June 8 , 2005
Week 7 - The Laptop
Episode 3
Stooping badly, Rantz walks into Harry Cunningham's office. He begins to sit down.
“Wait a second, wait a second, keep standing!” Harry reaches into his desk draw, pulls out a cigar and hands it to Rantz.
“What’s this for?” Rantz asks.
“The way you’re bent over… You look like Groucho Marx!”
Rantz drops the cigar on the desk and carefully sits down.
“How’d you hurt yourself?” Harry asks.
“I bought myself a laptop computer… This morning was the first time I took it to work… I think carrying it so far screwed up my muscles.”
“I thought those things were supposed to be pretty light these days.”
“The computer is… but the damn case… it’s real strong and sturdy… but it weighs a ton…”
“Sounds like my ex-wife… ‘I never forget a face… but in her case, I made an exception.’”
Rantz stands up again, still stooped. “We’d better delay our meeting… I have to get some Advil…”
“Okay… When you come back, bring Harpo and Chico… Maybe they could suggest improvements in our direct mail plan…”
“You know, you might want to reconsider your ‘Making Fun of Injured Employees’ policy…”
“‘Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others!’”
“Enough with the Groucho jokes… I’m in pain here…”
“All right, all right… I promise… No more Groucho jokes.”
“Good…” Rantz holds out a sheet of paper to Harry. “Try to read this memo before I come back… I think I’ve got a good idea to improve our response rates.”
“‘Whatever it is… I’m against it!’”
Rantz crumples the paper and tosses it at Harry’s head.