Life of the Party Page #4

your car at 2:
00 in the morning?

Ellis Island?

Glad you could make it.

He's lying in there

all screwed up.

...if you're interested.

You should see my car.

Oh...

Do you know how long it took

me to find a 1965 Mustang.

...in mint condition wi

th 96,000 miles on it?

And I'm connected!

I mean, I know where cars are.

What did you come

here for?

To call your service,

take down your messages?

We'll take it.

Thank you.

We have an appointment.

4:
30 Thursday.

Best man I could find.

Who has an appointment?

Whoever cares.

Whoever decides they don't want

him to kill himself next time.

You should try

and be there.

F. Scott Fitzgerald...

Edgar Allan Poe...

Jim Thorpe...

Ulysses S. Grant...

Isadora Duncan...

Edith Piaf...

Stop me when you see

the connecting thread.

Special people...

very similar to your friend.

They drank to relax,

feel stimulated...

...any reason they could find.

They functioned...

...they achieved varying.

...degrees of success.

...and they caused

great suffering.

Their friends tried to help...

...but they lacked

one important resource.

Any guesses?

A technique.

I heard about this, okay?

I'm a musician.

We corner the guy...

we say all these

stupid things to him...

...and we make him

feel like dirt.

Great freaking technique.

Interventions

have been called.

"the surprise party

from hell. "

The goal, however,

is not to make him feel.

...like hell, exactly,

but to let him know

...he has to change...

...or risk losing all of you.

He'll never lose me.

Me, either.

Quiet.

So. How it begins.

You'll need to come up

with a ruse...

...a way of getting him there.

without him knowing why,

of course.

I was thinking

we should go through.

...all the junk together.

...and decide

what to keep or toss.

Something he feels compelled

to show up for.

Saturday at noon?

I miss the hell out of you.

Did I mention that?

Is it a date?

With you?

Absolutely...

Family is

an important part of this;

...his parents should

certainly be included.

It'll be so fun

seeing Michael!

Can you believe it's b

een since last spring?

For God's sake,

he drove into a tree.

He's a boozed-up peckerhead!

Didn't you hear anything

they said on the phone?

I heard

perfectly well, Jack.

They're having a little

get-together for Michael...

...and they'd like us

to come.

Sometimes, I wonder

what planet.

...you're living

on, Evelyn.

Chiffon or silk?

People at work, very helpful.

So, I have about

a million better things.

...to do on a Saturday.

Ugh! What is that?

It's black haw root.

Ew. It smells like

a cat died.

Anyone who can point out

his failings in that arena.

I'm sure

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