By Montykins
up: a party bus with a stripper pole to take Maggie to wine country. And Kathy's bringing Nicole Sullivan and Mike McDonald, who might as well appear in the opening credits at this point. I don't really have anything against Nicole and Mike; I just never liked MadTV. Mike banters with Maggie about how Maggie apparently considers Kathy's house hers. Maggie claims that the most wine she's ever had in one sitting is two glasses. Nobody believes this. Maggie says this trip is like a dream come true, and Nicole would like to know at what point in the dream she will be allowed to pee.
At the first stop, everybody (Maggie, Nicole, Mike, Tom and Tiffany) but Kathy steps up for some wine. Kathy explains that she does not need to start drinking. Loosening up is the last thing she wants to do. Really, she needs something that gives her good judgment and makes her more conservative. Anyway, there's a lot of wine talk. I don't drink, so it's all nonsense to me. People drink a lot of wine. Nicole spits out wine into the wine-spit bucket but Maggie and Mike at least are throwing them back. Tom is drunk almost immediately and thinks that it's the best day of work ever.
On the bus again, there is some banter about the stripper pole. Nicole thinks being a stripper on a van is not a good job. They arrive at another winery and drink outside, standing around a barrel. There are many handsome goats. There is also a lot of drunken giggling. Finally they get on the party bus and go home.
Midcommercial content: The ride features inappropriate behavior. Mostly from Kathy, who doesn't have the excuse of being drunk. She tells a story about showing up at Mike's door clad only in underwear and a raincoat. It's not true, but aside from that it's a very nice story.
Later! Don Rickles is at Kathy's home. He starts right in, accusing Kathy's home of looking like a sanitarium and being composed entirely of lobbies. Kathy is positively giddy about Don Rickles, who is awesome. Among the things he says is that Tyra Banks "used to work the airport" and Bill Clinton is "working the parks". He interviews that the finger sandwiches were lousy. Finally they call Maggie into the kitchen and spring Rickles on her. Rickles is very nice to her, which I understand is what he's actually like. Maggie congratulates Rickles on his good year (Mr. Warmth won some awards) and he compliments Kathy on her year as well. Kathy and Rickles commiserate about parents, because both of their mothers have said, "I love your act... but why do you have to pick on people so much?" Don says that his mother was always trying to turn him into Alan King or Bob Newhart. Don claims that he's never been meanspirited, and that the way he got away with putting people in the act is "you'd have to be a damn fool to come to see my act and think you won't be insulted". Kathy's positively glowing, because Rickles is talking to her like a fellow comedian. That's success!
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