.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director(s): Mick Jackson
Production: Live Home Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG-13
Year:
1991
95 min
780 Views


This has gone on since the 80's?

I'm sorry.

I just can't be here right now.

I'm out of my relationship,

I'm out of the agency!

And I only looked

like a fool for 3 years!

Now, if I could get out of weather.

Will you stop predicting things!

Have you always been a freeway sign?

Or did you start as a stop sign

and work your way up from there?

I BELI EVE I USED TO BE A BAGPI PE

Oh, alright.

- Would you stop predicting then?

- Yes.

So I pretape the weather

and some sailors lost their boats.

Big deal! Besides, what kind of

a**hole sailor would trust the

wacky weatherman anyway? - This one.

You lost your boat?

- Yes.

You're fired.

I never want to see you.

I said I never want to see you.

You're fired.

The weather

will change your life, twice.

That's once.

You and Trudy broke up?

I knew your relationship was a "two."

If love is ruining your day,

it's always good to

ruin your best friend's day, too.

Trudi wasn't for me. The only fun

we had was sex and watching TV.

Good turn.

- I hate to say this,

but if sex and watching

TV are fun, you really got something.

- What happened to my plant?

Is anybody else out there?

There is, but it's impossible.

- Does she like you?

I don't know.

Just call this Sandy girl.

At least you could take her out.

Thanks a lot, it was great!

What do you think?

I think it was a total washout.

- It really clears out your head.

Head? You should go back in there

and tell them they're doing it wrong.

It was a great lunch and enema.

You gonna see me again?

- Sure, if you want to.

When?

- Friday. Friday okay?

Yeah.

- Where do you wanna go?

There's this new restaurant...

..."L'ldiot." - I've heard of that.

"L'ldiot," you and me on Friday.

Hello, "L'ldiot..."

Reservation for two for Friday.

Saturday?

Sunday? Good... 8:30?

5:
30 or 10:30?

Um, 5:
30.

Visa.

I'm a weatherman.

Yes, I'm on TV.

Renting.

I just sold a condo!

Yes, in this soft market!

That's none of your business.

In the low fifties.

I can meet you at 3:00.

I have Visa and Mastercard.

They all have both.

Mr. Pardeau is looking for

more than a promise to pay.

He's looking for a kind of depth

in your financial sea.

Let's make this easier.

Suppose you get

the reservation and suppose

you come down and we honor it.

What might you order?

I might like the duck.

You can't.

- You can't.

Why? - With this financial statement,

you think you can have the duck?

Where do you summer?

Excuse me?

Where do you spend your summers?

Here.

The chicken.

- You can have the chichen.

What about my date?

You can urge her in one direction.

Either we go there and she orders

what she wants or let's forget it.

Alright.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, playwright, author, and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from comedy, Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright, pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning him an Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among other honors. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics. He was awarded an Honorary Academy Award at the Academy's 5th Annual Governors Awards in 2013.While he has played banjo since an early age, and included music in his comedy routines from the beginning of his professional career, he has increasingly dedicated his career to music since the 2000s, acting less and spending much of his professional life playing banjo, recording, and touring with various bluegrass acts, including Earl Scruggs, with whom he won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2002. He released his first solo music album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo, in 2009, for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. more…

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