Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 755 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Something Interruptus
By Couch Baron | Season 3 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2009.08.16
Hee hee hee. Ken and Pete see each other at the elevator, and what essentially happens after they get on is that they each pay the other a compliment designed to convey a sense of "Tough luck, kid" but in fact, because of the dual job offering, comes across as "No hard feelings -- the better man won." I can't do justice to it on the page, but trust me: Kartheiser and Staton are hilarious.
Blondie is telling some story about how one time she ate too many Fritos and threw up, and if that's true I'd advise her to go easy on the martinis. She's got another bimbo with her, along with a pilot, who's less impressed than his co-workers at Don's cover profession of accountant and makes that opinion plain. Blondie in turn is unimpressed with the guy's lack of manners, prompting him to apologize, which saves Sal the trouble of pointing out that people wearing lobster bibs shouldn't cast aspersions. Don, however, sees the opportunity to spin a yarn, and informs the table that there are different kinds of accountants before asking Sal to tell them what they do. Sal: "I don't know, Bill." Hee. That line was delivered so dryly that the vermouth on the table got jealous. After Don then implies that they're, as Bib Boy puts it, "a couple of g-men," Blondie says she's from New York and prefers it there. "But it's my job to be out of town." Episode title to the bubblehead in the uniform! Don replies that he keeps going to new places and winding up somewhere he's already been, and while it sounds profound, given how suddenly unsteady he looks, I wonder if he's simply talking about Drunkenland. Bib Boy asks Sal if he wants a nightcap, and when he demurs, the stewardesses giggle that his face is red. Just wait a few hours, chicas.