Party Down

Okay, to review,

I want d'oeuvres what?

What? Circulating.

Yes, and eyes on...

drinks.

Drinks, right?

And as always, on faces, yes, smiles,

because our job here is to...

Sackson, we talked about this...

make the party what?

Have food?

Pop. Pop.

- Make the party pop. -

Ah, ah, here's our client, Kyle Bradway,

who tonight celebrates landing the role of Nitromancer

in the movie Nitromancer.

So yeah, tonight it's gonna be kind of a Hollywood crowd,

so please, try not to stare, no selfies.

Hey, Kyle, you've worked with me before,

so you know that a Ron Donald team is always 100% prof...

Hey, Ron, I thought we talked

about putting the posters in the main room.

We did. Why? Hey, Roman.

I told you to put the posters around the club.

I chose not to.

It's obvious that Kyle only hired Party Down

so that he could taunt us with his success,

and I will not play along.

"What is a rebel? A man who says no."

Albert Camus.

"Just do it." Ron Donald.

Okay? Come on, it's Kyle's big night.

Yes, of course, the peak of an actor's craft,

playing a himbo in a scuba suit from a children's cartoon book.

Roman, come on, everybody knows superhero movies

are so much more than that now, right?

I mean, they're like our version of Greek myths.

Epic dramas with deep stuff to say about real life.

Deep stuff like, "The root of all evil

is quirky supervillains."

Oh, no, sarcastic voice.

- Oh. - You got me.

Name one real-life supervillain.

I mean deep like in Spider-Man:

"With great power comes great responsibility."

An important message for your audience of unemployed virgins.

Ah, okay, you know, hey, Roman,

I know you guys used to razz each other,

but not tonight, no razzing.

Okay, well, tell him to stop razzing me, then.

Well, he can razz you, okay?

He's a paying client,

which is why you cannot razz him, okay?

Unless he wants you to.

I do not want him to razz me.

He doesn't want you to.

Oh, so it's a pay-to-razz situation?

How is that at all fair?

It's called the free enterprise system.

Look it up.

- -

No, honey, I told you.

A guy I worked with way back, he got a movie.

Hey, wait up for me! I'm gonna park, okay?

Yeah, I'll just do a lap and see you at the Jensens'.

Okay. Okay. Bye, hon. Sorry.

What was the name again?

Pollard, Henry Pollard.

How do you know Mr. Bradway?

Is it, uh, Hardier Boys or OC: The Return?

No, uh, from Party Down.

Never heard of it.

Is that on cable or something?

It's a, uh, catering company.

That's me right there, I think.

That says Henny Pollarb.

Or maybe Henry Pollard misspelled?

Or Henny Pollarb's on the list and you're not.

But are people named that, Henny?

I mean, Henny Youngman, I guess.

You answered your own question, pal.

Okay, but his actual name is Henry.

So Henny's a nickname, and it's really Henry Pollarb?

Right. Pollard.

This says Pollarb.

- -

Shots, shots, shots!

- So exciting! Ah! -

- Look at that guy. - Here he is.

Look at this. Look at this.

He was stuck outside.

- Henry! - Get over here.

- Hi. Hi, Lydia. - Henry! Oh!

- Hey, Roman. - Hey.

- Come here, you. - Hi, Constance.

- Oh, so good to see you. - Now it's a Party Down reunion.

Oh, just what everyone's dying for.

Oh, I just love this stuff,

reunions, get-togethers, catch-ups, do-agains.

I love seeing people from the past

and seeing people from the past

see other people from the past.

- Why? - I...

You know, this reminds me of a superhero movie

that I was in,

Bazoom, based on the Greek comic.

Oh, and my director, Gorbe.

- Mm. - Imagine a young

Jan-Michael Vincent with a very dense mustache.

- Hmm. - From old sea sponge money.

- Huh. - He was killed

in an accidental smothering...

- Oh. - ...in a Corfu strip bar.

We never finished the film.

- Time. - Hmm.

- Treasure every moment, Kyle. - Yeah.

Sackson, what am I always saying?

No personal business on company...

ah, group photo.

- Come here! -

Henry, Henry, hey.

Okay, get the old team leader.

You know, get the whole gang.

Yeah, but were you in the gang?

Weren't we the gang and you were more management?

No, I was in the gang.

I just gotta say, this is really inspiring.

Like, you all used to work at Party Down, and now...

Yeah, I mean, I was you ten years ago, man.

Now I'm Nitromancer.

- I mean, Lydia's a manager. - Oh!

Her daughter's breaking in in a big way.

Escapade Dunfree starring in Spring Broken,

- March sixth everywhere. - Yeah!

And I'm an actress slash playwright.

I'm also a widow...

slash heiress,

patron and donor of the arts,

helping make dreams come true.

And my dream is to be a waiter forever,

so that's inspiring as well.

You know what else is inspiring?

Guess who's gonna become owner of Party Down.

Oh, shit, is that Jack Botty?

It is Jack Botty.

Escapade worked with him on Guardians: Infinity Sticks.

Jack! Buddy, you made it.

- Hey. - Thanks for coming.

- Yeah, man. - What's going on?

Hey, we gotta toast the new kid in the extended universe.

Hey, just a drive-by for me tonight.

I'm meeting my lady, and then we're heading to Pumice.

That's why I want to be famous.

I want to get reservations at Pumice.

Dude, I'm not even that famous.

I only got in 'cause I'm an investor.

Oh.

Is that the...

"Are we having fun yet?"

- - Remember the beer ad?

- He looks like that guy. - No, it's actually him.

Well, that's what I was saying.

Right on. All right, thanks, man.

Hey, okay, let's wrap this up.

Uh, Henry, what about you, buddy?

You still acting?

Uh, I'm a high school English teacher.

Oh, nice. On what show?

No, in real life.

And we got it.

- Yeah! - Whoo!

- Bradway! - Chaps Hogan,

- star of tomorrow! - Is he somebody?

- Hey, uh, thanks, man. - Yeah.

And since you're just starting out,

okay, so scene study: Armand Gerst.

Um, best book on craft:

Colin Farrell's The Courage to Be.

- Now, we got... - Nah, I'm-I'm not an actor.

I-I do web content.

Oh, like those little dance videos online?

Yeah, for now, but-but I'm thinking of doing

a-a brand pivot into, like, personality and...

Cool. Good luck with that, man.

Uh...

- Whoo! - Great seeing the old gang,

seeing what everybody's up to.

I'm actually due at a thing.

Hey, ooh, you want to see something so cool?

- Wow. - Yeah. Wow is right, huh?

And this is just a prototype, Henry.

I'm gonna have a fleet of these, you know.

I've upgraded the web page, so now you can

leave a comment card on the web.

I'm meeting cool new chefs

who are doing new foods.

Foams, pastes, vapors.

- Vapors? - Savory vapors.

- Oh. - Lobster smoke, clam mist.

It's amazing.