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00:00:21Zzzzzzzz...
00:00:28Zzzzzzzz...
00:00:32Zzzzzzzzz...
00:00:39ZZZZZZ...
00:00:40Wake up, you little sucker!
00:00:50We've got so much to do!
00:00:51Here, eat your breakfast.
00:00:53Ah, you little punk!
00:01:02We must toil to make our daily bread.
00:01:06That we must.
00:01:09We should take our showers.
00:01:13No time for frills.
00:01:14Listen, we can't go to work stinking like skunks.
00:01:16We need to blend into society.
00:01:18Well, if that's all it takes...
00:01:30Now I'm legit.
00:01:31Buy my lovely finger puppets, only three dollars each.
00:01:39Buy my dignity.
00:01:40I'm having a clearance sale.
00:01:41Buy my lovely finger puppets, only one dollar each.
00:01:44Buy my...
00:01:45What do I have to sell?
00:01:48Screw it.
00:01:49No one's buying.
00:01:50Give me your money.
00:01:51I'll do a little dance.
00:01:56Hand over your currency.
00:01:57It's no longer current.
00:01:59Buy my bitter lost passions.
00:02:01Rent my broken dreams.
00:02:03How's our food holding up?
00:02:07Looks like we've got enough to last a lifetime.
00:02:16A lifetime?
00:02:17Yeah.
00:02:18We'll probably get through about half of it, then we'll want to kill ourselves.
00:02:22Good point.
00:02:23They're not that bad when they're boiled.
00:02:26Yeah.
00:02:27They're great.
00:02:29How much did you say they were again?
00:02:32About ten cents a block.
00:02:34We need cash.
00:02:37Ooh.
00:02:48Hmm.
00:02:50Wah!
00:02:57Bobby?
00:03:01April Wilson?
00:03:02How long has it been since high school?
00:03:05I lost track.
00:03:07What are you doing?
00:03:08It's just a little project.
00:03:11You always were artistic.
00:03:12Is that what you are now, an artist?
00:03:15Yeah.
00:03:16I'm an artist.
00:03:17Well, that's so wonderful.
00:03:19So, do you live nearby?
00:03:22Yes, quite nearby.
00:03:24Well, that's great, because I'm having a party on Saturday.
00:03:27Just pop by.
00:03:28It'd be great to catch up with you.
00:03:32Thanks.
00:03:37You should come to the shin dig.
00:03:38The wing dig?
00:03:39Mm-hmm.
00:03:40Man, I'd rather eat cardboard.
00:03:41You do that already.
00:03:42True that.
00:03:43So, I think I need an artsy getup.
00:03:45Oh.
00:03:46Okay, let's just swipe the MX.
00:03:47Mm-hmm.
00:03:48Should we put it on the gold or platinum?
00:03:49I could dumpster dive it.
00:03:52Go for that hipster look.
00:03:54They look homeless half the time anyway, huh?
00:04:02Ooh, festive.
00:04:06Ooh, smelly.
00:04:13I'm so nervous.
00:04:15There's a little unorthodox.
00:04:19How did you pick up that shoe?
00:04:21It's good.
00:04:36What on earth is that?
00:04:38I have no idea.
00:04:39Should we call the police?
00:04:41Oh, no.
00:04:42It's April's headache.
00:04:48Hi, Bobby.
00:04:49Oh, hi, April.
00:04:50Well, I'm glad you made it.
00:04:52Me too.
00:04:53Have you met my friends?
00:04:54I've met your cheese plate.
00:04:56Apparently so.
00:04:57Come on, come meet my friends.
00:04:59Okay.
00:05:02Hey, everyone.
00:05:04This is my friend Bobby from high school.
00:05:06Hello, Bobby.
00:05:07Hello, Bobby.
00:05:08Hi.
00:05:09He's an artist.
00:05:10Oh, what kind of artist are you?
00:05:13I'm like a sculptor of sorts.
00:05:16Oh.
00:05:17That should account for your colorful attire.
00:05:23I once met Lafitte Lasseur.
00:05:25He was similarly garish.
00:05:28True, true.
00:05:30Who?
00:05:31Lafitte Lasseur?
00:05:33I mean, he's this fabulous performance artist.
00:05:36He does works downtown.
00:05:38Do you love him?
00:05:39So, so what do you all do?
00:05:44We're psychiatrists.
00:05:46All of you?
00:05:49Even him?
00:05:51Yes, even me.
00:05:53I mean, I didn't mean it like some kind of...
00:05:56You know, I was just wondering.
00:05:58Okay, okay.
00:05:59Let's go get some Merlot.
00:06:02Sorry, I can be a bit much.
00:06:04Yeah, you used to hang with a different crowd.
00:06:06Yeah, I know.
00:06:07I don't know what happened.
00:06:08There you are.
00:06:10Oh, hey, Bobby.
00:06:11This is Seymour, my colleague.
00:06:17Okay, well, he's a little bit more than my colleague.
00:06:20Hi, Seymour.
00:06:22How do you do?
00:06:23No complaints.
00:06:24Good, because people rarely listen to them.
00:06:27That's why they hire shrinks.
00:06:30True dat.
00:06:32Dat?
00:06:33That.
00:06:34Oh, that.
00:06:38Excuse me.
00:06:42What an...
00:06:43Jerk.
00:06:44I know, isn't it hot?
00:06:46Yeah.
00:06:47April, you have to come see Muffy's pashmina.
00:06:50I think I need to go feed my iguana.
00:06:54Okay, well, let's catch up some time, you know,
00:06:58when I don't have to entertain my colleagues.
00:07:00Yeah, okay.
00:07:01So, what's your number?
00:07:03I don't have one.
00:07:04No, I mean, I'm switching phone companies, so...
00:07:07But I have yours.
00:07:08Give me a call.
00:07:09Cool beans.
00:07:11See you later, Bobby.
00:07:12Bye.
00:07:19Hit me.
00:07:22Such a goon.
00:07:25You should make a naked lady.
00:07:27It would probably sell.
00:07:29And a naked man.
00:07:30You'd like that, wouldn't you?
00:07:36These dummies just can't recognize fine art
00:07:39when they see it.
00:07:40If all else fails, we can boil him up and eat him.
00:07:47I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:07:48My bad.
00:07:49It's okay.
00:07:50No one was buying them anyway.
00:07:53Well, how much were you charging?
00:07:54Five bucks.
00:07:55Five bucks?
00:07:56For noodlies?
00:07:57I could have made those.
00:08:00They said the same thing to Picasso.
00:08:05That's creative.
00:08:06Thanks.
00:08:07How much are they?
00:08:08Four dollars.
00:08:09All right.
00:08:10Those look weird.
00:08:11Thanks.
00:08:12What's that one?
00:08:13It's a naked lady.
00:08:14How much?
00:08:15Five hundred dollars.
00:08:16Tell you what, I'm going to give you a hundred bucks
00:08:19for that one right there, and not a penny more.
00:08:22You have a little smudge.
00:08:24Ow.
00:08:25It was a really big smudge.
00:08:32Oh.
00:08:33Oh, it's fine.
00:08:34It's okay.
00:08:35It's okay.
00:08:36Oh, sorry.
00:08:37It's okay.
00:08:38You're okay.
00:08:39It's a practice.
00:08:40I'm gonna go get changed.
00:08:41What are you wearing right now?
00:08:42I'm not wearing anything.
00:08:43Do I look like a fashionista?
00:08:44No, of course not.
00:08:45You look very weird.
00:08:46I'm not?
00:08:47No, you're not.
00:08:48I have a diagnosis.
00:08:49Oh, really?
00:08:50Yeah, it's a diagnosis.
00:08:51Life is full of smudges.
00:08:53It's like you never grew up.
00:08:55Maybe I didn't have it in me.
00:08:56What?
00:08:57Growth.
00:08:58Everyone does.
00:09:00Perhaps I didn't want to.
00:09:02That's a different story.
00:09:03Ah! You're doing it!
00:09:05What?
00:09:06Psychoanalyzing.
00:09:08So you're pretty much all grown up and settled, huh?
00:09:11Settled?
00:09:12You know, you have a fully plotted career path,
00:09:14a mortgage, a 401K,
00:09:16you know with absolute certainty who you'll spend the rest of your life with.
00:09:20You wouldn't be shocked if you already started saving for your unborn children's college education.
00:09:25The writing is on the wall.
00:09:27Scary.
00:09:28It's your life, not mine.
00:09:34So April looks more or less the same as she did in high school.
00:09:37You still have a hard-on for her.
00:09:39No, I don't.
00:09:41Hello, sir. My name is Pierre.
00:09:43Nice to meet you.
00:09:44A banker friend of mine apparently acquired one of your masterpieces very cheap.
00:09:49Would you like to buy one?
00:09:50Well, no, but I'd like to hang them in my gallery.
00:09:54I think I could make you a star.
00:09:56Wow.
00:09:58Oh.
00:09:59I think you've been outclassed.
00:10:09Story of my life.
00:10:19You're really an artist.
00:10:21Tea for Tuffy.
00:10:24Cool.
00:10:33Okay, so basically spell out the word war underneath stop,
00:10:38because then it's going to say stop war.
00:10:50No more selling dainty little artwork for the man.
00:10:53We are artists of the streets.
00:10:55Viva la raza.
00:10:56Huh?
00:10:57I don't know.
00:10:59You're going to have to panhandle somewhere else.
00:11:01Who's panhandling?
00:11:02Move along, stinky.
00:11:06I just bathed.
00:11:07That was yesterday.
00:11:08Crap.
00:11:10I just bathed.
00:11:11That was yesterday.
00:11:12Crap.
00:11:23What are you doing?
00:11:25Oh, I call it happy bird's nest.
00:11:27You'd better vacate the premises.
00:11:30It's hard to take a rental cop seriously.
00:11:33Perhaps a mustache would lend him a certain gravitas.
00:11:39Uh-oh.
00:11:41Pete, this is Eagle One.
00:11:43I'm going to seek parking capacity.
00:11:45You should come down here and pick him up and move him ASAP.
00:11:49You used excessive force.
00:11:51You sexually assaulted this man.
00:11:53I bet you took this job just to handcuff people.
00:11:57Pervert.
00:12:04Hey, buttercup, give me a sandwich.
00:12:08Give the boss your bread.
00:12:10I'm buttercup?
00:12:12You're whatever boomer says you are.
00:12:14Okay, but you might get herpes.
00:12:18I already got it.
00:12:20And malaria.
00:12:26But boss, you can't get malaria from a sandwich.
00:12:28It's only transmitted through the African tsetse fly.
00:12:30Teach him not to threaten a boomer with such fake disease.
00:12:33No, not a sleeping sickness.
00:12:35What?
00:12:36Not a sleeping sickness.
00:12:37What?
00:12:42The tsetse fly does not give you malaria.
00:12:44It gives you sleeping sickness.
00:12:48He's right, boss.
00:12:49Kick his ass.
00:12:57Can I help you?
00:13:00Can I have this?
00:13:02Sure.
00:13:03Well, not all of them.
00:13:07I need them all to fight the darkness.
00:13:12Okay, boss.
00:13:21He'll protect you.
00:13:23Thanks, boss.
00:13:25Take your medication, okay?
00:13:27Take your medication, okay?
00:13:29Sure thing.
00:13:39The standard psych evaluation before we can let this indigent go.
00:13:42Indigent?
00:13:44Want me to stick around for your protection?
00:13:46That won't be necessary.
00:13:51What happened to your face?
00:13:53Oh, I got into a little scuffle.
00:13:55Hey, hey, you should see the other guy.
00:13:58He's pretty much unscathed.
00:14:01Vandalism?
00:14:02Defacement of property?
00:14:04Assault?
00:14:05I was just expressing myself artistically.
00:14:07That doesn't make me crazy, right?
00:14:09You're not crazy, Bobby.
00:14:11Just misunderstood.
00:14:14I've been looking all over for you.
00:14:18Hey, Tuffy.
00:14:20What the hell happened to your face?
00:14:22Oh, a couple gangbangers beat me down in a holding cell.
00:14:25Who are you talking to?
00:14:27Tuffy.
00:14:28Oh, hey, April, how you been?
00:14:32Tuffy was wondering how you've been.
00:14:35Who's Tuffy?
00:14:37Remember Tuffy from high school?
00:14:40Why do all your stuck-up friends give me the cold shoulder?
00:14:45I'm going to have to tell you something.
00:14:48I'm going to have them let you out, Bobby,
00:14:50but you're going to need some counseling.
00:14:52Yeah, fatty here needs Weight Watchers.
00:15:02Mitochondria.
00:15:04It's like the power plant of the cell.
00:15:06Right.
00:15:08Name the DNA bases.
00:15:10DNA bases.
00:15:12Adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine.
00:15:17When did you study this?
00:15:23Mr. Sorum's cute.
00:15:26He's old.
00:15:28Not that old.
00:15:32Hello?
00:15:34Oh, hey, Chaz.
00:15:37Yeah?
00:15:38How many goals?
00:15:42Picture her in this.
00:15:50Oh, Chaz, you're so funny.
00:15:57Stop.
00:15:58Why are you doing this to me?
00:16:00Yeah, I'm coming right over.
00:16:01Love you. Bye.
00:16:03Let's study more later, okay?
00:16:06Okay.
00:16:07Bobby is a nut job.
00:16:10If I'm a nut job, you don't exist.
00:16:14Bobby is quite normal.
00:16:16That's what I thought.
00:16:17Now go make me a sandwich.
00:16:19Don't make me clock you in front of this police station.
00:16:23I'm so hungry.
00:16:24Again?
00:16:25Yeah, this crazy thing happens every time I don't eat for a few hours.
00:16:28We need to find a way to get food three times a day
00:16:31without making it into this big scavenger hunt.
00:16:34See those apartments up there?
00:16:36They contain these cool boxes called refrigerators.
00:16:41Yeah.
00:16:42And they're filled with food.
00:16:43And every time the people get hungry,
00:16:46all they have to do is open the refrigerator and eat the food.
00:16:49Sign us up.
00:16:50It's not that easy.
00:16:51It never is.
00:16:53We need money.
00:16:54Of course.
00:16:55I think we should get jobs.
00:16:57But I want to be free.
00:16:58Free and hungry?
00:16:59If that's what it takes.
00:17:02You know, I was thinking,
00:17:03I kind of want to leave my mark on this world
00:17:05in something more permanent than noodles.
00:17:08Fine.
00:17:09Get a job.
00:17:10That'll work.
00:17:15Don't do it.
00:17:16You'll hate life.
00:17:17You'll hate it.
00:17:19You'll become one of them.
00:17:20I can't bum forever.
00:17:23Don't leave me.
00:17:24I'll return.
00:17:27Triumphant.
00:17:29Hopefully.
00:17:31How many words per minute?
00:17:33How many words can you type per minute?
00:17:36That depends.
00:17:37On what?
00:17:39On whether they're long words or short ones.
00:17:41I mean, I could type the word A like a thousand times.
00:17:44I have the perfect job for you.
00:17:47Smith report.
00:17:48Huh?
00:17:49Uh, it's done.
00:17:56Why don't these jerk-offs give us dental coverage?
00:17:59Uh, I got a toothbrush.
00:18:01Jerk-off.
00:18:02Jerk-off.
00:18:04Jerk-off.
00:18:05Jerk-off.
00:18:06Jerk-off.
00:18:07Jerk-off.
00:18:08Jerk-off.
00:18:09Jerk-off.
00:18:10Jerk-off.
00:18:11Jerk-off.
00:18:12Jerk-off.
00:18:13Jerk-off.
00:18:14Jerk-off.
00:18:15Toothbrush.
00:18:16Jerk-off.
00:18:23Jobson letter.
00:18:25Uh, it's finished.
00:18:46Oh, look.
00:18:47Uncle Tom's back from working for the man.
00:18:50I quit.
00:18:51Stick it to him.
00:18:53You got paid, right?
00:18:54Help me paint these cogs.
00:19:16What?
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00:20:11Roaming fees.
00:20:13Remember Bobby?
00:20:15Who?
00:20:17My friend who came to the party.
00:20:20That kid?
00:20:23He's the same age as me.
00:20:25You're all just kiddies to me.
00:20:27I think he has a problem.
00:20:29He doesn't have free weekends either.
00:20:37Thank you all for coming.
00:20:39But what kind of people show up at some shady lot they read about on a cog?
00:20:43Um, weirdos.
00:20:45My kind of people.
00:20:46The curious ones.
00:20:47The restless ones.
00:20:48The ones who are searching for something.
00:20:50Who might not even know what they're looking for.
00:20:52What does this mean?
00:20:54Excellent question.
00:20:55Tell me.
00:20:56What does it do?
00:20:57It turns.
00:20:58For what purpose?
00:20:59I don't know.
00:21:00Can you tell by looking at it?
00:21:02No.
00:21:03Why not?
00:21:04Because I don't know where it fits?
00:21:06Exactly.
00:21:07But you do know three things.
00:21:08It only fits in one place.
00:21:10It only does one thing.
00:21:11And if it wears out,
00:21:14it can be replaced by an identical one.
00:21:16Sound familiar?
00:21:19Ew, gross.
00:21:21Never mind.
00:21:22What do you do?
00:21:23I deliver the mail.
00:21:25What does that involve?
00:21:27Putting letters in people's boxes.
00:21:29Anything else?
00:21:31That's all.
00:21:32If you were hit by a bus, what would the postal service do?
00:21:35Oh, they'd be sad.
00:21:37But what would they do?
00:21:41Hire a new guy.
00:21:42Exactly.
00:21:43We're all being trained to be interchangeable parts.
00:21:46We're all being molded to fit into this bigger system.
00:21:49Some people think they have control.
00:21:51Some people think they pull the strings and turn the screws,
00:21:54but ultimately they're just larger interchangeable parts
00:21:57in larger machines.
00:21:59What do you want us to do?
00:22:01We need to raise people's awareness.
00:22:02We need to show them where they fit in the bigger picture.
00:22:04Some people might not like what they see.
00:22:06We can cause a groundswell.
00:22:08And the truth?
00:22:10The truth will set us free.
00:22:23Hey, who's sponsoring this?
00:22:25The Corporate Military Industrial Complex.
00:22:28You have decaf?
00:22:29Why would we offer that?
00:22:31Why not?
00:22:32The whole point is to drug you into staying wide awake
00:22:34so you work really hard.
00:22:37I'm going to pass.
00:22:38Thank you.
00:22:42Slave juice?
00:22:43Anyone?
00:22:48That's cute.
00:22:49Thanks.
00:22:53Do you mind if I ask?
00:22:55How much did it cost?
00:22:57$20.
00:22:59Great price.
00:23:01I don't know.
00:23:02It only cost $0.68 to make.
00:23:04How?
00:23:05They have eight-year-old Cambodians
00:23:07working 15-hour days for $5 a week,
00:23:09and their hands are so small and skillful.
00:23:12That's awful.
00:23:13Isn't it?
00:23:16Here.
00:23:18You can have it.
00:23:20Thanks.
00:23:24Um, can I have my wallet?
00:23:32Thanks.
00:23:33You're welcome.
00:24:03They won't let go of you!
00:24:04The police can't find you!
00:24:05The police can't find you!
00:24:06The police can't find you!
00:24:07You don't want to keep going!
00:24:09You don't want to keep going!
00:24:11The police can't find you!
00:24:12The police can't find you!
00:24:13My God!
00:24:14God!
00:24:23Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
00:24:25What are you thinking?
00:24:26Some very subversive thoughts.
00:24:28Like stupid ones?
00:24:29Yeah, kind of.
00:24:31Count me in!
00:24:37So, what's new?
00:24:40Not much, Bobby. It's only been a few days since the last time you got picked up.
00:24:44Oops.
00:24:45What's going through your head?
00:24:47I don't know. Sugar plums?
00:24:49So, you're hearing voices?
00:24:51Oh yeah. I do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to do.
00:24:54You do?
00:24:55No. What are you, crazy?
00:24:57So, tell me about your friend.
00:24:59Well, I know this cool bird named April. I hear she likes to collect Civil War memorabilia.
00:25:04Is Tuffy in the room with us?
00:25:06Do you see him?
00:25:08Where is he?
00:25:10I don't know. He's probably off chasing squirrels or schoolgirls or something.
00:25:15Bobby, you're mentally ill.
00:25:19What exactly does that mean?
00:25:21It means you need help.
00:25:23Need is a very subjective word.
00:25:25I want to help you.
00:25:28Knock yourself out.
00:25:30I love you, Mrs. Duck.
00:25:35You're everything to me.
00:25:40This is your home?
00:25:42Excuse me!
00:25:43Shh!
00:25:45Well, this is actually my summer home.
00:25:48My main estate is down the block behind the Piggly Wiggly.
00:25:51You can't live here.
00:25:54What are you talking about? This is the most luxurious alley in town.
00:25:57It even had a spread in Alley Textural Digest.
00:26:00Bobby.
00:26:01April.
00:26:02You can crash at my place until you get back on your feet.
00:26:05No thanks. I like my chateau.
00:26:08You let me stay at your house when my dad lost his.
00:26:11So, I would be happy to return the favor.
00:26:14Well, if it makes you happy.
00:26:18Hey, what am I? Chopped liver?
00:26:27I'm sure you'll get a new house soon.
00:26:29I hear great things about Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
00:26:32And Chaz was all wrong for you.
00:26:34I mean, you need a much nicer guy.
00:26:37And you can get a new cat at the shelter.
00:26:41Not that it'll ever completely replace Pookie.
00:26:44Mono's not that bad, as long as you drink lots of water.
00:26:47I'll shut up now.
00:26:56Hiya, Seymour.
00:26:59Good afternoon.
00:27:01The toes look great. They're practically glowing.
00:27:04Thanks.
00:27:06To what do I owe this pleasure?
00:27:08Bobby needs to crash on our couch.
00:27:10I see.
00:27:11You'll hardly notice me.
00:27:13My God, put some clothes on.
00:27:15Well, I barely had a chance before you left me high and dry.
00:27:18Dry?
00:27:20You're dripping all over the place.
00:27:22At least go towel off or something.
00:27:24Fine.
00:27:25Fascist!
00:27:27Sorry, it's like he was born in a barn.
00:27:30I think April would be better able to counsel you
00:27:32if you weren't living in the same home.
00:27:34A therapist needs to keep her distance from her patients
00:27:37so she can see things more objectively.
00:27:39You're probably right.
00:27:43It's about time we rambled on.
00:27:48Wait for me, you fickle pickle!
00:27:50I should have just stayed in the tub.
00:27:52Bobby needs my help.
00:27:54So help, but he doesn't need to sprawl out on our sofa
00:27:57while we're working for a living.
00:27:59You're like a little girl taking in strays.
00:28:02The guy had so much potential.
00:28:04Doesn't this Florence Knight look like a little girl?
00:28:07You know, we could be living in a much larger home
00:28:09if you would just join me in the private sector.
00:28:12So I can get overpaid to hear self-indulgent rich people
00:28:15whine about their broken fingernails?
00:28:18Some of them have real problems.
00:28:26Hey, guys.
00:28:27It really warms my heart to see you all here.
00:28:29Let's get down to business.
00:28:31What are those?
00:28:33It's not a trick question.
00:28:35Oink, oink!
00:28:36They're cops.
00:28:38Yes, you're right.
00:28:39They are cops.
00:28:40But on a deeper level...
00:28:41Men?
00:28:42Yes.
00:28:43Cops are men and women.
00:28:45But these are just cartoons.
00:28:47They still trigger a meaning in our minds.
00:28:51What do you see?
00:28:53Politicians?
00:28:55Mmm, okay.
00:28:57I'm not sure.
00:28:59Politicians?
00:29:01Mmm, okay.
00:29:04What are these?
00:29:05Logos.
00:29:06Yes.
00:29:09What's this?
00:29:10Money.
00:29:11I could use some of that.
00:29:12Why?
00:29:13Uh, people seem willing to give me stuff for it.
00:29:16You can give people little green sheets of paper
00:29:19and they give you actual goods and services?
00:29:23You know money used to be backed by precious metals?
00:29:26Now it's backed by nothing.
00:29:28It has no intrinsic value.
00:29:30Only the value people think it has.
00:29:32Currency is a mass hallucination.
00:29:35What does the money and the logos and the politicians
00:29:38and the cops all have in common?
00:29:40They're just symbols.
00:29:42But they hold power over us.
00:29:44You know, when a cop pulls you over,
00:29:46you have to listen to him.
00:29:47Why?
00:29:48Because he has a badge.
00:29:49He's an authority symbol.
00:29:51When you go to buy a car,
00:29:53a different logo on the hood jacks up the price thousands of dollars.
00:29:57Why?
00:29:58Because it's a status symbol.
00:30:01All these logos and brand names
00:30:03trigger perceptions in our mind of a product's value
00:30:06when in truth we can get a better impression
00:30:08just by looking at it or touching it.
00:30:11These symbols are obscuring our perception of reality.
00:30:16So what do you want us to do?
00:30:18We need to stop taking the symbols at face value.
00:30:20We need to be conscious of how they play on our emotions.
00:30:22How they tell us what we want to hear,
00:30:24even if it's just nonsense.
00:30:25How they con us into swallowing mountains of institutional lies.
00:30:30That's the only way we can break free from this mental slavery.
00:30:38That was remarkably coherent.
00:30:40Not bad for a total crackpot, eh?
00:30:42You're not a total crackpot.
00:30:44More like a chipped pot.
00:30:48Want to hit the tennis courts?
00:30:51No.
00:30:56Phew.
00:30:59Meow.
00:31:01Bet I can swing higher than you.
00:31:04Come here often?
00:31:06Not all the time, but I like to once in a while.
00:31:10Reminds me of a time I felt cared for.
00:31:16See what it's like not being an old square,
00:31:18living in Squaresville,
00:31:20eating, uh, square cakes?
00:31:23Yeah, it's great.
00:31:25As long as it's real.
00:31:27You know, you don't want to go around making up little friends.
00:31:30Who's making anything up?
00:31:32I don't get it, April. You want me to be alone?
00:31:35You're already alone.
00:31:37You can't know that.
00:31:39Maybe I see something you can't see.
00:31:41People can be pretty lousy.
00:31:43And everybody's disappointed in me at least once.
00:31:46I'm not toughy.
00:31:48I disappointed you?
00:31:50No.
00:31:51No?
00:31:52You said everybody has.
00:31:55Everybody else.
00:32:05Look who decided to sashay in.
00:32:08Are you drunk?
00:32:10You missed my alumni mixer.
00:32:12I'm really sorry I got caught up with work.
00:32:15You should mix more.
00:32:17I'm kind of all mixed up.
00:32:19Anyway, I've had enough glad handing for a while.
00:32:22But what about me?
00:32:24How can I project power and success without my little trophy?
00:32:29By being powerful and successful?
00:32:32But I am!
00:32:34Yes, you are, darling.
00:32:40Thanks.
00:32:42Did I titillate you?
00:32:44Oh, yes.
00:32:47Let us go upstairs and do as the bunnies do.
00:32:50Hop.
00:32:51Bone.
00:32:53Seymour, I'm tired.
00:32:56You're never frisky anymore.
00:33:00I suppose not.
00:33:03Where were you today?
00:33:05Bobby was showing me where he hangs out.
00:33:08Were you two ever lovers?
00:33:10No, just pals.
00:33:12I don't trust him.
00:33:14He's a mentally ill homeless guy.
00:33:16What are you afraid of?
00:33:24Damn, it's good to see you all.
00:33:26How are you all doing?
00:33:28I'm content like the trees in the forest.
00:33:30Okay.
00:33:32So, I've been trying to put my finger on what bothers me about people.
00:33:36They turn smelly when they don't bathe.
00:33:39When you think through human history, what has caused the greatest suffering?
00:33:43The atom bomb.
00:33:45Sure, that's a horrendous machine.
00:33:47But I'm talking about something that isn't just responsible for countless deaths,
00:33:51but also for keeping people suppressed in life,
00:33:54for keeping people ignorant,
00:33:56for making them ignore their own best interests.
00:33:59But the greatest source of suffering can also be the greatest source of happiness.
00:34:03The most dangerous weapon can also be the greatest cure.
00:34:06What are you talking about?
00:34:08You need to lay off the peyote.
00:34:11Faith is a double-edged sword.
00:34:14It can bring us all together, or it can tear us all apart.
00:34:18You see, there's good faith and there's bad faith.
00:34:21But how do you know the difference?
00:34:23Here's the way I see it.
00:34:25If you're going to invest your faith in a person or a religion or a government,
00:34:28you can't just do it because your friends are doing it or because you were born into it.
00:34:31You have to do it because it actually makes sense.
00:34:33Institutions should have to earn your faith.
00:34:36And they should constantly strive to keep it.
00:34:38That's the only way to keep them from going bad.
00:34:40The real enemy is blind faith.
00:34:43When people turn off their brains and arbitrarily just decide,
00:34:46my religion is the only true path,
00:34:50my government is the only just regime,
00:34:52my particular skewed worldview is the objective truth,
00:34:56that's when we let ourselves get controlled.
00:34:59That's when we become pawns in other people's wars.
00:35:02That's when we get at each other's throats.
00:35:09Wow, I'm really getting deep stuff here.
00:35:17Hi, I'm Tess Whitman from KMBS.
00:35:19I'm doing a story about you.
00:35:21Huh?
00:35:23Is your movement a cult?
00:35:25Uh, no.
00:35:27I mean, cults tell people to follow their specific beliefs.
00:35:30I'm not telling people to listen to me.
00:35:32I don't want them to listen to anyone.
00:35:34I want them to listen to themselves.
00:35:37So you want people to ignore society's rules?
00:35:40Not necessarily.
00:35:42I just don't want them to blindly follow them either.
00:35:45Hi, I'm the man behind the man behind the man.
00:35:48You know what I mean, so kind of pay attention to what I'm saying.
00:35:50Yeah, okay.
00:35:54It seems a movement, or as some may claim, a cult,
00:35:57is gaining influence across the Southland.
00:35:59They don't have a name,
00:36:01but apparently they rally behind this symbol.
00:36:05Theories about these brightly colored gears vary.
00:36:08This is me.
00:36:10This dent is my boo-boo.
00:36:14Wow.
00:36:16That's so deep.
00:36:18This is a gift from above.
00:36:20It helps us in our daily lives.
00:36:31Hmm.
00:36:32You've got it all wrong.
00:36:34These cogs represent us.
00:36:36We're all just a bunch of interchangeable parts.
00:36:39We're all stuck in the big machine.
00:36:41I mean, if we wear out, they just...
00:36:44replace...
00:36:51Get your own lousy mail, you guilty rich bastards!
00:36:58Bobby changed my life.
00:37:00I mean, not much has changed on the surface,
00:37:03but my mind used to have all these limitations
00:37:06that now I see past.
00:37:09Now I'm free.
00:37:11Listen, I didn't realize I started a movement.
00:37:14I just see things a certain way,
00:37:16and I wanted to voice my opinion.
00:37:18I used to believe in the higher society,
00:37:21but now I know it's just all a game.
00:37:23There's this system of rewards and punishments
00:37:26in place to mold us,
00:37:28and sometimes I just feel like a dog in obedience school
00:37:32jumping through hoops trying to get a pat on the head.
00:37:36You know, they tell us to get good jobs and follow the rules,
00:37:40but we get distracted,
00:37:42and we lose sight of what's really going on.
00:37:46How did you guys find me here?
00:38:03What's up, sunshine?
00:38:05I checked you on the news last night,
00:38:07and I thought to myself,
00:38:09your cause is one I can really fight for.
00:38:11I'm gonna donate some of my daddy's office space for your cult.
00:38:14Are you real?
00:38:16Maybe I am crazy.
00:38:33Hello?
00:38:36Uh, sure, we take donations.
00:38:43We finally made it.
00:38:53Night, Bobby.
00:38:56Night, little buddy.
00:39:03So what happened to your parents?
00:39:06They moved to Florida. I call them every month.
00:39:09Do they know you're homeless?
00:39:11I'm not homeless. The whole world is my home.
00:39:14So when did you start to feel alienated?
00:39:17When they beamed me up to the mothership.
00:39:19Don't be glib.
00:39:21It's who I am. When did you start to feel alienated?
00:39:24I don't.
00:39:26When did you start to live in denial?
00:39:28I thought I was the therapist.
00:39:30I have all sorts of crazy thoughts.
00:39:33Fine. If it'll get you to open up, I'll share too.
00:39:38Sometimes I feel a little awkward around Seymour's friends.
00:39:43It's like this old boys' club.
00:39:47Like a gaggle of Seymour's?
00:39:49Yeah, pretty much.
00:39:51What exactly do you see in him?
00:39:53I'm losing track.
00:39:57Here.
00:39:59These'll stop your hallucinations.
00:40:01What hallucinations?
00:40:03If Tuffy is really there, they won't do anything.
00:40:07If he's all in your head, he'll disappear.
00:40:11Okay, but I might as well be popping jelly beans.
00:40:14I mean, he's a stubborn little sucker. I don't think he's going anywhere.
00:40:18Man, are you on crack? Let's go back to our digs.
00:40:21I can't sleep there. It's too clean.
00:40:23You're right. We belong here in the dirt.
00:40:26Man comes from the earth, and then he returns to it.
00:40:31Hey, what you got there, Dr. Feelgood?
00:40:33Some happy pills?
00:40:35We gonna get retarded?
00:40:37Hand it over, Bobby. Spread the fun around.
00:40:39April gave them to me.
00:40:41When's that chickie gonna learn to share with all her babies?
00:40:44They're supposed to stop my hallucinations.
00:40:46Ha! That Fruit Loop still thinks you're loopy.
00:40:49Give me one of those pills. Maybe it'll make you disappear.
00:40:53Give me these pills.
00:40:55No! Give me them pills, Bobby.
00:41:02Why aren't you vanishing?
00:41:06Okay, say I was just a figment. Do you really want to get rid of me?
00:41:10It's just that April says I can't live in the real world if I'm stuck in my own fantasy.
00:41:15So that's what this is about.
00:41:17You want to get rid of me so you can get with that vixen.
00:41:19No, it's not like that at all.
00:41:21I'm real. Go ahead and take your drugs. I'm not going anywhere.
00:41:24I don't want to.
00:41:26Insist.
00:41:35Not such an easy pill to swallow, eh?
00:41:39Might as well let it drop. It's not coming up.
00:41:47See? I keep it real.
00:41:51Tuffy, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to doubt you.
00:41:54It's alright. You hit the sack, I'm going to hit the can.
00:41:59Alright, there's no need to get all gay-bo about this.
00:42:11What time is it?
00:42:14Tuffy?
00:42:16Tuffy, did you go to the Rocky Horror Show again?
00:42:22Tuffy?
00:42:28Tuffy? Tuffy?
00:42:32Tuffy?
00:42:42What did you make me do?
00:42:44What?
00:42:46He's gone.
00:42:48He was never really there to begin with.
00:42:50My only true friend is gone.
00:42:52Bobby, you used to scare people.
00:42:56Now that you're not hallucinating,
00:42:58maybe you can start to make friends with real human beings.
00:43:01People are a bunch of jerks.
00:43:03I want my best friend back.
00:43:05Bobby, you've got to give this a fair try.
00:43:08Take your medication and see how it goes.
00:43:11If mental health means feeling this emptiness,
00:43:14I'd rather just be a total crackpot.
00:43:18I'm sorry, Bobby. Maybe this was too soon.
00:43:21You can stop taking your pills whenever you want.
00:43:24Will he come back?
00:43:26He probably will.
00:43:31I'm your true friend also.
00:43:33Yeah.
00:43:35It'll be okay.
00:43:39Yeah.
00:43:42I better go back to work.
00:43:44Okay.
00:43:51So I used some of the donation money to bake cookies.
00:43:54You're using our funds for sweets?
00:43:57Aren't they neat?
00:43:59Mmm, sugary.
00:44:01We should be stockpiling assault rifles.
00:44:04I know this great psychiatrist.
00:44:06She's a good friend of mine.
00:44:09How are we going to violently overthrow the system with cookies?
00:44:12The system's too strong to violently overthrow.
00:44:15And it's made of people like you and me.
00:44:17I think En Vogue put it best.
00:44:19Free your mind and the rest will follow.
00:44:21Now free their minds and the oppressive structure will collapse on its own.
00:44:25Stop touching me!
00:44:28Sorry.
00:44:33That was really weird.
00:44:36So I got a surprise for you all.
00:44:42A piece of paper?
00:44:44This is a blank slate.
00:44:46If we're to last, we're going to need a constitution.
00:44:49It's our chance to document our ideals and pass them on for generations.
00:44:53So everybody think of your highest values and at the next meeting we'll discuss them
00:44:57and draft our Declaration of Independence.
00:45:01The kids are so difficult.
00:45:04I don't think they respect me.
00:45:07My youngest flat out hates me ever since I suggested she get her nose done.
00:45:11Perhaps she feels you disapprove of her.
00:45:14Of course I disapprove of her. Have you seen that schnoz?
00:45:18She got it from her father.
00:45:20Tell her she's beautiful.
00:45:22I'm not going to lie to her.
00:45:24Maybe a little white lie is in order.
00:45:26It's like Bobby says.
00:45:28Every lie you tell obscures a person's view of reality.
00:45:32Bobby?
00:45:34You know, the guy with the cogs?
00:45:58Here, Tuffy Tuffy Tuffy.
00:46:00Where are you hiding?
00:46:04Come on, rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
00:46:08We've got a live one.
00:46:12Hey guys, welcome to my flop house. Let me get the refreshments.
00:46:15Why are you so alarmed?
00:46:17I don't know. You look a little shady.
00:46:20We're your friends.
00:46:22The Major and Rich, Spomes, or with the Department of Homeland Security.
00:46:27We've had our eye on you for a while.
00:46:29Now concerned citizens are starting to tip us off about various questionable activities.
00:46:35Was I supposed to get a permit for that bake sale?
00:46:38Enough of this charade.
00:46:40Are you or are you not trying to overthrow the Postal Service of the United States of America?
00:46:46The Postal Service?
00:46:48Is this man your brainwashed puppet?
00:46:50Oh no, that guy's got a mind of his own.
00:46:53Where is he?
00:46:54I don't know.
00:46:56I'd like to observe you for a few days.
00:46:58I'm a little shy.
00:47:08Damn it, Bones. I was supposed to zap him.
00:47:11You snooze, you lose.
00:47:27Mmm.
00:47:29I'm a little hippo,
00:47:31frolicking in the jungle,
00:47:34eating all the mangoes,
00:47:37and pooping on your toes.
00:47:44Are you the Messiah?
00:47:46Can't say that I am.
00:47:50Are you the gatekeeper?
00:47:52No.
00:47:57No thanks, I just ate.
00:48:00What is this, banana?
00:48:01Tastes like pesticide.
00:48:03It gives you special powers.
00:48:05Like the power to barf on myself?
00:48:07Oh, God.
00:48:12Can I have my limbs back?
00:48:14I promise I won't use them for evil.
00:48:19Where are we?
00:48:20I don't know.
00:48:23Revolution does not come without sacrifice.
00:48:27After all, you have to spill a little blood to make an omelet.
00:48:31Where's Bobby?
00:48:32I don't know.
00:48:33Hugging trees, picking flowers.
00:48:36Now, Joseph Stalin says that...
00:48:40Where the hell do you think you're going?
00:48:47Okay, okay, watch the cashmere.
00:48:50Now!
00:48:53I wish I had my thumbs to twiddle.
00:48:57Sometimes boogers taste like spittle!
00:49:01What's your name again?
00:49:03My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas.
00:49:06Huh?
00:49:08Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
00:49:14Oh, I see.
00:49:18This cat is clowning!
00:49:21Buffy!
00:49:27Give me five!
00:49:29How'd you get here?
00:49:31I don't know, but the walls sure are nice.
00:49:35We need to get out of here.
00:49:37No way I hear the pudding is fantastic!
00:49:39I hear they do shock therapy.
00:49:41Cool will ride the lightning.
00:49:43And end up like him?
00:49:46We need to get out of here.
00:49:48Who are you talking to?
00:49:51You crazy?
00:49:54This is pretty good. What is it?
00:49:56Seared dolphin.
00:50:01More for me?
00:50:05Eat your taters, or they'll eat you later.
00:50:12Has Bobby popped by lately?
00:50:14What's with you and this kid?
00:50:15He disappeared. I'm just hoping he hasn't gotten into more trouble.
00:50:19That's what he does best.
00:50:21You were sensitive when I first met you.
00:50:23Oh, I'm sensitive now. Sensitive to your treachery.
00:50:26Don't you deal with enough paranoia at work? Do you have to bring it home with you?
00:50:30A little paranoia is healthy. It helps keep the serpents out of the garden.
00:50:35What did you do?
00:50:37He's a danger to society. He's a danger to himself.
00:50:42You know, it's like you're the center of your own universe.
00:50:45And the rest of us are just your accessories.
00:50:48Then you should be happy to be so close to the sun.
00:50:54You are not the man I fell in love with.
00:51:00Walk out that door and you will not be allowed back in my garden ever again.
00:51:08Silly girl.
00:51:10That was 500 bucks, you little tart.
00:51:20Listen, Mac, you can't lose your nerve, okay?
00:51:23Will you send me jelly beans?
00:51:24Sure. I'll send you a crate this... this big.
00:51:28What color?
00:51:29All the colors.
00:51:30No. I want yellow and mauve.
00:51:33What's mauve?
00:51:34It's like a light burgundy.
00:51:37Okay. Yellow and mauve. Ready?
00:51:43Now!
00:51:48I'm the king of the peacocks. Sometimes I can eat you raw.
00:51:51Now I'll make you feed me cookies and beans from seaweed.
00:51:55Nanny nanny will him go. You cannot satisfy...
00:51:57No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
00:52:08You are so beautiful.
00:52:31Wait. Return to me.
00:52:37I love you.
00:52:48Do you know how many germs you just ate?
00:52:50Some people don't wash their hands after they poop.
00:52:52Yeesh.
00:53:06You're going to eat me!
00:53:22How are we supposed to hitchhike without thumbs?
00:53:25Where's Houdini when you need him?
00:53:27Houdini when you needy?
00:53:29Oh, boy.
00:53:48I'm free. What about me?
00:53:50I think I'd rather leave you like that.
00:53:52I'll fart all the way home.
00:53:54When you put it that way.
00:54:04Revolution cannot be successful without the complete cooperation of my soldiers.
00:54:10So I need to know right now.
00:54:12Who's with me?
00:54:16Oh. Don't let this scare you.
00:54:19I would never threaten my own people.
00:54:22This is just to show you what it means to be a revolutionary.
00:54:26This baby is what's going to protect us from the evil.
00:54:30Pow pow pow pow bang!
00:54:32That will try to stand in our way.
00:54:35Aren't you, baby?
00:54:37Yes, you are. Yes, you are. Yes, you are.
00:54:45This isn't working.
00:54:46These people are racist.
00:54:48News flash. They don't even see you.
00:54:51Show some skin.
00:54:53I don't think that's going to work.
00:54:55It can't hurt.
00:55:12We will crush the enemies of freedom with our mighty hands.
00:55:16We will make them pay for sins.
00:55:18We will seize their lands.
00:55:22Why aren't any of you singing along?
00:55:24We will make them eat their words.
00:55:26We will bring their necks.
00:55:28We will force them...
00:55:30Am I at the wrong meeting?
00:55:32Hi, Bobby.
00:55:34You want to sing a song with me?
00:55:36What you got there?
00:55:38This?
00:55:40It's an M16 assault rifle.
00:55:42Can I see it?
00:55:43No way, bobbers.
00:55:45It taught me enough.
00:55:47Nothing comes between me and my Nelly.
00:55:51You fought in Vietnam?
00:55:53I think so.
00:55:55Maybe it was a video game.
00:55:57Yeah, they say your noodle is fried.
00:56:00Nelly would never cheat on you.
00:56:02She just needs me to clean her tube.
00:56:05Don't ever call her barrel a tube.
00:56:10It's her petunia.
00:56:12Sorry, petunia.
00:56:14It won't ever happen again.
00:56:17Okay.
00:56:18Water or petunia.
00:56:24So, uh, what's tonight's topic?
00:56:27Violent revolution.
00:56:29Um, I think that's a topic for a different club.
00:56:32But you could always start your own.
00:56:36Okay.
00:56:39Ooh.
00:56:41Give me my gun back.
00:56:43Think I could borrow it?
00:56:45I have this horrible rat problem.
00:56:51Okay.
00:56:56That was weird.
00:56:59Okay, so let's get down to business.
00:57:04Someone got a pen?
00:57:07It's okay.
00:57:12You again?
00:57:14Hi, Seymour.
00:57:15Um, do you know where April is?
00:57:17I think you're in a better position to know.
00:57:19Huh?
00:57:20Casanova.
00:57:22You can't be serious.
00:57:24Look at me. I'm pathetic.
00:57:27You have a point.
00:57:33You wouldn't believe the places I...
00:57:36Left Seymour.
00:57:38Good move.
00:57:40Where have you been?
00:57:56So I guess I need to get a case of mauve jelly beans.
00:57:59What's mauve?
00:58:01It's kind of like a light burgundy.
00:58:06I know I shouldn't be,
00:58:08but I feel a little sad about my breakup.
00:58:11Are you sad that it didn't work out,
00:58:13or sad that you ever thought it could?
00:58:16Good question.
00:58:18I guess I need a therapist of my own.
00:58:20That's what I'm here for.
00:58:22Don't you ever have relationship issues?
00:58:26I'm not exactly a dating material.
00:58:28No?
00:58:29I mean, do you know any girls who are into nutty homeless guys?
00:58:32We could work on you a bit.
00:58:34Nah. Let's just hit the swings.
00:58:36Okay.
00:58:53I hate to intrude.
00:58:55They gave me two beds. I might as well put the second one to use.
00:59:00And you might want to put the shower to use.
00:59:05Whew. Good call.
00:59:11Good night, Bobby.
00:59:13Good night, little buddy.
00:59:34I can't sleep.
00:59:36Me neither.
00:59:39Want to cuddle?
00:59:40Huh?
00:59:41It's been a while since I've had a good snuggle.
00:59:44Maybe it'll help us sleep.
00:59:46Okay.
00:59:47I get the inner spoon.
00:59:49Fair enough.
00:59:59Your hair smells good.
01:00:01Thanks.
01:00:04Night, little buddy.
01:00:05Night, night.
01:00:10You little devil, you!
01:00:13Tuffy? What are you doing here?
01:00:16You pimp! How did you pull this off?
01:00:19Um, we're trying to sleep.
01:00:22Hey, Tuffy.
01:00:23Hi, April.
01:00:24You could see him?
01:00:26No, but you were talking in that general direction, so I thought I'd play along.
01:00:31Hmm.
01:00:32Ahem.
01:00:36Ahem.
01:00:38Um, could Tuffy sleep in the extra bed?
01:00:43Why not?
01:00:52Good night, Tuffy.
01:00:53Night, little buddy.
01:00:55Night, night.
01:01:25Good night, Tuffy.
01:01:26Night, night.
01:01:55Good night, Tuffy.