1. Good evening. Customer service.
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2. Yes. I had, uh, some suggestions
I'd like to talk to you about.
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3. Oh, a talker.
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4. You have reached
our Automated Suggestion Center.
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5. Please leave your message for…
Phillip Martin.
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6. But then the rash went away,
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7. and I could wear pants again!
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8. - Yup.
- Yup.
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9. Dale. Hank's going to become
a tugboat captain.
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10. Yup.
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11. Gla-gla ixnap bongo.
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12. Mm-hm.
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13. No one listens to me.
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14. Do you guys think horses remember things
from when they were little?
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15. The picture's so blurry.
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16. Is that what's-his-name from 90210,
or what's-his-name from Growing Up Brady?
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17. I'm fed up with this TV.
We have got to get a new one.
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18. Perhaps even a flat-screen TV?
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19. Absolutely.
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20. - Hank!
- Dad!
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21. Okay, whatever it is,
let's just slow down here.
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22. We don't need an expensive
flat-screen TV, Peggy.
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23. That CSI lady looks just fine
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24. on the TV we've already got.
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25. Well, sure, we don't need one,
Hank, but I want one,
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26. and I am prepared to pay for it myself.
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27. You haven't sold a house
in six months, Peggy.
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28. You know, if you put it on a credit card,
I still have to pay for it?
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29. You don't think I can pay
for this TV, do you, Hank?
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30. Well… uh…
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31. No.
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32. Bobby, get ready for the biggest, flattest
TV you have ever seen in your life.
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33. Peggy, you don't have to do this.
We'll just keep the TV we have.
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34. No, let her do it, Dad.
It will help her to heal.
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35. I shopped around all day,
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36. and the good flat-screens still cost
a lot more than I have in my savings.
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37. Good flat-screens?
Oh, you mean, like… this?
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38. Yes, Minh, like that.
I will get the money somehow.
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39. I just have to come up
with a clever invention.
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40. Something that lights up
and that kids put on their shoes.
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41. Or you could get another job.
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42. I bet there's a lot of wives
that would like you
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43. to be their husband's secretary.
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44. No need to work for TV money.
Make your personal savings work for you.
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45. Listen to my secret friend.
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46. The Dow Genius.
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47. So, we had a down day in the market.
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48. Ow.
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49. Do we get scared?
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50. No! We go to Brazil.
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51. Where they are cornering the bird flu
vaccine market.
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52. Buy Bioteca De'Brasilia!
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53. Simple BDSA.
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54. Well, this is amazing!
I am in for a thousand.
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55. I will buy a gigundo new TV.
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56. For Hank, it will be 79 inches
of "So there!"
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57. - Hey, maybe I go in for a grand myself.
- I'll sell a few guns and invest, too.
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58. Financial dignity
might be an interesting switch for me.
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59. Minh, our stock has lost 20 percent
in a few days!
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60. Is there any chance we can return
our stocks at the earlier price?
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61. Okay.
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62. So the market's had a downturn.
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63. The Genius feels your pain!
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64. Ow, ow, ow.
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65. This is crazy. Every time we obey
his shouting, I lose more money.
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66. We should just cut our losses.
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67. I'm gonna admit failure and ask Nancy
to reinstate my allowance.
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68. No, I will not be a failure or look
like one. I have got to win at this.
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69. We are overdue. Come on, you idiot.
Tell us something brilliant.
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70. People, you have to remember
that everybody invests differently.
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71. When the market is slow,
buy what you know.
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72. Buy the companies that make
what the average people are buying.
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73. He has a point.
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74. We need to study America,
and invest in what America wants to buy.
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75. Okay, good.
What? What do people like to buy?
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76. I don't know. Lychee nuts? Opera CDs?
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77. Those new Russian bullets
that will go through anything!
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78. No, not you two. America.
What does Joe Blow buy?
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79. - Beats me.
- I give up.
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80. Then we are going on a field trip.
America, roll up your sleeve.
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81. Peggy Hill is about to take your pulse.
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82. Okay, they out of pretzels,
but not popcorn.
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83. Chocolate snack cakes are sold out, too,
but not pound cake.
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84. There has to be a pattern here.
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85. There's no pattern, Peggy!
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86. It's like Americans are just a bunch
of pigs rooting aimlessly in the dirt.
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87. Look at that! Who on earth would buy
something as repulsive
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88. as chocolate-covered potato chips?
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89. Sorry, Minh. Oh, hi, Minh!
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90. I'm just so excited they restocked
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91. the chocolate-covered potato chips!
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92. These things fly off the rack.
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93. I need this and this,
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94. and this and this…
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95. Mine!
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96. I need extra, so I'm covered
for the weekends.
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97. Minh, look what's in Bill's cart.
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98. He got the snack cakes,
the pretzels, the aerosol cheese.
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99. What he buys, the rest of them buy.
Think about it.
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100. Bill is middle-aged, obese,
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101. with disposable income,
and poor impulse control.
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102. He is the average American consumer.
Bill is our golden pig! Oh, yeah!
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103. Oh! I need jumbo wrap!
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104. Mega-Lo-Wrap. Check.
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105. What on earth he wrapping
with that much wrap?
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106. The American consumer doesn't know.
All it knows is it must wrap.
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107. You know, I know it's just Bill, but
something doesn't feel right about this.
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108. - Do you think we should tell him?
- We can't tell him.
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109. People act most natural when they
don't know they're being observed.
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110. I cite as evidence several
hundred episodes of Candid Camera.
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111. Let's… see.
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112. I like shopping with all of you.
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113. Usually, the only people who talk to me
in stores are older gay men
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114. who've dropped their standards.
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115. Well, buy something already!
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116. Okay!
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117. I read about this. A mini jungle gym
for your cats to play in.
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118. You don't have any cats.
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119. Well, I might… someday.
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120. Ooh.
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121. Castle Wolfehammer 9!
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122. "Sergeant Vengeance
battles the Furious Fuhrer!"
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123. Hey, C-Hammer Nine! Right On!
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124. So, Bill…
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125. Where you feel like going for lunch, huh?
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126. So. Heh. "That's a Real Italiano!"
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127. Home of the Spaghetti Sandwich.
I recommend the Jumbo Spaghetti Sandwich.
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128. It's my favorite.
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129. - Well, it certainly is… popular.
- And publicly traded.
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130. Oh, yeah.
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131. Yeah!
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132. All right!
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133. This one here is top-of-the-line.
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134. If it's the top of the line, I'll take it.
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135. Care to add a "Super-Surround" system,
with ultra stereo boost?
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136. Throw it in.
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137. Well, here we go.
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138. Everyone ready?
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139. It's third and eleven, the…
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140. …Cowboys have got to pass…
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141. Oh, my gosh, Hank, turn it down.
Turn it down, Hank!
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142. I can't tell… which button.
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143. Dad! Make it stop!
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144. Oh, goodness.
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145. Well, it's got a little something
under the hood there, doesn't it?
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146. I'm proud of you, Peggy.
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147. I cannot believe this amazing TV
is really in our house!
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148. Yeah, Peggy, how did you afford this?
I mean, it had to be pretty expensive.
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149. Hugely expensive,
but that does not matter anymore.
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150. I am so excited I can finally tell you.
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151. I have discovered a secret gold mine.
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152. I don't like the way you just said
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153. "gold mine." What do you mean?
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154. So we made all this crazy money,
just by studying Bill.
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155. You don't look proud of me anymore.
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156. Well, I wonder why not. Peggy,
you used Bill. You have to fix this.
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157. I hope you're not gonna say
we should get rid of the TV.
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158. Well, of course not, it's incredible.
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159. But you have to tell Bill
what you've been doing.
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160. Promise me you'll do that.
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161. Then let's go back
to watching this amazing thing.
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162. So… you were… studying me?
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163. You listened to me!
My opinions made a difference!
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164. So you're not mad?
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165. No. I'm honored that you cared
what I thought.
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166. You folks feelin' like dessert?
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167. Yeah. Bill, dessert!
What do you, want to have? Huh?
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168. Good point.
What does Bill want for dessert?
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169. And it displays windows
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170. within windows.
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171. I still haven't figured out how
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172. to make those go away, though.
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173. It's so nice when people care
what you have to say.
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174. Hank, why didn't you ever tell me
what it was like?
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175. Well, I'm just happy you're okay with it.
I thought it might make you angry.
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176. Of course you thought
Bill would think that.
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177. But only Bill knows what Bill thinks.
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178. You have this nice TV
because I have the power of being me.
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179. Bill, you don't have powers.
It works because you're so… typical.
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180. Still… you're not the one
who's typical, I am.
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181. I buy things, and it makes money,
so we can buy more things.
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182. - I'm like an ecosystem.
- Dad, look!
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183. Two Rob Schneider movies on-screen
at the same time.
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184. You're welcome, Bobby.
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185. So, how are our profits this week?
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186. Minimal. We need to diversify.
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187. All our positions
are still in junk food and cat toys.
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188. "Hedge funds… global indicators…"
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189. Hey, this "tech sector" stuff
must be important.
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190. - The article on it is really long.
- Check this out,
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191. there's a big computer trade show
in Austin next week.
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192. Okay, computers.
What will Bill pick for us? Robots?
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193. I hope he chooses some robots.
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194. Wow… it's so incredible.
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195. So this is the future, huh?
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196. - I don't know. Everybody's so cool.
- It's not about being cool, Bill.
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197. Most people aren't cool.
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198. This is about what regular Americans
are going to buy.
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199. Now… digital cameras. What do you like?
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200. Well, I just… I don't know.
I mean, I think…
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201. Don't think about it. Just be Bill.
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202. Come on, Bill. Just pick something.
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203. I don't know. I don't know.
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204. I…
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205. Damn it. We broke him. He's useless now.
This is classic Heisenberg.
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206. - The observer effect.
- Observer? Wha…?
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207. The very act of observation
interferes with the outcome,
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208. often misattributed to Heisenberg,
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209. who was wrong about the bomb,
but right about uncertainty.
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210. See, now you're watching you.
And that's the problem.
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211. - It shows up in Al theory, too.
- Quite so.
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212. Anyway, this thing is a wash.
You're broken. Game over.
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213. Oh, dang it. I was gonna get Hank
a La-Z-Boy with a fridge in it.
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214. - They have those.
- Eh, it was pretty good while it lasted.
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215. No! It's not over! I can still do it!
America will love, uh… this!
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216. No, wait. Come back! Come ba…
I'm still Bill. I can pick winners.
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217. Nobody can be Bill like me.
I'll show them. I have to show them.
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218. This is 24-7 Stockz.
So, what are we trading?
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219. Hi. If I use my savings and take out
a second mortgage on my house,
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220. can I open a trading account?
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221. - You betcha.
- Good because I want to buy, buy, buy.
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222. Well, what do we do next?
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223. Now that Bill's melted down,
he won't be any help anymore.
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224. How about we try the Dow Genius again?
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225. Let me put it this way,
ZNE Technologies is like a Mafia wife…
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226. Do not touch!
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227. Okay, next caller is Bill from Texas.
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228. - Howdy, cowboy.
- I've gone broke.
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229. Well, maybe it's not our Bill.
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230. Okay, Bill from Arlen, Texas is broke.
Happens to the best of us, big man.
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231. - So, what do you got for me?
- Uh-oh!
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233. I've mortgaged my house.
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234. I used all my savings to invest
in a sure thing, but then…
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235. Whoa, slim, you telling me
you bet your whole nut on one stock?
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236. Give me the nutcracker. Let's see it.
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237. Don't laugh at me.
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238. I was once a stock-picking genius,
but I made so much money for my friends…
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239. We're still not 100 percent certain
that was our Bill.
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240. Minh? Are you home? Peggy? Anyone?
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241. Maybe we should just go out
there and, and talk to him.
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242. And say what? Sorry, your life
is somehow even worse than it was?
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243. Yeah, and besides,
we didn't do anything wrong.
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244. Oh, come on, we used him
for our own gain until we broke him,
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245. and then we cast him aside?
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246. Then, in a desperate attempt
to regain our love,
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247. he lost everything he owned.
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248. But other than that, we're good, right?
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249. What are these words?
Can't we get rid of those guys?
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250. - Who are they?
- No idea. Dang it.
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251. There are so many buttons on this remote.
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252. Eugh!
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253. Oh, it hurts my eyes! It's too detailed!
This is what madness must feel like!
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254. Oh, thank goodness.
Somehow it went to sleep.
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255. - Now what? What's that voice?
- It's just Bill.
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256. He doesn't sound too good.
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257. My strategy was sound.
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258. I leveraged liquidity, but there were
negative market corrections.
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259. Overall, I give myself an "A" for theory.
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260. Bill, you don't know
what any of those words mean.
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261. I just wanted people to listen to me,
Hank. It's so awful being ignored.
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262. You know what's gonna be even more awful?
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263. You're gonna lose your house.
How much are you on the hook for?
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264. A lot.
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265. And not my usual "a lot."
This time I'm being accurate.
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266. Oh, dang it.
All right, I'm gonna go find the others.
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267. It was on "Sleep."
And then it stopped sleeping.
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268. Don't leave us alone with it.
Unplug it to be sure.
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269. Who knows what it'll do next?
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270. Aah!
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271. - Oh, thank God! I thought you were Bill!
- How could you three do this?
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272. You know the way Bill is,
but you took him out for a spin anyway.
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273. It's like you had a truck with faulty
brakes, but you just didn't care.
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274. We feel terrible. I want to help.
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275. But the Gribbles have a long history
of making things worse.
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276. Well, I guess we could sell off
our holdings
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277. to pay off Bill's mortgage ourselves.
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278. Hank, I know how much you love it,
but the TV came from using Bill and…
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279. Sell it. Yes, anything to help our friend.
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280. You are an inspiration, Hank.
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281. - Woo-hoo!
- Yay!
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282. $5,000? That's nowhere near enough.
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283. The man mortgaged his house.
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284. How about this, instead of selling
off more guns,
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285. I could just leave a few out
on Bill's doorstep,
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286. and let come what may.
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287. Let's just give him this much.
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288. It's better than nothing,
and at least we tried.
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289. Thank you all.
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290. It's awfully generous.
But I won't need this money now.
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291. It turns out after all that…
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292. You know where a working man
can get a cold beer around here?
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293. In the kitchen.
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294. Even total strangers don't care
if they interrupt me.
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295. Sorry, Bill. Looks like he's here
helping Buck move the TV today.
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296. Go on.
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297. What's the use?
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298. Anyway, thanks for the money,
but I'm safe now.
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299. - I declared bankruptcy this morning.
- You declared bankruptcy?
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300. Well, it's Texas, Hank.
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301. They're pretty efficient
about this sort of thing.
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302. They even had a special
E-Z-Broke phone line.
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303. Anyway, I won't take up
any more of your time…
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304. Whoa, hold on, friend, not so fast.
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305. Did you just say you got
a bona fide, state-certified bankruptcy?
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306. Yeah.
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307. Oh, how does that work?
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308. Do you have to declare all of your assets
or can you keep your offshore money?
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309. And who were you hiding your money from?
Your wife? The government?
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310. I want to go bankrupt someday.
I just want to owe a little more first.
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311. Is it hard to pull off?
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312. Oh, no, it was so easy,
even I could do it.
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313. Well, don't just repeat that part, my man.
Give us the whole gory details.
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314. Wow, I can't believe
you want to hear what I have to say.
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315. Well, Buck, if you'll hand me that beer,
I'll tell you all about it.
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316. Fantastic.
Darrin, this could take a while.
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317. Man, I'm all over this.
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318. Apparently, there are a lot
of bankruptcies.
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319. The E-Z-Broke guy was very helpful…
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320. Let me tell you, it's pretty scary
seeing all those zeroes at first, but…
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321. Hank's going to become
a tugboat captain.
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