Bounce

Buddy: Hey, Jim, ready for your Christmas present?

We're now the biggest little ad agency on the west coast.

Jim: We got it back?

Buddy: Yeah. I pitched, they caught, we closed.

We got the Infinity Airlines account for the next 2 years.

They love us.

Jim: This is great, Buddy.

I thought he was gonna give me a corsage.

I thought he was gonna kiss me right there.

Jim: Did he sign?

Yeah. I got the signed contract in front of me.

I'm looking at it. You want a quote?

He said, "I can't see why we would ever leave."

Jim: Buddy, this is great. You did it!

Yeah, no problem. I'm on the 6:00 flight.

I think I'm flying free for life.

Jim: Hey, Buddy, you really came through on this one.

What can I tell you?

Jim: That's some Christmas present.

No problem, man. All right.

I'll see you in a bit. Bye.

Buddy: Is it supposed to snow like this all night?

Thank you for your patience

this snowy holiday season.

If you have not met...

Buddy: Shit.

O'Hare is hell with runways and a couple ofTCBY's.

L.A.?

Yeah. Does it show?

I think I flew out with you on Tuesday.

Ron Wachter.

Yeah. Buddy Amaral. Good to see you.

I don't know. I've seen worse.

I think we'll get out of here.

Hey, Buddy. You made it out.

Janice. I was gonna call you.

Yeah. I was gonna hold my breath.

Nice talking to you.

So, did we like your dog and pony show?

Well, what can I say, you know?

Love at fưrst sight.

Lucky us. So, you on the 6:00?

Yes, I am.

Just about to push it back.

- No. - Mm-hmm.

God damn it.

Well, time for a drink?

Yeah, that's why they called me in on my day off.

Drinks with the freight.

So, next time, yeah? I'll call you.

Whatever.

Whoa. Sorry.

Sorry, it's this bag. I don't know where I am.

It's all right, man.

You got your whole Let's Go: Europe thing

happening there. I understand.

Eurail pass, yogurt, get stoned,

see the Anne Frank House.

Sorry?

Sit down. Join us. Have a drink.

- This is Mimi. - Hi.

We've known each other for, what, 5 minutes?

I think she's bored with me already.

Greg: Well, thanks. Sure, why not?

The line at the snack bar is like an hour.

Oh, God.

Let me guess... English teacher.

Let me guess... agent.

Advertising.

It's like agenting without the heart.

Am I that much of a clich é ?

Hey, don't look at me.

I'm just sitting here eating nuts.

And I'm not a teacher. I'm a writer.

Buddy: A writer? That's what I started out at.

Couldn't make a living.

I write for TV.

TV? So that "I'm so much better than you" look

I saw on your face when I said advertising,

I must have imagined it.

Maybe on his face you imagined it.

Greg: I got nothing against advertising.

It pays me, I guess.

That's right, it does. What do you do again?

I told you. I'm with the National Organ Center.

I'm in development.

Gotta love that.

She's in organ development.

Buddy: Can't...

She has this whole great speech on here

that David Crosby gives, actually,

about transplants and stuff.

It's pretty compelling.

I write plays, too.

That's what I was doing in Chicago.

A play of mine opened.

What TV shows?

It was no big deal. A little theater.

I'm here again next week. I love plays.

No, it closed. It closed.

Um, it was a limited...

It's called Lilacs in the Dooryard.

Buddy: I wonder why we have plays anymore.

Hello? We got movies. Check a movie out.

Buddy: Know what I mean?

Hmm, not in here.

Yeah.

What's a dooryard?

It's from a Whitman poem.

"When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed."

Well, yeah...

What is a dooryard?

Oh, look. They just put sandwiches out.

Oh, great. OK.

Oh, man. Another line.

I think I'm actually going to check on my flight.

Want me to check yours? Where you headed?

Dallas.

L.A.

L.A.? Me, too.

OK, I'll be back in a minute.

Buddy: Thanks a lot.

Greg: All right. And thanks.

You don't know what a dooryard is.

This is what it is. You have no idea.

Buddy: This Greg guy better stick to writing TV.

Did you read this review?

Boy, they don't like something, they don't keep it a secret.

Mimi: Here he comes.

Hey, we thought we'd lost you.

So, you're still on for 10:00.

They say it's gonna take off.

Nothing for Dallas yet.

Yeah, it'll be tomorrow at the earliest.

Bet the airport hotels are swamped.

Take this hotel voucher. Room's guaranteed.

I'll stick around and see if something opens up.

You took a bump?

2 coach tickets anywhere in the U.S. or Mexico

plus 200 bucks.

I did this show down in Mexico,

and I promised my kids I'd take them.

200 and coach?

I should have haggled?

He's pulling your leg. You did great.

Tell my wife that. Abby.

Just gave her the good news.

Turns out I was supposed to work the Christmas tree lot

with Scott tomorrow. I forgot.

Father-son Cub Scout thing.

You have any pictures?

Yeah, sure.

Oh, she's pretty.

Greg: Isn't she?

Our neighbor Donna and Abby.

They went to the mall and did these glamor photo things.

Mimi: How old are your boys?

Scott's 7 and Joey's 4.

Oh, he's so cute.

Buddy: Say hello!

Jesus, you're not taping over the Crosby speech?

Relax. I fast-forwarded. Crosby's fưne. He's there.

Here you go. Say something for the transplant kids.

Well, save a life and become a donor.

Do what David Crosby said. What did David say?

"Sorry I drank. Thanks for the liver."

We... We are here, for one thing,

to celebrate the opening and the closing...

Oh, no, please.

of the new play, When Lilacs Something Dooryard.

And we're here with the author...

Greg. Janello.

And I want to say

that the critic for the Chicago Weekly Times

is an idiot and an asshole...

You read the review?

who wouldn't know a good play

if it punched him in the face.

And, Abby, please, forgive him.

Yeah, please.

He did it for you.

I did. I love you.

Ah, that's me.

Well...

I'm gonna go to the men's room.

So, it was great meeting you guys,

thanks for, you know, nuts.

You, too, man.

Nice meeting you.

Greg: Good luck getting wherever you're going.

You, too. Good night.

See you.

Well, if you ever get to Dallas.

Hey, Greg. Greg!

Hey.

Go sell a Christmas tree for me.

What?

Go ahead, take it.

I want the layover, if you know what I mean.

You know, Mimi, organ development,