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(light music)

♪ Lately I've been
walking past the house ♪

♪ They lived in ♪

♪ I've been talkin' to myself
about this life I've lived ♪

- Ah!

♪ Lately I've contrived the
list of all my friends ♪

♪ Lately I've been walking
past the house they lived ♪

♪ I've been talking ♪

- Hey, check out what I found.

- Oh my God.

Can I see it?

- Ooh, careful.

Two bucks.

- (laughs) Oh,
you're getting this.

Let me see, I'll be careful.

- [Woman] Meerkats
to watch over us.

- These are great!

We are so getting this.

- Love, love, love.

♪ Finish my song ♪

- Find anything good?

You already have that one.

- This one?
- Yeah.

In your cabinet.

- But it's got a
chip in it, see?

It's completely different.

- Gee, how could I
have missed that?

♪ Lately I've been walking ♪

- So I'm dealing with
this thing with mugs,

you know, coffee mugs.

Any hoarders in the audience?

And when I say I'm dealing with,

I mean my therapist
has a problem with it.

Personally, I'm fine with it.

I don't listen to him anyway.

He drinks tea.

♪ Talking to myself
around here ♪

Okay, that's my set.

I'll be coming by
to take your order.

And remember, every day
two for one sandwiches

from six to seven.

- You went over.

- Oh, sorry.

Felt the flow, went with it.

- Table five's been waiting
15 minutes for it to finish.

(electronic buzzing)

(electronic music)

- I think I'm gonna
quit stand-up.

- No, you're not.

You're funny.

- Well then why
aren't you laughing?

- You just need
to be more honest.

You're holding back.

- Like nobody ever
liked dating me

because my first
kiss was my dad.

- (chuckles) Sorry, I
shouldn't laugh at that.

You should totally tell
those kinds of jokes.

People love to be shocked.

- [Woman] You're crazy.

- [Young Man] Why not?

- [Woman] People don't
want to hear jokes

about spousal abuse.

- Yeah, but you're
not the spouse.

You're the kid, so it's okay.

I think it's funny

when you talk about how
your parents fought.

It makes me laugh.

I'm just saying, if you
can't laugh at yourself,

maybe that's a problem.

- Well, I honestly don't
think anybody would laugh.

- [Young Man] You got one
about the black eye again?

- The way I knew
how I last connected

with my dad was how
fresh my black eye was.

But it's not funny.

It's sad.

Sad is the opposite of funny.

- No way.

Stand-up comedy is
full of people talking

about their painful past.

I mean, look at Richard Pryor,

Sam Kinison, Lenny Bruce.

- Yeah.

- Even Seinfeld maybe a little.

- Not Seinfeld.

- Yeah, maybe not Seinfeld.

- Okay, so how about

I was watching the
"Honeymooners" the other day.

You know, that episode
where Jackie Gleason

says he's gonna punch
his wife in the kisser.

People always say that
show is too supportive

of domestic violence.

But if Jackie Gleason's
character were my dad,

I'd say he's being nice,

'cause at least he gave
his wife some warning.

- I mean, it's a start.

(frantic music)

- Nate, tell me happy birthday.

- Does that thing
even record sound?

- Fuck you, Nate.

Margaret, tell me
happy birthday.

- Happy birthday, Darla.

Let's go.

- Shit, I forgot my bag.

I'll be right back.

(pop music)

- Going already?

- Yeah.

I don't know if we ever met.

I'm Nate.

Whoa.

Ready?

- Yeah, you okay?

- Yeah.
- You sure?

- Yup.

(gentle music)

- Thank you.

Hi, my name's
Margaret van Dundy.

That's two words, van Dundy.

Should I just start?

So I saw these guys
moving the other day,

and I thought about U-Haul.

You know that U-Haul thing's
kind of weird, right?

You know how you and
a friend rent a van,

and then they ask you
if you want insurance.

That's how they get you, right?

I mean, they charge like
$20 a day for a van,

but after insurance and
taxes and the other extras,

it ends up being like $700.

Talk about a haul.

They should change the name
from U-Haul to U-Raped.

Well, I never get
the insurance, so-

- All right, I think I'll
cut you off right there.

Thank you.

- Sorry?

- We've seen enough.

Thank you so much, sweetie.

- But I'm not done.

That's not my whole set.

- I understand.

We've seen enough.

- I thought I got two minutes.

- [Man] We've seen all
we need to see today.

- Grandma's done.

Go right out this way.

- [Nate] Honest reaction time.

How did it go?
- Come on, Nate.

Don't tape me.

- Well, how did it go?

- Fine.

- [Nate] Are they coming
to your gig tomorrow night?

- [Margaret] Nate, can you
put the camera down for a sec?

- Okay.

It's just, I don't like
a camera in my face

as soon as I come outside.

It's kind of rude,
don't you think?

- Sorry.

- Come on, let's go.

Well, did you do
your U-Raped joke?

I like the way they pepper
their chicken here, you know?

Not every place does that.

- Mm hmm.

- [Nate] It's pretty good.

- Wish I had more carrots.

- [Nate] Yeah.

- [Margaret] I like it that
they give you forks here.

- You don't miss the chopsticks?

- [Margaret] Nope.

- You still gonna be my
boom mic operator tomorrow?

- Oh yeah, definitely.

Where are we doing
that, your place?

- [Nate] Yeah.

- I wonder if I could
do that for a living,

you know, hold the mics
like they do for movies.

Maybe that could
be my new career.

- On, you already have
a career, stand-up.

- [Margaret] No, no.

- Well, not yet, but someday.

- Right.

You want my egg roll?

- So basically the same
thing that we just did.

You guys are just
having breakfast,

and you're having this
con, you bring this up.

Do you guys have any
questions or anything?

- Well, yeah.

So does my character,
do I just need her along

for moral support or, I
mean, could she go alone

do you think?

- [Woman] Because my
character doesn't really want

to go with her, right?

- Right.

I think you're just
trying to help her.

- Okay.
- Okay, got it.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Let's do it again.

And, you know, feel free
to play around or whatever.

We can improvise a little
bit if you want to.

- Okay.

- Let's start from
when you come in Emmi.

- [Emmi] Okay.

- Sound.

All right. Okay.

Okay, and action.

- Good morning.

- Well, good morning.

How was your run?

- Good, good.
- Good.

- Thanks for making breakfast.

- No problem.

So listen to this.

You know the guy that
I've kind of been talking

to online and.
- Mm hmm.

- Well, he was
looking at my profile,

and then I get a message,

and it's like, ooh, I
also like the beach.

And he wants to meet up today.

(truck rumbling)

- Cut, sorry, hold for truck.

That was great guys.

Sorry.

- Hey, Nate, it's
going good so far, eh?

- Thanks.

- This is for your class, right?

- Yeah, my final.

- Hey, Nate, let me
run this joke by you,

just for a minute.

- Sorry, Margaret, I, uh-

- It'll just take a second.

It's really funny.

- Hey Nate, can I run
something by you real quick?

- Yeah, sure, Mary, what's up?

- [Mary] Do you think
this might go to Sundance?

'Cause I've always wanted to go,

and I mean
- Maybe.

- It's good.
- It's just

my student project, but.
- Right.

Dream big.
- It could lead

to other things.

I mean, and, hey, we're
working together now.

I'll keep you in mind
for future projects

- Okay.
- If this one doesn't so.

- That would be cool.
- Cool.

- Thank you.
- But do you have any

questions about this?

(cheerful music)

- Hey.
- Oh, hey.

- What are you doing?

- Working.

- Oh my God, are you just
getting to your assignment now?

- Yeah, kind of behind.

- [Darla] More than kind of.

- Yeah.

- Oh, I can't believe
Tomlinson had us do

a fucking short for a final.

- Yeah.

- Goddamned shorts.

Who even cares about
them anymore, you know?

- Well, the internet
is full of them, so.

- [Darla] Yeah, if you count
trash from people's webcams.

- I kinda like that stuff.

I was actually watching
this video the other day

about this girl from
Wisconsin named Nornna,

and she's got this
obsession with Eeyore.

And she's got this cat-

- Is this the
camera you're using?

- Mm hmm.

- I'm using 16 mil.

I only use celluloid.

- Cool.

- So what are you doing later?

- This, doing this.

- After this?

- Probably go home,

hang out with Margaret
maybe, you know.

- You should come to my party.

- Another one?

- Everybody's talking
about how awesome it is.

- What has it already
started or something?

- No, they just know.

It's gonna be sick nasty.

Where do you live again?

- West Town.

- [Darla] Where's that?

- It's near Ashland and Grand.

- Cool.

So are you gonna
come to my party?

- Sure.

- Is that a hard yes,

because my friend James
really wants to see you again.

- Who?

- The boy you were
sucking face with

on your way out the
door last weekend?

And I think he would make
a really cute couple.

(pop music)

- Oh, Nate.

It's no fun to talk
about yourself,

to have all these problems.

Oh, poor me.

It's stupid.

Everybody's got problems.

Nobody wants to hear
about my problems.

I think that every female
comic is forced to talk

about her
relationships with this

but we love him
anyway kind of vibe.

And I just don't
agree with that.

The last guy I dated,

he was a serious jerk.

I was 30 going on 14.

Mark Schwartz.

He was mean.

He wanted me to be his mother.

He made me feel like
crap all the time.

Sorta like Dad.

Well, he was just like Dad,

except he'd punched
me with his words

instead of his fists.

He always said I
wasn't pretty enough.

Pretty enough for what?

For him?

He was the ugly one.

You're gonna be alone
in the end anyway,

so you might as well
just get good at it.

(text message beeps)

Maybe that should be my new act.

Don't date, it sucks.

I try to talk all my friends
out of relationships.

The way I see it,

if you want a black eye
or your feelings hurt,

I could save you the
six months of agony

and just punch you in
the face right now.

(text message beeping)

Nate, quit texting.

- I'm listening.

- Well, listen to some
of my new stuff here.

I'm onto something.

(pop music)

I try to talk all my friends
out of relationships.

I tell them I can save you
the six months of agony

and just punch you in
the face right now.

Have 'em kick yo ass.

That's how you'll know if
it's relationship material.

- [Man] You shouldn't
be up there.

(thumping music)

(young men cheering)

- Hey.

- Hey, have you seen Nate?

- I don't think so.

How do you know Nate again?

Is he like your kid or?

- I don't have any kids.

- I mean, he talks
about you all the time.

Are you roommates?

- We live in the same building.

- So why does he
like you so much?

- There you are.

- How long have you been here?

- So glad you're here.

James is dying to see you.

He's in the other room.

- Oh, uh, apparently
I have to go.

- [James] What do
you think that cloud

looks like right there?

- A penis.

(both laughing)

I don't know.

I can't really see anything.

Neither can you.

- Yeah, I'm just makin' shit up,

but so are you.

Clouds, clouds don't
look like penises.

- [Nate] Speak for yourself.

- Darla said you
were pretty shy,

but I don't think
you're that shy.

- Well, you're not Darla.

- Oh, thank God.

- You're much
prettier than Darla.

- Oh, you sure know how
to make a girl feel good.

- Well, that's just my opinion.

(dance club music)

- [Crowd] Go, go, go, go,

go, go, go, go!

(people yelling)

(rock music)

- Bye.

Hey, I'll meet you outside.

- Okay.

- James, hey, I
forgot to say goodbye.

- You're leaving already?

- Mm hmm, I...

- You should stay.

We could talk some more.

- Uh, bye.

- Oh, my clothes go like smoke.

- Mine too.

- I think I should find
someone I think I like,

have 'em give me a black eye,

and then I'll know if I'm
ready for a relationship.

Actually, I think that's how
my parents first date went.

(a few people laughing)

Relationships are hard.

I wouldn't know
how to be in one.

Guess that's why
I'm still single.

(a few people laughing)

I think I should try

and find someone I like
and have 'em kick my ass.

And then, if I still like him,

maybe there's potential.

That's what my dad did,

and my mom didn't seem to mind.

(a few people laughing)

In my family, bruises
were like kisses.

A black eye not only
meant that Dad loved me,

but he loved me recently.

(people laughing)

It's no big deal.

Daddy hit Mom.

Mom hit me,

and I kicked the cat.

The cat's okay.

(people laughing)

He loved her so
much that sometimes

hands alone could not express
the extent of his affection.

One day, he hit her in the
face with a coffee mug,

a little mug-on-mug action.

(people laughing)

It was an excellent mug too.

It said world's greatest dad.

(people laughing)

I waited till the
middle of the night,

and I snuck into the kitchen,

and I took all the coffee mugs

and I hid 'em
underneath the bed.

That way, I figured Dad
wouldn't have anything

to hit us with.

But I guess I forgot
about the pots and pans.

(people laughing)

- [Nate] An art gallery, huh?

- [James] We should
go there together.

- [Nate] Sounds like fun.

- How about tomorrow?

- Tomorrow?

- Yes.

I want to commitment.

Let's set a date.

- You want to hang out tomorrow?

- No, I don't want
to hang out tomorrow.

I want to go out like on a date.

- [Nate] A date?

- Yes, with you.

- Well, I guess I don't
have class or anything, so.

- [James] So is that a yes?

- Okay.

- Yes?

- [Nate] Yes.

- You're adorable
when you laugh.

- [Nate] Adorable?

Oh, all right.

- Yup.

- Like a puppy or something?

- [James] Something like that.

Like a child.

- Are you hitting on
me or insulting me?

I can't tell.

- Like a little puppy
who's lost his way.

- [Nate] Oh, okay, so you
are calling me a puppy.

- No, I'm calling you
adorable because you are.

- Wow.

You're adorable too, so...

- Hey, I'm want to
show you something.

Come on.

- So that, folks, is why
I'm a 52-year-old spinster

with a mug addiction

and an extensive
takeout menu Rolodex.

(people laughing)

Thanks a lot, Dad.

- [James] Yes, shh.

- What are we doing?
- Come here.

- Where are we?

- It's being renovated.

(gentle music)

- This is creepy.

- I think it's awesome.

You can like see the
bones of the apartment.

This is my room.

- Oh, yeah, you sleep here?

- [James] You know,
when we first met,

I thought you were scared
of me or something.

- Well, I sorta
was scared of you.

I mean, no one's ever
kissed me like that before,

said goodbye to me
like that before.

I didn't know you liked me.

- Who said I liked you?

- Oh, so you just corner
every boy you meet

in a bedroom and
kiss 'em goodbye.

- Not anymore.

(both laugh)

- Where I'm from,

we had a graduating class of 63.

I mean, that should
tell you something

about how small a town it was.

- Yeah.

- And if you were like me,

you couldn't exactly be open.

- You don't live in
that small town anymore.

So, I don't know, what
are you so afraid of?

- [Nate] I'm not afraid.

I just, I, I'm not
used to it, I guess.

- Open up more.

- I, I am, I'm trying.
- Come on.

- [Margaret] I'll be right
back with your breadsticks.

- Hey, Margaret.

I'd like to introduce myself.

I'm Greg Maddock.

Nice set.

- Thanks.

- That line about the mug-on-mug
thing really killed me.

- You know, I'll be right
back to get your order.

- What?

- You want a menu?

- A menu? (chuckles)

- Okay, yeah, yeah.

And there's some specials
up here on the window.

I'll be right back to get-

- No, Margaret.

I didn't come for the coffee.

I came to see you.

Your friend Jillian
Weinstein told me

I should come check you out.

- Jill sent you?

- Yeah, I'm her manager.

She told me you had
some great stuff,

and I thought I'd come
check it out for myself.

And not bad.

- I'm so glad I didn't
know you were coming.

- (laughs) Hey listen,

can you do seven minutes for me

at my friend's club next Friday?

He owes me a favor,

and I'd like to see more
of you in a bigger venue.

Give me a call.

- Can I ask you something?

That lady who was with
you the other night,

is she like your
mom or something?

- (laughs) No, that's Margaret.

She's my friend.

She's actually my best friend.

We live in the same
apartment building.

I think I might be
her only friend,

so sometimes it's like
we're attached at the hip.

- Is she gonna let you be
free for a date with me?

- Of course.

It's not like I can't
do my own thing.

It's just, she gets
lonely sometimes.

That's all.

- Come on.

(upbeat music)

- Nate.

Hey, Nate.

- After that night, I
didn't even call him back.

I texted that bitch and
said, "We are through.

You can find all your shit

in the back alley behind
my house, you slut."

- Oh my God.

You texted all that?

- Basically, yeah.

- How long were
you guys together?

- Three years of my
life I gave to that man.

- When was your last boyfriend?

- It's been a while.

- A while?

Okay, if you had to
assign an amount of time

to a while, what amount of
time would you assign to that?

- A long time.

Like, okay.

- Like what does that mean?

Well?
- I've, I've

I've never had a boyfriend.

- Never?

Ever?

- Is that okay?

- Yeah, yeah.

Let's, come on.

- Whoa, what are you doing?

- Shh, we have to be quiet.

- James.
- So I'm your first, huh?

- [Nate] My first what?

- Your first boyfriend.

- No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

James, James.

Oh my God, what are you doing?

- Do you like that?

This is what
boyfriends do, Nate.

- What, jack each
other off in public?

- Uh huh.

- Oh my God.

Okay, okay, okay.

- Am I your first boyfriend?

- What kind of question is that?

You've got your
hand down my pants.

- So am I?

- Sure.

- Say it.

Sure or yes?

- Yes, yes.
- Yeah?

- Yes, yes.

- Say it.

Say I am your first boyfriend.

- You're my, you're my.
- Say it.

- Oh God. (gasps)

Uh!

Oh, fuck.

- And then you're like,
oh my gosh, he's so nice.

I might let him bang me.

(audience laughing)

And then he pulls
out this monster,

and you're like what?

And your first thought is
you could be such an asshole.

(audience laughing)

But anyway, their father's now.

Moving on.

I'm trying to get her ready.

We're having this huge fight.

And I keep trying to put
her hair up in a ponytail.

And finally I say
to her, you know,

every time I'm about to finish,

you move and I have to
start all over again.

You're just like your father.

(audience laughing)

And, you know, she's.

Yeah, I did.

She's six, and so
she doesn't get it.

She's looking at me

like you put dad's hair
in a ponytail, like what?

(audience laughing)

- All right, folks,
put your hands together

for a very funny lady making
her debut on this stage.

Margaret van Dundy!

(audience applauding)

- Hi, how's it goin'?

I know what you're thinkin',

and, no, I'm not a grandma.

But I do work granny panties.

(audience chuckles)

I don't have any children.

I've never been married.

But I have had relationships.

Some of the closest
with my ER doctor,

right after my boyfriends ran
out of beer and got bored.

(audience laughing)

Anybody here from
Downstate Illinois?

(a few people cheer)

Irish Catholic?

(audience laughing)

Then you know what
I'm talkin' about.

What was your engagement gift,

a stab vest and a good
pair of running shoes?

(audience laughing)

- Yeah, tongue him.

(film spooling)

Good.
- Are you making

like a final project that's
like a porn video or something?

(Darla laughing)

(laughing) Oh my God.

- [Darla] Shut the fuck up

and just fucking kiss
him like you mean it.

Yeah!

(film spooling)

(audience laughing)

- Okay, folks, that's my set.

Thanks.

Good night.

(audience applauding)

- [Emcee] All right,
all right, give it up

for Margaret van
Dundy, killin' it

on stage with the
granny panties.

(audience applauding)

- The cow goes moo.

The pig goes oink, oink.

The yak goes unh.

The, shit.
(Darla and Nate laughing)

- Drink it, fag.

Drink it!

(audience laughing)

- Oh, bleats.

You just wish you could fuck me.

- Oh, please, bitch.

You wouldn't even know
what to do with this.

- I wouldn't want to know
what to do with that.

- [Nate] Oh my God.

- Nate, don't you
have to be somewhere?

- No, I just want to be here.

- No?

- I just want to be here.

I decided.

- [James] Mommy's
gonna be mad at you.

- Yeah, you're gonna
get a spanking tomorrow.

(Greg chuckling)

- Thank you.

Hey, I loved your stuff.

- Thanks.

- No, I loved your stuff.

(audience applauding)

Hey, let's go check
out this next act.

It's great.

(techno music)

- [Margaret] You done?

- Yeah, for a second.

- Are you hung over?

- As fuck.

- Are you all right?

- I'm waiting for
the Advil to kick in.

- No, I mean, are you all right?

- About what?

- Well, you've been
kinda weird lately.

You stood me up the other day

for our normal brunch
at Breakfast Club.

And then you blew me off for
my big gig at the big club,

and I just want
- Yeah, but didn't you

get my text?

- Yeah, I got your text.

- I said I was sorry.

- Well, what are
you sorry about?

Did I do something?

- Hold on.

(train rumbling)

I met someone.

- You met someone,
what's that mean?

- A boy.

I met a boy.

- You're dating someone?

Who?

- His name is James.

- Where'd you meet him?

- A couple of weeks
ago at Darla's party.

- Were you ever gonna tell me?

- Eventually.

- Well, you usually
tell me everything.

- Yeah, well, usually I'm
not in a relationship.

- It's already a relationship.

I didn't tell you because I know

how down on dating you are.

- Doesn't matter what I think.

- Yes, it does.

And you could say
you're happy for me.

- I know I could.

- See, this is what
I'm talking about.

I knew I shouldn't
have have told you.

- No, no.

I'm, this is great.

I'm serious, it's great.

You like him?

- Of course.

- You really like him?

- Yes, a lot.

- Then you shoulda told me.

You're my best friend.

- You're my best friend too.

- Well, best friends tell
each other this stuff.

Besides, I only dog on
relationships in my act.

- Yeah, but that's not an act.

It's how you honestly feel.

- Well, yeah, fine.

But that's just how I feel.

- And that's how you
feel about me and James.

- No, no, I'm happy for you.

I'm happy for you.

So he's nice?

What's his name again?

- James.
- James.

He definitely doesn't
beat up on you, does he?

- No, he doesn't.

- Well, 'cause if he does,
- Margaret.

- you should leave him.

- He doesn't beat up on me.

- You go to bed with him?

- Margaret!
- All right, all right.

- So how did it go last night?

- Good.

Great.

- I'm sorry I couldn't be there.

- Well, you were
busy with James.

- Yeah.

And like my own body
weight in vodka.

- Hey, why don't you come
to dinner with James?

How about tomorrow night?

- At your place?

Margaret, you don't
have to do that.

- I know, I want to.

- Well, you wouldn't
want to see us

being all coupley, and...

- Don't you want him to meet me?

- Of course.

- Did you tell him
anything about me?

- Yeah.

- Anything bad?

- He saw us at the
party the other night.

He thought you were
my mom. (laughs)

- I define that as bad.

- Shut up, he'll love you.

- All right.

Then tomorrow night, my place.

- Are you sure?

Aren't you gonna try to talk
me out of this or something?

- Why would I do that?

That's just my act.

If you're into James,

I'm gonna be into James too.

(lively music)

♪ In my house, in my heart ♪

♪ Two sisters speak to me ♪

♪ I thought you'd found
your peace somehow ♪

♪ I guess you fell in love ♪

♪ With that state of mind ♪

♪ I guess you fell in love ♪

♪ With that state of mind ♪

♪ In my books and on the bus ♪

♪ Two sisters speak to me ♪

♪ I thought you'd found
your peace somehow ♪

♪ I guess you fell in love ♪

♪ With that state of mind ♪

♪ I guess you fell in love ♪

♪ With that state of mind ♪

♪ I guess I'm wasting
my time again ♪

♪ Guess I'm wasting
my time again ♪

♪ It seems I'm lost
with what I've found ♪

♪ Two sisters speak to me ♪

♪ I thought I'd found
my peace somehow ♪

♪ Guess I fell in love ♪

♪ With that state of mind ♪

♪ Guess I fell in love ♪

♪ With that state of mind ♪

♪ I keep my secrets to myself ♪

♪ Two sisters speak to me ♪

♪ I thought you'd found
your peace somehow ♪

♪ I guess I fell in love ♪

♪ With that state of mind ♪

(hand knocking)

♪ I guess you fell in love ♪

♪ With that state of mind ♪

- Hey.
- Hi.

Welcome.

- So, Margaret, this is James.

- I've heard so
much about you, hi.

- Hi.

Please, come on in.

- Your place looks nice.

You changed it.

- Yeah.

- It's so funny that you
live in the same building.

- Have a seat.

Have a seat.

- Do you want us to help you
with the food or anything?

- Oh, fuck.

We forgot to bring something.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't know it
would be this fancy.

- Well, meeting James
for the first time?

Big deal.

But it's okay.

Don't worry about it.

- No, I should run out.

- Get some wine, baby.

- Yeah.

I'm gonna, I'll be right back.

I'm gonna get some.

- Get some red wine.

- Okay.

Yeah, I've got some
stuff in my fridge.

I'll just run over to my place.

- Nate, you don't
have to get anything.

- No, no, no, I
should, I should.

I'll be right back, two seconds.

- Red would be nice,

because tonight
we're having Italian.

- Great, yeah.

I love Italian so much.

- I have a box wine.

- Dinner has arrived.

- All right.

- [Margaret] It's my favorite.

I only eat at Luigi's.

- [Nate] It's our favorite.

- Chicago style's overrated.

- [Nate] It makes me feel gross.

- It's something in the sauce.

It's like you can taste
the dirty Chicago water.

Plus, it gives me the
smelliest shits afterwards too.

- More wine?

- Mm hmm.

(phone buzzing)

- So, Margaret, Nate tells
me you want to do stand-up?

- No, I actually do it.

- No, no, she's good.

She's really funny.

She does this joke
about pedophilia.

- Oh, I don't do the
old stuff anymore.

- Oh my God, I love
jokes about pedophilia.

And like rape and stuff.

So have you performed in
any places in Chicago?

- Oh, yeah.

I've done a night at most
every legitimate joint

in town.
(phone buzzing)

And some
not-so-legitimate joints,

like that laundromat
up on Damen,

where they pay me in quarters.

That night killed.

- Didn't someone
actually die that night?

- Yeah, I think so.

But that wasn't
because of my act.

- Oh, badda boom.

- Badda bing ching.

- You know, Margaret
works at a coffee shop,

and she has basically turned it

into this pseudo comedy club.

Well, you tell James about it.

- Only on Tuesdays.

- You own a coffee shop?

- No.

I work at a coffee shop.

- Well, she practically owns it.

- Yeah?

- It's just my day job for now.

- Yeah.
- That's okay, you know.

- Hey, you should show
James a video of your act.

- No, no, no, no, no, no.
- Oh, come on.

- No, I don't think
he wants to see that.

- Oh, sure he does.

I know I do.

Frankly, I miss your old stuff.

- James, you don't want
to see my tapes, do you?

- Sure, yeah.

- You think I should show him

my first Pete's
Pizza I ever did?

- Yes, yes.

- The time when it was just you?

No one died that night.

I'll go find my tape.

- Hey.

She loves you.

- Hey, so my friend
is DJing right now.

He wants us to go.

- Oh, cool.

- But like right now.

- Like right now, right now?

- Yeah, like we should go.

Come on.

- What, no, no way.

We're having dinner
with Margaret.

- Margaret won't mind.

She loves me.

- Tell me you're
joking right now?

- You're so hot when
you're flustered.

- I'm not flustered.

I'm not flustered, I'm-

- Well then let's go.

(sighs) She's cool.

I like her.

She's like your best friend.

I get it.

But, like this guy, he
is such an amazing DJ.

I want you to see him.

- You just want us
to like walk out,

like just leave like that?

- Yeah, it'll be funny.

- You are such a bad
influence, you know that?

- Well, this bad
influence right here

is going to have your dick
in his mouth later tonight

if you come with him.

So...

- Fuck it.

Let's just be quiet.

- You can text her and say
you're sorry from the cab.

- Hey.

- [Nate] Hey.

- Found 'em.

- Hey.

We were just...

- We have to go.

- You have to go?

Why?

- His friend is playing
down the street live,

and if we don't go right now,

then we're gonna miss it.

And it's, it's really
important to James.

- It's like an
unexpected emergency.

- Oh?

- We would never do
this otherwise, I swear.

- You have to go right now?

- We could maybe stay like
for five more minutes?

- Oh, no.

Don't be silly.

- It was so great
meeting you, Margaret.

You're so sweet.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, yeah.

You two go do your thing.

- You know, we
wouldn't need to go

if it wasn't really important.

- Oh, we can watch my
dumb tape some other time.

- They're not dumb.

- We totally should.

Bye, Margaret.

Let's go, big boy.

(hand smacks)

- I'm sorry.

♪ I don't know
anything about this ♪

♪ I swear I'm not like my mom ♪

♪ I'm optimistic ♪

♪ With every swallow,
every heart beat, ♪

♪ You sense the
water in your body ♪

♪ It's hard to miss this ♪

(upbeat music)

♪ The thinking, the
memories that follow ♪

♪ The history you compile ♪

♪ You save ♪

♪ The system, the
zeros and the ones ♪

♪ Is where it all comes from ♪

♪ Is where it all ♪

(dance club music)

- Let's just go home.

- We have to stay.

- Why?

- Sam is about to go on.

He's the next DJ.

- I'm tired.

Let's just go, please?

- No, come on.

We have to stay.
- It's really loud.

It's really loud in here.

- No, come on, we have to stay.

- Why?

Why?

No, it sucks here.

Let's go.

- Oh, you're hot.

- James, seriously, stop it.

Okay?

Let's go.

- I need Sam to see us!

- Why?

- Are you like embarrassed
by me or something?

- No.

I'll meet him later.

- He left me for that
stupid twink over there!

Come on, let's show him
how hot we are together!

I wanna show you off.

- No, James, stop it!

- [James] Ooh, I like that!

- No.

- Hey, do you know
what you're getting?

(gentle music)

- Oh, man.

I should have just gone home.

- What?

- I think I lost my keys.

I'm gonna have to get
Margaret to let me in.

- They'll turn up.

- I'm going home.

- [James] What do you mean?

- You should get the
Breakfast Club omelet.

It's pretty good.

- Should I go with you?

- No, please just stay here.

Eat some breakfast.

- Are you okay?

- I'm fine.

- [James] Then why
do you wanna leave?

- I just want to be alone, okay?

- Is something wrong?

- Please just stop.

- What's your problem?

- Why did you make us leave
Margaret's last night?

- You're still mad about that.

- Was it just so
you could parade me

around to your
stupid ex-boyfriend?

- Well, I didn't exactly
drag you out of there

kicking and screaming.

- Practically.

- Well, you ought to
scream louder next time.

- That place sucked, James.

- [James] You had fun.

- I did not have fun.

- You looked like
you were having fun.

- [Nate] I was drunk.

So were you.

- Isn't that what
people do at clubs?

- I'm going home.

- Sorry my friends
aren't as important

as your boring senior
citizen girlfriend.

Sorry we didn't,
like, stay for bingo

until her nine o'clock bedtime.

She's my friend.

She's not a senior
citizen, James.

- Well, I'm your boyfriend.

- Yeah, I think I know that,

and now so does half
the city of Chicago.

- I'm proud of you.

I want to show you off.

- What, like your trophy?

- Jesus Christ.

Would you loosen up?

I'm trying to help you.

- Gee, thanks.

- You've got your
panties in a bunch

over some little thing,

and you won't even
talk to me about it.

- Whatever, James.

- So you retreat home
like a little baby.

You can't even talk.

- Fuck you.

- You're not proud.

You're ashamed.

I'm trying to help you.

- Remind me when I
asked for your help.

- You need help.

- [Nate] You need help.

- You won't even hold my hand

unless we're drunk
together in Boystown.

Maybe I should get you a beer

so we can finish
this conversation.

- Okay, I don't wear
it on my sleeve.

- Clearly.
- Well, I'm sorry

I'm not gay enough
for you, James.

- Yeah, I noticed.

Next guy you blow,
easy on the teeth.

- Fuck you.

We're done.

And if I behaved like
you did half the time,

I actually would be
ashamed of myself.

But, then again, maybe
I'd be more ashamed

of that extensive collection

of underage gay porn you have
on your computer at home.

1225 East Milwaukee,
apartment 3A.

Oh, shit.

(somber music)

Oh, fuck.

What?

Oh, shit. (crying)

Oh, fuck.

Oh, fuck.

(police radio chattering)

- Nathan!

I just got your message.

What happened?

- My place got robbed.

All my stuff, all my
movies, everything's gone.

- How?

- I came home,

and my back door was wide open.

- She your landlady?

- She's my friend.

- But how could this happen?

I locked everything up.

- Stack the next one up,

and we'll be over in a minute.

You were here last night?

- Yes.

I came in, and I cleaned up.

But I could swear I
locked everything up!

- I think we have everything
we need for our report.

If we find anything,
we'll be in touch.

- What were you doing here?

- I'm sorry.

I was returning the
wine that you left,

and I came in, and the
place was a giant mess.

And I thought I'd do you
a favor and clean up.

- Well, so you left
my fucking door open.

- Well, I certainly
didn't do it on purpose!

- How fucking stupid
do you have to be

to leave someone's
door open, Margaret?

They took everything from me.

They took all my DVDs.

- You'll get it back.

He said they'd call you
when they find something.

- No, I won't.

They always say that.

- Well, don't you have
renter's insurance?

- What, who has
renter's insurance?

- Nathan, I said I'm sorry.

- You did this on
purpose, didn't you?

- Did what?

- You didn't like James,

so you're punishing
me in your typical

passive aggressive
bullshit way, and...

- I would never do that!

- You know what, fuck you!

Why is everyone out
to get me today?

Of course you didn't
remember the door.

You didn't remember the door,

'cause you don't
remember anything.

Why would you when your
life is so fucking pathetic?

You're a 52-year-old woman

who's never had any children

and who never has
anyone in love with her

because you're a fucking idiot.

I seriously think you have a
mental disability, Margaret.

You work at a fucking coffee
shop for minimum wage.

And the only reason
they keep you around

is because they
feel sorry for you

and 'cause you take
the crappiest shifts.

And you got this stupid idea

that you're gonna be some
fuckin' stand-up comedian.

We both know you're
never gonna make it.

How could you leave
my fuckin' door open?

Huh?

Are you stupid?

(tense music)

- So, folks, I'm gonna try out

some new material
on you tonight.

So bear with me.

How about this?

Have you seen the size
of drinks these days?

Pretty soon, they're gonna
be serving you your coffee

in one of those
hiking backpacks.

Those...

What do you call those things?

They're...

You know, that people
wear on their backs

and then they have the straw

that comes around and?

- You suck.

- It's.

- Next.

- Uh, folks,

I'm sorry.

I guess I don't have it tonight.

You know, there's some
great people coming up, so.

Have a good night.

Thanks a lot.

(tense music)

- Nate.

I heard about you and James.

Are you okay?

Nate?

You wanna get drunk at
the Manhole after class?

I'll pay.

(person talking on video)

(phone ringing)

- [Nate On Message]
Hey, this is Nathan.

Leave me a message,
and I'll call you back.

(voicemail beeps)

- Hey, it's me.

Listen, it's been awhile.

Do you think we should talk?

You can call me or text me,

whatever you wanna do.

Okay.

Look forward to talkin' to you.

Bye now.

Hi.

- [Woman] Oh, hi.

- [Margaret] You movin' in?

- Yeah.

Hi, I'm Rebecca.

- Hi.
- Hi.

This is my wife, Danielle.

- Just Dani is fine.

- Hi, I'm Margaret.

- Nice to meet you.

- [Margaret] Welcome.

- Thanks.
- Thank you.

Thanks.

- Have you lived
here a long time?

- A couple years.

It's a great building.

The people are really nice.

- Oh, good.

We moved here for
the schools, so.

Are you going somewhere?

- A little vacation?

- No, it's work.

I do stand-up.

- Huh.

You know, you should, you
should really talk to Dani.

She's so funny.

She really is.
(Dani laughing)

- Okay.

Well, when I get back.

- [Rebecca] Yeah.

- We'll have a
barbecue or something.

- Yeah.

I got a long drive, so.

- [Dani] You need some
help taking that to your-

- No, I'm good.

I'm fine.

♪ Crying, yearning, wondering ♪

♪ If it is possible at all ♪

♪ Crying, yearning, wondering ♪

♪ If it's possible at all ♪

(sad music)

♪ But the day will never end ♪

♪ And we could always say ♪

♪ Because the past
isn't giving us sorry ♪

♪ 'Cause the past
isn't giving us sorry ♪

- Hey, Nate, do
you have a second?

- Yeah.

- That was it, man.

That was my last one,
last office hour.

I got drafts from people,

and I haven't even seen you.

You're like a ghost.

Now, it's not really
any big deal yet,

'cause you got some time.

But I'm just bringing it up
before it becomes a problem.

- I know.

- Everyone has to
submit a treatment

for their feature
length project.

It's your thesis.

And if you don't
turn in a thesis,

then I have to flunk you.

And I'm not a
flunker kind of guy.

- I know.

I, I'm,

I'm thinking about
maybe switching majors

or dropping out of school and-

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Why?

- I don't know.

I'm just not having
fun with it anymore.

- That's a shame,
'cause you're good, man.

- I'm not good.

- Yes, you are.

- No, I'm not.

- Nate, you haven't
been doing it very long.

You can't be so
hard on yourself.

Believe me, if I showed
you some of my early stuff,

you'd be feeling a
lot better right now,

'cause, dude, they were bad.

(both chuckle)

All right, just promise
me you won't quit now.

It's too early.

- I just feel bored
with all of it.

- All right, well
then, shoot a movie

about the next thing
that interests you.

And then the next
thing after that.

- Okay.

- Listen, just get me a
treatment, any treatment.

We can redraft it
into something else

if we need to.

I just need something.

And I'm not takin'
no for an answer.

- I figured that.

- And the only reason
I'm telling you this

is 'cause I like you,

and I want you to succeed.

I think you have
real promise, man.

But you'll never be a filmmaker
if you don't make films.

Now, don't think about whether
it'll be successful or not.

Just think about whatever's
on your mind these days.

What inspires you?

What keeps you up at night?

What are you obsessing over?

(Nate sighs)

- [Nate] Hey.

- [Margaret] Hey.

- You look great.

- [Margaret] Thanks.

- I still have a
set of your keys.

I just wanted to.

- Thank you.

What are you doin' here?

- I was waiting for you.

I'm glad you
weren't out of town.

- Yeah.

I just got back.

- There's these two ladies
living in my old apartment.

- Oh, that's Rebecca and Dani.

- So I heard you went on tour.

- Yeah.

- I went to your work and
the guy said you quit.

That's awesome.

And I, I saw you open for that
guy at the Vic last summer.

- You did?

Why didn't you tell
me you were coming?

- Oh, I don't know.

But your act has gotten
really good, Margaret.

- Thanks.

- [Nate] The tour was cool?

- Yeah.

It ended earlier
than we thought,

but the headliner, he got
his TV pilot picked up.

- [Nate] Oh, that sucks.

- Well, they paid me for
my full contract, so.

- Well, there you go.

- You know, I didn't know

if I was gonna come
back to Chicago

or try Los Angeles.

- Oh.

- [Margaret] What's
goin' on, Nate?

- Are you friends with the
couple that live next door?

- No.

They just had a baby.

- Babies still kind
of gross me out.

- Yeah, me too.

How's James doing?

- Ugh.

- [Margaret] Did
your movie go good?

- I need to ask you a favor.

I have, I'm making
this documentary,

and I really want to
make it about you.

And, you know, how you've

become a successful
stand-up comedian.

- I don't know, Nate.

I don't know about that.

I don't think that
such a good idea.

You and I haven't
talked in a long time.

And that's really a lot to throw

at a person just
out of the blue.

- [Nate] Okay.

- And Gregory,
that's my manager,

now he has to be
involved with stuff.

- No, I get it.

It's cool.

- You know what
I'm sayin', Nate?

(upbeat music)

Nate!

Nate.

Nate.

Did you fix up my
apartment like that?

That was real nice of you.

Thank you.

- I'm sorry I called you stupid.

I was really mean,

and it's not even
true, Margaret.

I, I regret saying it.

I regret everything
I said that day.

I regret moving out,

not answering your calls,

choosing James over you.

(crying) I'm really
sorry, Margaret.

I hope you can
forgive me one day.

- I forgive you now.

I know I'm not stupid.

- I miss you.

- I miss you too.

- Do you have time for brunch?

- Definitely.

(gentle music)

So tell me about
your documentary.

(audience applauding)

Hello, Chicago.

Thanks a lot.

It's great to be here.

Looking back on it now,

I think most of the time

I would have been better
off being homeless.

I could have saved
a ton of money.

(audience laughing)

If I could have just
lasted on the street

for like five years,

I'd have enough money
to put a down payment

on a decent condo.

But then, after five
years on the streets,

anything could happen.

I could have become an alcoholic

or a crack head

or, as we call it in
my family, Aunt Linda.

(audience laughing)

(uplifting music)

♪ I click my fingers and my
thumb falls off my hand ♪

♪ And falls right
down the drain ♪

♪ And then things
went full tilt ♪

♪ Enough survivor guilt ♪

♪ To keep you cryin' forever ♪

♪ This train's
passed underneath ♪

♪ Some form of trampled grief ♪

♪ Rolled off into the distance ♪

♪ Then off came both his shoes ♪

♪ A game we had to lose ♪

♪ Bifolded on the tracks ♪

♪ But I just have to check ♪

♪ Was our minds
still connected ♪

♪ So don't let me ♪

♪ Be taken for a fool anymore ♪

(gentle music)

♪ Stage is set now ♪

♪ Halls are allowed ♪

♪ Rows of people ♪

♪ Climbing steeples ♪

♪ Spotlight shines bright ♪

♪ Stay there, sit tight ♪

♪ Waiting for ♪

- Wish me happy birthday.

- Want me to tell you
like I did last year?

- It never happened.

- Wanna bet?

- Fuck you.

- Already did.

♪ On our vision ♪

♪ Stranded mission ♪

♪ Waiting for the call ♪

♪ Here in the great fall ♪

♪ Let's see the blackened
curtain fall on me ♪

♪ Let's keep it sudden,
not too gradually ♪

♪ That can't go the way,
the way you think it can ♪

♪ I've seen it all ♪