Buzz: YES! Alright! Uh, looks like we're making a celebrity collect call to one of the funniest men of all time- Carl Reiner! [phone audio] Ok, I-I'm dialing up Mr. Reiner's number as we speak. Y-ya know this guy pretty much invented comedy. [laughs breathily] Before him, no one laughed. The-they just opened up their mouths and dust came out. [unintelligable]
Carl Reiner: Yes, hello?
Male phone operator: Yeah, I have a collect call from "Buzz" at "You Don't Know Jack"? Would you accept the charges?
Carl Reiner: Uhhhhh, ummm yyyyya ok. Ok, ok ok ok.
[Buzz connects]
Buzz: Mr. Reiner! Hi! Uh, i-it is such an honour to be speaking with you right now-
Carl Reiner: Hey- hey- hey- hey- hey. I said I'm paying for the calls. You don't have to butter me up.
Buzz: [sigh laughs] Sorry. Uh, so, how are you doin'?
Carl Reiner: I'm doin' alright. I'll do a lot better if this is a fast call and I don't have to accept long charges!
Buzz: [laughs] I'll try to make it as quick as possible! So uh, are you familiar with You Don't Know Jack?
Carl Reiner: Yeah, this is that CD-ROM game where you ask those cockamamie questions about- I don't know, uh- The Fonz or fish sticks [Buzz laughs] [?] -and all that stuff, right? Sorta like Jeopardy?
Buzz: Uhhhh, well we like to think of it as a little "hipper" than Jeopardy.
Carl Reiner: Right. Jeopardy with fart jokes.
Buzz: [laughs] Yeah, exactly.
Carl Reiner: Yeah, uh, you're the classy one, I remember.
Buzz: [laughs] Yeah...
Carl Reiner: Ok now, whatdya want, whatdya want, whatdya bothering me for, I'm about to eat dinner.
Buzz: Uh, well, uh, we were just wondering if you could come up with a question for our game show!
Carl Reiner: Alright, I'll write a question. I haven't-
Buzz: Oh this is going to be great. Mr. Reiner? I-I'm gonna put you in touch with my producer, Cookie, and you guys can work out a question between you two, and then we'll get back to you in a few. Um-
Carl Reiner: Sorry-
Buzz: What do you think?
Carl Reiner: If- it- you have a producer named Cookie?
Buzz: Uh-
Carl Reiner: Don't you think you could do better?
Buzz: Uh- um, uh-
Carl Reiner: Either change your name, or change your producer. You don't trust anybody called "Cookie".
Buzz: [nervous laughter] We don't even know why- why he's called that.
Carl Reiner: Probably given to him, and he accepted it. He shouldn't have accepted it.
Buzz: [nervous laughter] Ummmm, so where were we? Uh, Mr. Reiner, um, we'll be back with ya in a couple of minutes.
Carl Reiner: Okay Buzz. Uh- what do you do now? You- you don't do a commercial, do you?
Buzz: [laughs] No, the- these contestants are pretty much glued to their keyboards, uh- uh- waiting to click on something.
Carl Reiner: Sounds profitable.
Buzz: Well if it is, I sure don't know about it.
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