0:00:25 > 0:00:30THIS FILM CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39'That's me.'
0:00:40 > 0:00:42'That's my dad.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:48'I remember that day.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52'And, believe it or not, I remember that hit.'
0:00:53 > 0:00:56'I remember it because of the smile that spread over my dad's face.'
0:01:02 > 0:01:06'Yeah, I'd have stood there all day just to sink one,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08'just to see that smile.'
0:01:09 > 0:01:13'You see, to Pop, sports were a religion.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'To me, it was about purity.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20'Sports was a place where all wrongs could be made right.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23'I thought if I filled the whole house with trophies for him,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26'he'd stick around. Well, I did.'
0:01:28 > 0:01:30'He left before my tenth birthday.'
0:01:35 > 0:01:38'"The conference championship has come down to this final play.'
0:01:38 > 0:01:43'"The Sun Devils trail by four. Seven seconds left on the clock.'
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Settle it down. Go right, tiger. This is your game!
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Let's go get 'em. Let's go!
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- TANNOY ANNOUNCEMENT: - '..ten yards to go.'
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Here we go, men, last play. Fun time!
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Go right, tiger. Right check. 532 double fly on two, Scotty.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Guaranteed TD. We've got to worry about one thing, men -
0:02:03 > 0:02:06after we win this game, they'll put cameras in your faces.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Don't be giving any, "Hi, Mom"s. It's overused.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11If you've got to thank somebody, thank me.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- See you in the end zone, men. Ready? - Ready!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17'I'd been a quarterback since pee-wee football,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21'set high school records, won state championships.'
0:02:21 > 0:02:24'This was perfect.' Coming at you, 57.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28'Ball game, national TV, pro scouts in the stands.'
0:02:28 > 0:02:31'I knew exactly what was gonna happen next.'
0:02:31 > 0:02:35COMMENTATOR: 'Lang has led the Sun Devils to four 4th quarter comebacks this season.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38'Can he do it - win their first bowl game in 12 years?
0:02:38 > 0:02:43'Lang barks out the signals. The Aztecs have eight in the box.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47'Lang takes the stamp. He's going around on the right side.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50'Lang's in trouble. He's shaken Shoven off.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53'He's looking to throw. Two seconds to go.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58'He's gonna run it. He's got to get it in the end zone.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00'Can he make it?'
0:03:03 > 0:03:05'Touchdown!'
0:03:05 > 0:03:09'My first thought was I could tape it and play next week.'
0:03:09 > 0:03:11'Then I puked.'
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- When can I play again, Doc? What's the rehab time?- I'm not sure, son.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27HE GROANS
0:03:36 > 0:03:39'Football wasn't a sport. It was my life.'
0:03:40 > 0:03:44'I wasn't going to give up. No. I would play again.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49'In the meantime, I needed a job to hold me over between try-outs.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52'Then one day, and it didn't take long,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55'six years had passed and I woke up at the bottom.'
0:03:55 > 0:03:57You have reached the Jessica Simpson hotline.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Jessica's gonna tell you about Nick's surprise birthday party
0:04:01 > 0:04:04and more about her rocking new panty line at Wal-Mart.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09First, here's a little fan trivia to win a VIP gold package backstage pass
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- to Jessica's Omnicon Hotel Summer Tour.- Lang.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- I'm in the middle of taping, boss. - I've got a job for you.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- I can't update Bauer's betting line. Know anything about sports?- Yeah.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24'900 numbers, Audio-Text, the racket had a lot of names.'
0:04:24 > 0:04:27'This guy's gig was sports handicapping -
0:04:27 > 0:04:30'predicting winners for people who bet.'
0:04:30 > 0:04:33'I was supposed to just record his picks.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35'Thing was I didn't agree with him.'
0:04:35 > 0:04:37No, they're not.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42'In Vegas, it's easy to gauge the temperature of the betting public.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46'The problem with the betting public is they're usually wrong.'
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- What's up, Stu?- Hey. - What's all the action this weekend?
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- Tampa-Oakland. Everyone's jumping on Oakland.- Oh, that's crazy.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- You think?- Yeah, man, that game's gonna be won by coaching.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Gruden put that Oakland team together before he came to Tampa.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02He knows every strength and weakness.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07Brown catches to the left so he'll have him double-teamed to the right.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Gannon throws on a three-step drop
0:05:09 > 0:05:12so he'll stack the middle of the field.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- Gannon's gonna throw three, maybe four NTs.- Fuck, man!
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- You took Oak? - What do you think, man?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I think I've got to save your ass one more time.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Take Tampa Bay, money line. They're gonna win this game outright.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- Bet 'em big. - Thanks.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32'Stu did bet 'em big and he won 10 grand.'
0:05:33 > 0:05:37'I was quickly becoming the biggest 900 line in Vegas.'
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Kansas City is 7-1 against point spread v division opponents.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Take KC minus the six.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Call me tomorrow for my pro football game of the year.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52That's here at 900-656-3100.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Until then, this is Brandon Lang saying good night and good gambling.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- Big plans this weekend? - There you go.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Steve...
0:06:06 > 0:06:10I went 9 and 2 on Sunday and hit my third straight Monday-night parlay.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- It's worth 12 bucks an hour. - Hey, I don't make 12 an hour.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16You're not picking 75 percent.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20If you're that good, bet your own games, get rich.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Send me a postcard from the Riviera.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31- What's going on, Denny? - Hey, man. What's up?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Big bro's making them greenbacks. How about you, bro?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I scrounged up some old headers, B. Check it out. Fire it up.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39All right, man, here it goes.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40- ENGINE REVS - HE HOWLS
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Jeez, I'm late.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Dinner's in the oven. Where the hell's my lucky crucifix?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Oh, the mail came and there's a letter for you from Chicago.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53You just went there for your tryout last week.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57'Another rejection letter - "Strength of your knee in question."'
0:06:57 > 0:07:00'I only had two arena teams left,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03'and, well, after that, there was always the CFL.'
0:07:03 > 0:07:06# You can't save me
0:07:06 > 0:07:09# You can't change me
0:07:09 > 0:07:13# Well, I'm waiting for my wake-up call
0:07:13 > 0:07:17# And everything, everything's my fault
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Whoa! So, what do you think?
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Should I ride shotgun or do you want to hop on the handlebars?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27The packaging's not that great but there's a prize on the inside
0:07:27 > 0:07:30What do you say?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32No? Oh, that's OK.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36You'll be back. I'll have a life.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40# Well, I'm waiting for my wake-up call
0:07:40 > 0:07:42# And everything's my fault #
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Good morning, Mary. PHONE RINGS
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- This is Brandon.- 'Congratulations, you went nine and two last Sunday.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56'This is Walter Abrams. I run the country's biggest sports service.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58'I'm a big fan of yours, Brandon.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01'As a matter of fact, I have a poster of you on my wall.'
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- This is a joke, right?- 'No, this is not a joke. This is a job offer.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08'In your top drawer... Go ahead, open it up.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11'..there's an envelope with your name on it.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14'That's travel cash and an airline ticket. It's not a magic trick.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17'I paid someone to put it there.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20'He told me that the place you're in reminded him of a Turkish prison.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22'All I'm asking you to do is come up with a number.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26'Write down the number of what you make now. Cross it out.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29'Write what you should be making.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32'Toss in how much it's gonna take to get you to fly to New York first class
0:08:32 > 0:08:34'and come work for me.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37'Now, focus, Brandon, focus.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42'With your bum knee, a comeback is just a dream. My offer is real.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43'Run the numbers. Do the math.'
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- PHONE RINGS - 'Hold on a second.'
0:08:46 > 0:08:50'With Mom holding two jobs and Denny wanting to go to college,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52'this looked like a chance to make some real money.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57'Besides, I'd never seen New York and New York had never seen me.'
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Oh, goodness! All right.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07So, what's this guy Walter like? How long have you been working for him?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10A long time.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Two weeks! - HE LAUGHS
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Two weeks.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Every day with Walter's an adventure. - HE LAUGHS
0:09:16 > 0:09:18# Super cool, super mean
0:09:18 > 0:09:22# Feelin' good for the man, superfly, here I stand
0:09:22 > 0:09:25# Secret stash, heavy bread, baddest bitches in the bed
0:09:25 > 0:09:27# I'm your pusherman
0:09:29 > 0:09:31# I'm your pusherman. #
0:09:47 > 0:09:49That's OK.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51All right, double it. Triple it.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54No, everything's about money.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59Listen, this Sunday my little girl, an angel, turns six.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01This is not likely to happen again.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05She loves elephants. Your circus has ten. I only need one.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Now, my little girl's happiness is in your hands.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I don't need parenting advice from a guy who doubles as a clown.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16I need a fucking elephant. Now, I'm willing to pay.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19What'll it take to get one here this weekend?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Hello?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Fuck wad!
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Find Ringling Brothers. Get someone who understands profit. Whoa!
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- Brandon Lang. - The Marlboro man.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Nice to meet you. - You're in great shape.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- I've been in better. - You're modest, too.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Modesty - not a virtue. Could be vice. Sit down.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42There are rules to success, my friend.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Rule number one is know what you know, know what you don't know
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and I've gotta know everything you know as soon as you know it.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Sooner. - Yes, sir.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Did you ever sell before?- No.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Are you religious? - I believe in God.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Hey, Liz, this is me 30 years ago.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03It's remarkable the resemblance.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Yeah.- He's a little taller. I'll give him that.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Oh, boy, I'm not supposed to do this. It's bad for my condition.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Nobody knows this, Liz. OK?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17So before I die...
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Did you do anything other than sports phone in Vegas?
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Just the 900 recordings, you know. Ten bucks a call.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28That's chump change. We're going after much bigger fish here.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Networks don't talk about it. Government can't tax it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- But sports betting is a 200 billion a year business.- Oh.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Yeah. Lot of gamblers out there, man, and they have needs.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Come Monday morning after a losing weekend, they've got big needs.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Gargantuan.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50See that? That's every football game played last Sunday.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Do you know why Monday night football is the most watched?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Monday's the last chance betters have to climb out of the hole
0:11:57 > 0:12:01they got themselves in in order to pay their bookies on Tuesday.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Sports betting's illegal 49 states, including this one,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06but what we do is not.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10We are 100 percent legal, like stockbrokers.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Only instead of touting stocks, we advise people on how to bet.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Now, if a client wins by taking our advice, we get a percentage,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21what we ask for, which they will gladly give us
0:12:21 > 0:12:23because they wanna keep getting the advice.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26But if they lose, we get zip.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31So the object here, my dear, tall, athletic, religious friend
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- is to win. - I can do that.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- TV:- "Hello, this is Walter Abrams."
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Hello, Walter! That's my cable show.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48'Now after a nice five day vacation on my yacht...'
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Airs Saturday and Sunday morning nationwide.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54We tape Thursday and Friday... What's going on with my hair?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57He did it again, Liz!
0:12:57 > 0:13:00I got one part of my head in Cleveland, the other's in Chicago!
0:13:00 > 0:13:04What are we gonna do with this guy? My barber, he should be shot.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07'For the first time in the history of this company,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11'I'm going to release three team college and pro parlays free.'
0:13:11 > 0:13:16If all the picks are free... how do you get the yacht?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19There's no yacht. Next question?
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Why give any picks for free? Why not charge a fee up front initially?
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- You make a good point. Next? - What's on the second floor?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- That's where we print the money. - HE LAUGHS
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- Anything else? - Oh, of course not.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39No, I think I've got it. Everything's crystal clear, Walter.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43I like you, you know that. You and me, this thing's gonna work.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- I'm looking forward to it. - Me, too.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Ringling Brothers on one. - Tell them to hold their elephant!
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Did you ever have a manicure? There's a girl you've got to meet.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- Yeah, what's she like? - She's beautiful.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01You're gonna like her. Is this Barnum or Bailey?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- He's all yours. - Brandon?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Yeah.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Hi, I'm Toni.- Nice to meet you. - Walter said you'd stop by.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- This was his idea. - Yeah, I know.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- Does he make all of his employees do this?- Yeah, every one.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- How often? - Once before they start work.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24Weird.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- You think? - I never had my nails done before.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I can see that but you've got strong hands. That's nice.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Do you drink? - Excuse me?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Alcohol. Are you a drinker? - I have a beer every once in a while.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Smoke? - No.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- What about gambling? - What about it?
0:14:43 > 0:14:46I'm sorry I'm just a little bit pressed for time.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- I asked do you bet? Are you a better?- No.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Really? Why not?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Toni, huh?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Are you here full-time?
0:14:58 > 0:15:03- Yeah. This is my shop.- All right. - So, why don't you gamble?
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Well, I did once. I wagered everything I had and I lost.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09So?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I swore I'd never do it again.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- And you're sticking to that story? - Oh, yeah.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I'm not gonna start this relationship off by lying, Toni.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Good. Walter could use someone with a little resolve in his life.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Hey, Toni, would you have dinner with me tonight?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- What do you say? - He didn't tell you.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Tell me, what? - Brandon, Walter and I are married.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Ooh. Ooh, bogey.- It's OK. - Wait, wait, wait, listen to me.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- He told me I was coming to meet a nice lady.- I'm sure he did.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47I'm gonna kill him when I get home. He has a bright beautiful spirit.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51You will love working for him. But he's held together by meetings.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54If it has anonymous at the end, he goes. He has to.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56He has to be careful who he lets into his life.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Most ways, Walter's brilliant but he can be bullshitted and I can't.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04- So he sends them to me before he hires them.- This is my interview?
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- Oh, you're swift.- How did I do? - Except the illegal forward pass,
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- I'd say perfect. - Thank you very much.
0:16:11 > 0:16:141-800-238-6648.
0:16:14 > 0:16:171-800 bet on it absolutely free.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20'This is the first floor and it's all yours.'
0:16:21 > 0:16:25The TV's satellite and it swivels.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Your bedroom.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30You've got a Jacuzzi in there the size of a kiddie pool.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34You know what this is.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- It looks like weights to me. - Yeah, baby.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41I'll put your copy here... and your desk.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Walter, this is sweet as.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Man's chair. - This is what I'm talking about.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54I'll start you on the 900 numbers, the same gig you had in Vegas.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58You make your picks, record 'em Monday through Friday once a day.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Five times a day on a weekend.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Each call's worth 25 a shot.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07We're doing about three dozen hits a week. That's nothing.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10We should triple that. Before you get into your test copy,
0:17:10 > 0:17:15I've got a few words for you. Your pitch sucks.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17No offence. But you've got potential.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- So we've got to find a way to bust you out.- Bust me out?- Yeah.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25We're gonna start by giving you a new name.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28John Anthony. It just came to me.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32John Anthony, The Million Dollar Man.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- What's wrong with Brandon Lang? - Nothing's wrong with Brandon Lang.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40It's just he's still living with his Mommy. John Anthony's living large.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43He don't hold back. He's got a direct line to God.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48For a measly 25 a call, you can let the world's losers listen in.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Hello, sports fans. This is John Anthony in the Big Apple
0:17:52 > 0:17:57with my big money picks. The action starts Saturday with College Ball.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Our first match-up is Michigan against Indiana.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- AUDIO STOPS - I already hung up.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07John Anthony here ready to make all your betting dreams come true.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10That's right. Call me right now and let me win for you.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14"The points spread in the Indiana-Michigan game..."
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- I think it's all right. - Wrong!
0:18:19 > 0:18:24- OK, what's your sales pitch? - I'm picking 80 percent winners.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Stats is not enough, I'm telling you.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32You need a voice! These are gamblers,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35ready to risk what they can't afford for what they can't have.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39You're selling the world's rarest commodity. You're selling certainty
0:18:39 > 0:18:41in an uncertain world.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Ha-haaaa!
0:18:51 > 0:18:53John Anthony here, the Million Dollar Man.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56From Wall Street to Tokyo to Hollywood.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58All your big money stays and plays with me.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01'Sit back and relax cos it's a Scud attack this weekend
0:19:01 > 0:19:03'and I am shelling your bookmaker.'
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Cuts to the right... Going in, Liz. Going in!
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- That's it. - Huh?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It's a start.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- It's a start? - What can I tell you?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18That's not what you want?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Then, you need to find somebody else to sell and let me just pick.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24It's not about what I want.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26It's about what Brandon wants.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29If I hear that, I'm calling this number.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Easy.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36What is it?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Should I call somebody?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Not unless they've got a spare heart.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Shh.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- HE SIGHS - That's a small one.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52It's a teeny one.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Do you want some water? - I'm gonna be all right.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Oh, I know what I want.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I know what I want.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Be a good boy and give me a light.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22What are you doing?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Courage wants to laugh.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- COMMENTATOR: - '..looks right, throws.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33'He's got it in. Phillips in for the touchdown!'
0:20:33 > 0:20:36'..that does not give up the big plays...'
0:20:36 > 0:20:39'..over West Virginia.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42'Pittsburgh, on a 47-yard field goal,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45'by Dana Mackey leads Virginia 10-7.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47'North Carolina and Florida are scoreless.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50'25th ranked Kansas trails Mississippi 7-3.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52'We'll be back with more scores...'
0:20:52 > 0:20:55'Back to the one-yard line...
0:20:56 > 0:20:59'..will go against Utah again.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03'Let's go to our studios for an update on today's college football.'
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Brandon! >
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- How we doing? - ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:21:11 > 0:21:16- Down here.- '..Michigan just put the hammer to Illinois, 44-12.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19'Florida no problem beating North Carolina 42-7,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22'while Northern Washington upset Iowa State 28-21.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26'Pennsylvania manhandled Kentucky 31-3.'
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Bullshit!
0:21:27 > 0:21:31'..with a 17-7 win at Idaho.'
0:21:31 > 0:21:34'This just in - Arizona is hot.'
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- HE YELLS - All right! All right!
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- HE LAUGHS - This guy is a machine.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43All he does is work out and pick winners.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Talk about fit. You should see him with his shirt off.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- HE CHUCKLES - Really, I did.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- A serious side of beef. - Enjoy your daughter's birthday.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58What do you mean? You should check him out.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- I know you want to. - Walter!
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Get out of your head. It's a bad neighbourhood.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06'Touchdown!'
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- I'm gonna have the- brusc-hetta- here and this right here.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24And may I say, sir, an excellent choice.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Er, I think it's pronounced bruschetta.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Bruschetta. They're little pizzas, except they don't have cheese.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Bruschetta. - Perfect.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Who cares! Anyone who goes 20 for 24 college football,
0:22:37 > 0:22:4212 for 14 professional, 175 calls on the 900 number....
0:22:42 > 0:22:45You can call bruschetta anything you want, son.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- Have you ever had a 1,000 bottle of wine?- No.- Steward!
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Walter, it's a waste. He hardly drinks.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53- It's a celebration. Steward! - No, I'm good, man.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Just cos we're reformed drunks doesn't mean he can't enjoy himself.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00I was a lot of things, Walter. I was never a drunk.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Actually, the truth be told, I've never had a 12 bottle of water.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- He thinks we're fighting. - Yeah, he does.- No, I don't.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14This is great, all of this. Thank you, Walter, Toni.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Watch out, Walter, he's a fixer.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- I should've ordered two. - What did the doctor say, Walter?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23If you really want to know, I've been meaning to tell you.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28I went yesterday and he seemed very concerned.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Afterwards he sat me down and looked into my eyes and he said,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35"Walter, who do you like in the Buffalo-Oakland game?"
0:23:35 > 0:23:37HE LAUGHS
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- You tell him Buffalo? - Shit, Walter.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44It wasn't funny.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47You didn't know I was joking? It's a joke. Jokes are funny.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Wow, what a meal. You haven't touched your sauce.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57It's chocolate. It's good for you.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- I'm not raising a kid alone. - Don't be dramatic.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03In biblical times, you'd just move in with my brother.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Oh, look at that.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Beauty and the beasts.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16- What do you think?- I like her, man. I think she's extremely cute.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Brandon, she's looking at you.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Yeah, but so are those two guys she's with.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25I tell you what. I'll bet you ten to one on a thousand
0:24:25 > 0:24:27you can't pick her up.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31That's 10,000 cash if you leave this restaurant with that girl.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Better idea - we go to Atlantic City and open a house account(?)
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- You know you can't gamble, Walter. - Who's gambling?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I haven't flipped a coin since the '80s. This is just a challenge.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43A challenge?
0:24:43 > 0:24:4810,000 to one, cash?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50What are you gonna do?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I'm gonna go introduce myself.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Before you make your move, sit. - Where are you going?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00No problem. You sit here. Rest yourself.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt but I've just got to know this.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10We're sitting over there. I'm just thinking you are drop-dead gorgeous.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Your dates look like they haven't missed a meal since Christ died.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20You guys are eating like you've got a date with the electric chair...
0:25:20 > 0:25:25No, no, no. It's all over. Sit, sit, sit. Just joking.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Sorry, I don't want to get wounded with a fork.- Jerk.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Moron! - I'm gone. Thank you very much.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- What the hell was that? - It went too far.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38- I'll buy 'em a bottle of champagne. - You'll pick up their cheque.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The voice of reason. Thank you.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Oh-oh!
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Your date's going to the bathroom.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I don't think that helped me out too much. Do you?
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- Well...- But, hey, thanks for the introduction.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I was just raising the bar a little.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03John Anthony could close her.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- You are beautiful. - Excuse me.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Hang on a second. I want to get to know you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20You just want to get in my pants.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27No, no, no, no, no. I want to get in your mind and you heart and soul.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I don't see you wearing any pants in that equation.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Do you?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Let me ask you something...
0:27:17 > 0:27:21'OK, forget the 900 numbers. Now you're ready. We're moving up.'
0:27:21 > 0:27:24We're going to the second floor. This is where we print the money.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Put your ear to the door.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Wow!
0:27:28 > 0:27:31That's the sound of possibilities.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34This is where the sales people turn a 10 better
0:27:34 > 0:27:38into a 1,000 better before he knows he made the phone call.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Do they use Astroturf or Astroclay?
0:27:40 > 0:27:45Tammy, give it up, baby. You know what I need.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Sure do. - Tammy, this is Brandon.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51This is our phone sheet, the losers who need us.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54The more they bet, the more we win.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58We take 10 percent of a winning bet, anywhere from 500 to 500,000.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- That's Southie. - Let's make some serious money.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04What's the game plan?
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Bribe a security guard. Bang a cheerleader, extract the info.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Well, it was a substantial sum.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Walter, he's a little miffed at our picks.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18- Just do what you got to do. - The minimum bet is five grand.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22- Reggie Hawks.- Can you move 50 large? - Best salesman ever. Ever.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26I don't have time for this kind of shit, Jimmy. I know you're a loser.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28If you were such a big winner, you wouldn't call me.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32< You got your head out of your ass yet? Congratulations.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Is this my office?
0:28:35 > 0:28:40- Well, do you like it?- What's not to like, Walter? Thank you.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- Miami New York point spread just went up to ten.- What do you think?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Miami is a lock. I'm gonna keep it on my sheet.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50This is Jerry, my top handicapper.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- Came to me straight out of grad school.- Oh.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Phone boy makes good. Make sure you don't get a nosebleed up here.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00I'm just kidding. Nice meeting you. Gotta get to work.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Nice meeting you too. Say, by the way, tonight's game...
0:29:05 > 0:29:07New York wins that outright.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11- Really?- They always play the Fish tough and tonight it's foregone.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15I wish I had a pen because I would never write that down.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- HE LAUGHS - College is right for you.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21You have to work your way up to pro ball.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Rookie's got balls. I almost like it but I don't.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- Good luck. - I get that all day.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31You know, I got three guys who can pick games, I got 20 who can sell.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I never had one who could do both.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- What, you mean me? - No, not you.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41- I'm talking about John Anthony. - John Anthony doesn't exist.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Oh, well, I'm shocked because I'm standing in his office
0:29:45 > 0:29:48and you're sitting in his chair.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52So, you want me to sell like those guys out there?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Yes. Big betters don't want to talk to middle men.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59They wanna talk to the guy giving them the picks. Got a problem?
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- No, I don't have a... - There's a few choice phrases we use.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Start with those. Here's an easy one...
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I don't want your money. I want your bookie's fucking money.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- Give it back to me. - I don't want your money.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15I want your bookie's money.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Oh... - I don't want your money.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- I want your bookie's money. - That's not bad.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- What happened to fuck? - What about it?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25- I said it. You don't use it. - Nah.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29- Religious thing? - No, it's not a religious thing.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32It was all right for Chaucer 600 years ago.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Hey! I don't wanna embarrass you but I've got to do this.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39I've got someone here who has a problem saying fuck.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42ALL: Fuck you!
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Look at that, a lot of brunettes. - They're all over the place.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- Where are we headed?- We're going to continue your education.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54KNOCK AT DOOR
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- Oh, hi, is this the meeting? - Yes, yes, come on in.- Thanks.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02You'd think with two mortgages out, the repo guy staking out my car,
0:31:02 > 0:31:06my job on the line, my wife threatening to leave
0:31:06 > 0:31:09that I'd stop instead of staying in the chase.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11It's a disease, Leon.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16Yeah, man. Admitting you have a problem is the first step.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20I guess I must be doing pretty good cos I've got one big problem!
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- Don't worry about it.- OK, Leon. - APPLAUSE
0:31:26 > 0:31:29My name is Walter and I'm new to this group.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34But I'm certainly not new to these meetings. I've been coming 18 years.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38As a matter of fact, friends, this is my 936 consecutive meeting.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39APPLAUSE
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- Well done. - Well done is right.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47And in all that time, I haven't once been to a track
0:31:47 > 0:31:50or a casino or bet on a game. Hand of God. Not a cent.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54So I know where you're coming from, Leon.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58I heard your story and it's something I relate to.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00But I've got to say if I learned anything,
0:32:00 > 0:32:05- it's that gambling is not your problem.- It's not.- Not even close.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08I don't know how to say this without sounding a little rude.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10you're a lemon, Leon.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15Like a bad car, there is something inherently defective in you.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17In you and you and me and all of us in this room.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22We're all lemons. We look like everybody else
0:32:22 > 0:32:25but what makes us different is our defect.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30You see, most gamblers when they go to gamble, they go to win.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33When we go to gamble, we go to lose subconsciously.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Me, I never feel better or more alive
0:32:36 > 0:32:39than when they're raking the chips away.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Everybody here knows what I'm talking about.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Even when we win, it's just a matter of time before we give it all back.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48But when we lose, now, there's another story.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51And I'm talking about the kind of loss
0:32:51 > 0:32:54that makes your asshole pucker up to the size of a decimal point.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58You've just recreated the worst possible nightmare
0:32:58 > 0:33:02this side of malignant cancer for the 20th goddamn time
0:33:02 > 0:33:05and you're standing there and you suddenly realise,
0:33:05 > 0:33:08"Hey, I'm still here."
0:33:08 > 0:33:11"I'm still breathing. I'm still alive."
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Us lemons, we fuck shit up all the time on purpose
0:33:15 > 0:33:18because we constantly need to remind ourselves we're alive.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Leon, gambling's not your problem.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25It's this fucked-up need to feel something,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28to convince yourself you exist.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31That's the problem.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39HE CHUCKLES SLOW APPLAUSE
0:33:39 > 0:33:45Hey, you're the guy I see on TV every weekend selling betting picks.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50- So, what?- He's right. This guy peddles a tout service on TV.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Did you read the charter, buddy? We all left our jobs at the door.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56You're gonna throw an ex-bar tender alcoholic out of an AA meeting?
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- What? - You're gonna do that? That's bogus.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04- Didn't you come in with this jerk?- I don't like the feeling I'm getting.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07If you rethink things, here's my card.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10We're topping 80 percent this season.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12- You never know when you'll relapse. - Get out!
0:34:14 > 0:34:16What the fuck was that?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- What did you just say? - That was bullshit.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- You gave your business card to a guy. - No, you said fuck!
0:34:23 > 0:34:27- So, what?- Brandon. So, what? That's great, man!
0:34:27 > 0:34:30It was all worth it just for one word.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34From the one word, "fuck", I could feel your frustration, your anger.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Man, I'm proud of you.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39PHONES RING CHATTERING
0:34:45 > 0:34:49His name is Amir. He's a dime better.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Owns a dry cleaners. We've got him for the subscription.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- Amir... - He's on line one. Ding-ding!
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Whoa!
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- Good morning.- Walter wanted your first call to be special.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- OK, go get 'em, tiger. - You got it.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Ooh.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Me, me, me, me. Yow, yow, yow!
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Mmm-hmm. Amir, my man, John Anthony here.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- Yes, hello.- "Yes, hello to you, sir. How's your morning going?"
0:35:22 > 0:35:27Mine's been outstanding but not as outstanding as my weekend will be.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Billy, listen. Thanks for the 15,000 FedEx.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32It's called a three-team parlay. It pays six to one.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35How much can you lay, 20 grand?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Are you crazy?
0:35:37 > 0:35:40No way. Listen, I was betting a thousand a game.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44I've got a game that I'm calling my lock of the decade - Texas v OU.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Now, Texas is receiving six points in this game.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- They're gonna win it by two touchdowns.- Really?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I like Oklahoma in that game.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- You do?- 'I shouldn't have called. Thank you for your time.'
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Hold on. I've got Vegas on the line.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02When we get our 30 grand from last night, then I tell you who he likes.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06The only thing you gotta know is all our clients are in a hole.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09The second they pick up the phone, you got 'em.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Green Bay, Dallas, Cleveland. 100,000 across the board.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Get to the point - you're above them.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Let them know it. Let them feel it. More John Anthony.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23I'm here. What's your favourite drink, my man?
0:36:23 > 0:36:24'Favourite drink?'
0:36:24 > 0:36:29- I don't know. Pina colada. - 'Whoa.'
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Well, tomorrow we've got to get you a new drink, my man.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34But today here's what you're gonna do.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38You're gonna go down to your bookie, lay 20 large on Texas.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Then you're gonna go home, put on your favourite Hawaiian shirt.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Sit back, twirl your little umbrella
0:36:43 > 0:36:48after you've made that little rum concoction that you love so much.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51And you're gonna watch Texas rip those Oakies a new asshole.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54'After you win the 20 grand, you're gonna call me back.'
0:36:54 > 0:36:58'You're gonna tell me, 'Thank you, sir. May I have another?''
0:36:58 > 0:37:02O'Neil lost his dog to last week to a hunting accident.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04You don't mess with a man who just lost his dog.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Western Union me ten thou and let's ride this wave into Sunday.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Denny, boy! I've got something good for this weekend.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Green Bay against Minnesota. I want you to lay 500 on the Cheeseheads.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Let Stu in on that too and take care of Mama. Tammy, who's on four?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Forget the other games you wanted to bet.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Let's throw that 4,000 on this 1,000 and make it 5,000,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27take it money line and turn it into 12,000.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29John Anthony here.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34- TV:- 'Hello, everybody and welcome to Football Tonight.'
0:37:34 > 0:37:39COMMENTARY CONTINUES
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- 'Touchdown!' - Yes!
0:37:52 > 0:37:54HE WHEEZES
0:37:56 > 0:37:58HE COUGHS
0:37:58 > 0:38:02OK. No, that sounds good. Monday...
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Go, Daddy, go! Can't you go any faster?- Hey!
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Ten and two, pro football?
0:38:07 > 0:38:1185-percent weekend. You're a mutant!
0:38:11 > 0:38:14I definitely want to be there with him. Put it on a plate.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Oh, my God. Thank you. You saved my life. That is beautiful.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- What... What's going on?- Walter's doctor... This is good news.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26..finally put him on an exercise programme. I want to be there
0:38:26 > 0:38:30to make sure the trainer understands his aversion to consistency.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- Excuse me. - Aversion to consistency?
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Mmm-hmm. That's Walter. He's always been that way.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- Well, that's consistent. - Well, that's true.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44You are cute. Take a bite. Tell me what you think.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Life is fucking good.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51So... let's talk about making it better.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Uh-oh. Duck, Brandon. Here it comes.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59I'm thinking of putting John Anthony on TV this week.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01If you do this, from here on out,
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- you're gonna have to eat, sleep,
0:39:04 > 0:39:09drink, breathe, talk, walk and fart John Anthony.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12That's the way it is. There's no holding back.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16You gotta be it completely or it doesn't work.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19That's right. Just think it over.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Don't decide now. - It's the only move.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- If it means I've gotta act, I'm cool with that.- No acting.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28This is living. You didn't hear me.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34From here on out, Brandon Lang and his fettuccine knee,
0:39:34 > 0:39:36and his self-fucking-pity,
0:39:36 > 0:39:40is as flat dead as Donald Trump's hair.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46John I-Can-Walk-On-Fucking-Water Anthony has taken his place.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Listen to what he's asking you, Brandon.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51I'm gonna build an empire around you.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57It's gonna cost me. Do you understand what I'm saying?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Hell, yeah, I understand.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04I'm John fucking Anthony. I've got a crystal ball.
0:40:06 > 0:40:12# I am sitting on top of the world,
0:40:12 > 0:40:13# Just rolling along... #
0:40:13 > 0:40:19John Anthony breathes. Now we gotta get a walk and talk.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- I'm just asking.- I'm looking for a car for my friend here.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- Let's see what we can do. What's his name?- John Anthony.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- Mr Anthony.- Yes, sir. - Do you have any credit?- No.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Of course not. I don't know, Wally, can you trust him?
0:40:34 > 0:40:39- With my wife... naked. - In that case, the floor is yours.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41# ..Glory, hallelujah
0:40:41 > 0:40:43# I just phoned the parson
0:40:43 > 0:40:46# Hey, Pa, get ready to call
0:40:46 > 0:40:49# Just like Humpty Dumpty
0:40:49 > 0:40:52- # I'm about to fall... # - Hey, what's "900 King"?
0:40:52 > 0:40:56- That's me, John Anthony. I don't lose.- Thank you.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01I want you to meet Mr Miracle, John Anthony. There he is.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03It's never ever gonna go down.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- # I am sitting on top of the world... - Give me all you've got.
0:41:07 > 0:41:13- # ..Singing a song. # - I'm ready. I'm ready.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- A star is born today. How you doing? - Scared shitless.- You're sweating.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21Don't worry. You've got the script. Just read off the Teleprompter.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25You've been here before, kid. Remember football?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- No, this is different. - How's this different?- No opponent.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- Then, you're a lock to win. - < Walter, we're ready.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36You'll be OK. Remember, stay with the script.
0:41:36 > 0:41:3845 seconds.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- That's a lifetime. - For you, boss. This is for you.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- Tony, you good?- Sound's good. - Everybody, we're gonna go.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- John Anthony, huh? - Yep.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52All's I see is another wannabe in a thousand-dollar suit.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Keep the suit you came in with. All right, Jethro? Good luck to you.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58In five, four...
0:41:58 > 0:42:00I'll do that.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Welcome to this week's edition of Sports Advisors,
0:42:04 > 0:42:08America's premier sports-information programme with myself Walter Abrams,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Jerry Sykes, Chuck Adler
0:42:10 > 0:42:13and a truly gifted newcomer to the Sports Advisor panel.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18I want you to meet a substantial find. His name is John Anthony.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21OK, we're entering week six in professional football.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25This is when the cream rises to the top. This is when things get hot.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29This is oven-mitt time. Am I right? This is big-time ball season.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34Let's get into it with The Wizard Of Odds, Jerry "The Source" Sykes.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Stats, records, rankings, weather...
0:42:37 > 0:42:40If the goalpost is tilted just a little bit,
0:42:40 > 0:42:43The SYKES system uses 42 proven indexes
0:42:43 > 0:42:46to eliminate the guesswork in sports wagering.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Without my patented computer-based picks,
0:42:49 > 0:42:53you got a better shot of having God show up at your door
0:42:53 > 0:42:56with nine strippers, a bag of pure Bolivian cocaine,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58enough Viagra to make Chuck's head blow up,
0:42:58 > 0:43:02than picking these things on your own. Call me absolutely free.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05I got five picks this weekend that are incredible.
0:43:05 > 0:43:081-800-238-6648. Give me a call.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12How many gamblers did I bail out with my game of the year?
0:43:12 > 0:43:15A 100-dollar better made 10,000.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18A 500-dollar better made 50,000.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Well, I've got six games on Sunday that I'm releasing absolutely free.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26These games are a burial, a blow-out, a human lock.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30You can bet your children's unborn children's children
0:43:30 > 0:43:35- on these six games ABSOLUTELY free! - Whoa!
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Whoa! I believe, I believe!
0:43:38 > 0:43:40I believe you're trying to make me deaf.
0:43:40 > 0:43:45I've never seen a colour like that. Would you say that's chartreuse?
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Saturday comes before Sunday.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Looking at Saturday's college match-ups
0:43:50 > 0:43:54is the last but certainly not least member of the sports advisors.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58- Here he is, Mr John Anthony.- Thank you, Walter. This is John Anthony,
0:43:58 > 0:44:02the million-dollar man with the billion-dollar plan.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04From Wall Street to Tokyo to Hollywood,
0:44:04 > 0:44:06all your big money is gonna stay and play with me.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09That's why they call me the million-dollar man.
0:44:09 > 0:44:14The million-dollar man, the million-dollar man...
0:44:14 > 0:44:17I can't say that, man.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20- Uh... - No, no.
0:44:20 > 0:44:24Somebody wrote some very clever stuff for me here,
0:44:24 > 0:44:27like the million-dollar man.
0:44:27 > 0:44:33So let's just call me John. I played quarterback, division one.
0:44:33 > 0:44:38Every QB knows that the secret, the key, to victory is anticipation.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41The ability to see the future and react to it.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45Now, that is what I do. And that is the truth.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48So I'm not gonna sell you today, all right?
0:44:48 > 0:44:50I'm just gonna tell you the facts.
0:44:50 > 0:44:56For over one year, I have been picking 80% winners.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Unbelievable?
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Used to be.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02I know the leagues. I know the teams.
0:45:02 > 0:45:06I know these players. I know this wonderful game called football.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10Call the number on the bottom of your screen and ask for John.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12Let's make some money.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27HE COUGHS
0:45:28 > 0:45:30HE WHEEZES
0:45:35 > 0:45:37Walter.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40I'm not here. Go back to sleep.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Walter, it's four in the morning, honey.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46- What a show! - Come to bed.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49Man, you should have seen him.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52I just sat there and watched him roll.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56I swear he made me want to pick up a phone and call.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00I took the sales boys out to get them primed for the weekend
0:46:00 > 0:46:03and Chuck got so drunk he took a swing
0:46:03 > 0:46:05at one of the deer heads on the wall.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08- HE CHUCKLES - I don't know what we're gonna do.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11I'm gonna hire more guys on Monday. I got to.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15- I gotta get more phones. Everything's amping up.- Yeah?
0:46:15 > 0:46:17This guy, I'm telling you,
0:46:17 > 0:46:20I'm gonna do this whole dot-com thing around him, you know?
0:46:20 > 0:46:25I swear, if I had me when I was his age...
0:46:25 > 0:46:30you know, I never had a mentor. Now I've got a protege. You know?
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Someone you hand it all down to.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35If anything happens to me, he steps in.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38He steps in.
0:46:38 > 0:46:42Just knowing that, with this thing, you know...
0:46:42 > 0:46:44- It's like having a son. - Walter, come here.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47It's beautiful. It's beautiful, beautiful.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51- HE COUGHS - You've gotta go back to sleep.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55- What are you doing, sweetheart?- I'm gonna go... I'm gonna go for a run.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57- No. Walter... - See the sunrise.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Come here. Just for a second. Come here, sweetheart.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03- You're exhausted.- No, I'm not. I wanna go do the bridge thing.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06You know, up-up-up Fifth?
0:47:06 > 0:47:09Walter, I haven't seen you all day. Just come...
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Just come to bed for one minute.
0:47:11 > 0:47:15- Just one minute. Cos I've got the trainer tomorrow.- I know.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- The trainer wants me to run. - I know, baby.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21- He wants me to run in place. - I know, honey.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24- Run from one place to another place. - No time to sleep.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28Just because you're so exhausted, that's no time to sleep.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31You're right. No time for sleep.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34I'll be right here when you get back from your run.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38- That's nice of you. - I'll be right beside you, Walter.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41- Oh, that's nice of you. - I'm not going anywhere.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43It's OK.
0:47:43 > 0:47:48Just close your eyes for one second before you go, OK?
0:47:52 > 0:47:57- Know about Stokey being out against New York?- A knock would be nice.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00I'm underwater here, man. A yes or no would be great.
0:48:00 > 0:48:05- No, I don't.- If you know something or hear anything, let me know.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07That's the way we work.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10I'll rush right over,... stat.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13I've been here six years -
0:48:13 > 0:48:17What are you doing in here? Hit the phones. Do some damage control.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21- Rewrite that friggin' computer program.- It was a fucked weekend.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25For some people. A 50-dime better wants to talk to John Anthony.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29- What's his name?- Carl. He owns McDonald's franchises.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33- I landed that lead. He's my guy. - Was.- He's raiding my list now?
0:48:33 > 0:48:36Your clients are jumping ship, you lactose-intolerant fuck.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39- Get out of my sight. - Excuse me.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44We're home! We're home! We're home! We're home!
0:48:45 > 0:48:49- Can we play princess? - Oh, yes, can we play princess.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52go get in your princess outfit, everything, OK?
0:48:52 > 0:48:56- I'll put the groceries away, then I'll come and play.- OK!
0:48:57 > 0:49:00..you've got to admit that.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03A little cab fare.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07That won't... Hey, baby.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12I can explain this. It's... Gail, that's my wife, Toni.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Hi. Thank you.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17Walter, I'll talk to you later, OK?
0:49:17 > 0:49:22- Thanks.- Bye-bye.- What the hell's going on here, Walter?
0:49:22 > 0:49:26You don't seriously think I had something to do with that girl?
0:49:26 > 0:49:30I just brought her up here to pay her off. I got her for John.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33- Don't bullshit me, Walter. - Oh, no. You can't be serious.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37- You think I slept with this girl? - Who the hell's John?- John.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40John Anthony. Ring a bell? You got Brandon a hooker?
0:49:40 > 0:49:44He's working late. He's in a new city. He has no friends.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48- Yes, I got him a hooker. - Are we gonna have this conversation?
0:49:48 > 0:49:51Are you completely, completely clueless, Walter?
0:49:51 > 0:49:55- What are you so angry about? - What am I angry about?- Look at you.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58You're jealous. Look at you.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01- Jealous of what?- You look jealous. - Of what?- I don't know.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Brandon getting laid.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07You really are crazy. That sick thought never entered my mind.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09That's not where those thoughts enter.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12OK, I'm done. I'm done. That's it.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15You'll be happy to know he didn't sleep with her.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18I just paid her for coming. Pardon the pun.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20- Oh, you're hysterical(!) - Daddy!
0:50:20 > 0:50:22- Oh! - Daddy!
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Where's my baby? Look at her! Look at her! Look at her!
0:50:25 > 0:50:27'Coming up on Sports Advisors
0:50:27 > 0:50:31'week seven predictions with our new star John Anthony,
0:50:31 > 0:50:35'who went an amazing 24 and six in last weekend's games.'
0:50:36 > 0:50:40- Jerry.- Yeah. - John's up first tonight.
0:50:40 > 0:50:41What?
0:50:41 > 0:50:45- John Anthony is leading off tonight. - John Anthony's leading off?
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Is there an echo in here?
0:50:48 > 0:50:51Engineer! Sound! Help me, I'm hearing everything twice.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Two years I lead off and you bury me over a couple lousy weekends?
0:50:54 > 0:50:57- This is bullshit, Walter. - Three, two...
0:50:57 > 0:51:00Welcome to week seven of professional football.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03- 'I'm in the garage now.' - Did you hook it up?
0:51:03 > 0:51:06- Yeah. Do you wanna hear it? - Let me hear it!- OK.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09LOUD ROCK MUSIC
0:51:11 > 0:51:13It is the bomb, B.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17Oh, that's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22- I'm about to head out. Everything else cool?- 'Sort of.'
0:51:22 > 0:51:24- Did Dad reach you? - Dad? No. Why?
0:51:24 > 0:51:27'Must be out of money. He keeps calling.'
0:51:27 > 0:51:31I gave him your work number but he says they won't put him through.
0:51:31 > 0:51:35I don't know what that's about. I'll check into it.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38- Let's walk. You could use the exercise.- Stop worrying.
0:51:38 > 0:51:43We're set for life. We've got Jimmy the Greek here.
0:51:43 > 0:51:48Brandon, to the right. You love that, don't you?
0:51:48 > 0:51:50- Let me ask you a question, Walter. - Shoot.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54Have you been blocking any of my calls?
0:51:54 > 0:51:58Of course. You don't need distractions right now, my boy.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01- Lot of crazies out there. - Does that include my father?
0:52:02 > 0:52:05You're asking me. I'm gonna tell you. Yeah.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08You sonofabitch.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13- How long? - About two weeks.- Walter...
0:52:13 > 0:52:17Brandon, would you have taken the call if I'd put it through?
0:52:17 > 0:52:20That's not the point. That's not the point.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23What is the point exactly, Brandon? I'd like to know.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27- What's the story with you and your father?- You tell me.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Well, I know pieces. That's about all.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34- I was just trying to spare you. - Who are you gonna spare me from?
0:52:34 > 0:52:38He was a drunk, left when I was nine. End of fucking story.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42So you won't spare me nothing. If I want to talk to him, I will.
0:52:42 > 0:52:47- Spare me. You fuck! - Is that it? Is that all you got?
0:52:47 > 0:52:50I will match my dysfunctional childhood and Toni's
0:52:50 > 0:52:52against yours any day of the week.
0:52:52 > 0:52:57My father, 5 foot, arms like this, had a cock like a Hebrew National.
0:52:57 > 0:53:01If I looked at him the wrong way, he'd smack me like Jake LaMotta.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05By the time I was five, I thought my name was asshole.
0:53:05 > 0:53:09Broke my nose three times. Toni, tell him about you.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13- I didn't have a great childhood either.- Great?
0:53:13 > 0:53:17- Tell him about the uncle. - Well, I think he gets the idea now.
0:53:17 > 0:53:21Suffice to say, she was abused by everybody but the family pet.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24- OK, Walter, please. - Your father was a drunk.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27He was a jerk. So, what? It happens.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29I'm glad I blocked those calls. You know why?
0:53:29 > 0:53:32You need a new image of a man. How about me?
0:53:32 > 0:53:35SHE LAUGHS
0:53:35 > 0:53:38- She's laughing. - That's a scary fucking thought.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Brandon, listen, the shit that happened to you,
0:53:41 > 0:53:44to me, to Toni, you know what that is?
0:53:44 > 0:53:46It's just that - shit that happened.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50Because after the therapy and the psychiatry and the meetings,
0:53:50 > 0:53:54you know what it all comes down to? You're all fucked up.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56We are all just so fucked up.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59You gotta just say that shit out.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02"I am fucked up and I ain't gonna take it any more."
0:54:02 > 0:54:05Come on. You too, Toni. All of us. Wallow with me here a minute.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09We are so fucked up. We're not gonna take it any more!
0:54:09 > 0:54:12I am so fucked up with all of you.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15I'm not gonna take it anymore. How's that?
0:54:16 > 0:54:19 Hey! I'm trying to sleep here, asshole.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21- That you, Dad? - OK, Walter.
0:54:21 > 0:54:26- I'm gonna kick your fucking head in. - Let's go.- Don't wait up.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29Amir, you've got to be kidding me.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31Are you gonna haggle over 50 grand
0:54:31 > 0:54:34after the 250,000 I made you last weekend?
0:54:34 > 0:54:38Look, don't get me wrong, John. 50,000 seems slightly steep.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41"Steep!" Amir, let's rewind a second.
0:54:41 > 0:54:46First time you call me, you're in a hole the size of the Grand Canyon,
0:54:46 > 0:54:48crying about having to hock your fiancee's ring.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52Today you're calling me from a red convertible Ferrari, isn't that it?
0:54:52 > 0:54:56Candy red? Yeah, are you doing the math? I am.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58- "All right? I'm gonna cut you off." - Come on, John.
0:54:58 > 0:55:03"If we keep working together, I'll charge a 10 percent aggravation tax."
0:55:03 > 0:55:07Get your ass to Western Union, wire me 75 grand and maybe we can make up.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11- OK, OK, John... - John Anthony. Talk to me.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14- "May I speak to Brandon Lang?" - Mom?
0:55:14 > 0:55:18- Hey, honey, is that you? - Yeah, it's me!
0:55:18 > 0:55:21- Are you OK? - Mom, I have never been better.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25I'm kicking ass and taking names. Did you get the money I sent you?
0:55:25 > 0:55:27- Yeah. That's why I'm - - I talked to Denny.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30I'm flying you and him out here first class.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33I'll put you up at the Plaza. You'll meet Toni and Walter.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36- You're gonna love this joint, Ma. - That sounds great, honey.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40About the money, all that money, it's too much.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42Ma, it's not too much!
0:55:42 > 0:55:45I earned that money, every fucking cent of it.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49- Listen to you. - It's just how people talk out here.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53Look, no cuff. No cuff, Francesco.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Now, who's this John Anthony person?
0:55:55 > 0:55:59Those cheques I've been sending you that you've been cashing,
0:55:59 > 0:56:02- those are from John Anthony. - And he talks like that?
0:56:02 > 0:56:05- They're from me. - We gotta go to Puerto Rico.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09- I gotta put you on hold. What's in Puerto Rico?- Novian called.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13He lives in Puerto Rico. He's the biggest sports better in the world.
0:56:13 > 0:56:18We've hit the jackpot. He wants to talk, in person, with John Anthony.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22- Got it. How much time have we got? - 45 minutes.- Pronto, OK. Mama?
0:56:22 > 0:56:25Mom? Ma?
0:56:28 > 0:56:31My mom just hung up on me. Um...
0:56:31 > 0:56:33'What do you know about him?'
0:56:33 > 0:56:37Not much except that he's a world-class prick.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42Wouldn't return my call. Treated me worse than my Hong Kong tailor.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44Know how long I've been trying to bag this guy?
0:56:44 > 0:56:46Have you any idea what this is worth?
0:56:46 > 0:56:49Nope, but I want a bonus if we pull this off.
0:56:49 > 0:56:53- No "if." It's only "when." - I got you.- You understand?
0:56:53 > 0:56:55- Remember, he called us. - Mmm-hmm.
0:56:55 > 0:56:59- You hooked him.- Mmm-hmm. - Know that.- Got it.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02- Sweat that. - Got it. Relax, my man.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04I'll get in character in the car, huh?
0:57:04 > 0:57:07Oh, fuck!
0:57:07 > 0:57:11Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Hey! Uh-oh. Easy, baby.
0:57:13 > 0:57:18Easy, easy. Is it your heart? Where's your vial? Easy, easy.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21Somebody get a doctor! Get me some water now.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24Here we are. Hang on, baby. Yeah, breathe it out.
0:57:24 > 0:57:29Here's one, two. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you suck on them.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32Suck on them, man. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Easy, easy, easy.
0:57:32 > 0:57:36- Yeah, baby.- Brandon? - Yeah? I'm here.- Do you love me?
0:57:36 > 0:57:40Shh. You know I love you. Shh. You ain't going nowhere.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43Somebody get some help! Get me some water now!
0:57:43 > 0:57:45Shh.
0:57:45 > 0:57:49- Brandon.- Yeah? Talk to me, my man. Come on.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53Would you love me... if this was a joke?
0:57:55 > 0:57:56I'm OK.
0:57:58 > 0:58:02:I was just practicing. It's OK. It's OK.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06Look at me. I'm all right. Oh, I got a crowd.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10Little indigestion. Too many peanuts on the plane.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12I'm OK. Thank you for your concern.
0:58:12 > 0:58:16- He's had a little problem. Whoa. - Don't... Don't you do that to me.
0:58:17 > 0:58:21- Walter, that's pushing it too far. - Now, you listen to me.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24You pay attention to me. There's no such thing as too far.
0:58:24 > 0:58:28Understand? You push everything as far as you can.
0:58:28 > 0:58:32You push and you push and you push until it starts pushing back
0:58:32 > 0:58:36and then you push some goddamn more. Remember that today.
0:58:38 > 0:58:39OK?
0:58:40 > 0:58:45If I start to die again, forget the hospital, I wanna croak here.
0:58:46 > 0:58:50- Walter. - Mr Novian. It's an honour.
0:58:50 > 0:58:54- My associate...- John Anthony. - ..John Anthony.- How are you?
0:58:54 > 0:58:57These sports services of yours,
0:58:57 > 0:58:59complete fucking scam, huh?
0:59:01 > 0:59:03THEY LAUGH
0:59:03 > 0:59:05I hear your boy here's having quite a season.
0:59:05 > 0:59:08- What's your system, Walter? - System?
0:59:08 > 0:59:11Let's start with how much you bet.
0:59:11 > 0:59:13Million a game, across the board.
0:59:13 > 0:59:17OK, is that our ceiling, the most we're working with?
0:59:17 > 0:59:20It depends. Shit, Benny, check your wallet.
0:59:20 > 0:59:23See if you have any cash. Maybe he'll talk about the weekend.
0:59:23 > 0:59:26- How do you feel about it? - Do you rent that yacht?
0:59:26 > 0:59:31- No, no. I own it.- That's how I feel about this weekend.
0:59:31 > 0:59:35And I'm not being cocky. I'm talking straight commerce with you.
0:59:35 > 0:59:38- I didn't come down here to bullshit you.- Wow, you got steam.
0:59:38 > 0:59:42Or maybe a little inside information, maybe?
0:59:43 > 0:59:46I know these teams better than they know themselves.
0:59:46 > 0:59:49I'm going 12 for 12 this weekend including the Monday-night parlay.
0:59:49 > 0:59:52Wow. Should we believe him?
0:59:52 > 0:59:56- What do you think?- I don't. - You cannot afford not to.
0:59:56 > 1:00:00- No, I can afford. - Can you?
1:00:00 > 1:00:02Honest question, Mr Novian. Can you?
1:00:02 > 1:00:05Hell, can anyone, for that matter,
1:00:05 > 1:00:07afford to lose as much as a man like you
1:00:07 > 1:00:11needs to bet to actually feel a win?
1:00:14 > 1:00:18Winning's a funny thing. It's a rare commodity that money cannot buy...
1:00:18 > 1:00:20until you called me.
1:00:20 > 1:00:24I didn't call you. I called your boss.
1:00:24 > 1:00:26And he called me.
1:00:26 > 1:00:31The price is 250,000 up-front, plus 10 percent of every game you win.
1:00:31 > 1:00:33That's wild.
1:00:36 > 1:00:41- I never paid up-front before, did I? - We've never charged it before.
1:00:41 > 1:00:45Considering whose picks you're getting, the money you're betting,
1:00:45 > 1:00:48250's a bargain. You know it and I know it.
1:00:48 > 1:00:52If you want this weekend's winners, that's my offer.
1:00:52 > 1:00:55You can take it or leave it.
1:01:00 > 1:01:02Let's step outside.
1:01:08 > 1:01:11KNOCK AT DOOR
1:01:11 > 1:01:13Come in.
1:01:13 > 1:01:16- They need it, Mr Anthony. - What's your mother's name, Mitchell?
1:01:16 > 1:01:18Sheila.
1:01:18 > 1:01:21- What street did you grow up on? - Atlantic Avenue.
1:01:21 > 1:01:24- Who do you like Monday night? - Oh, I don't know.
1:01:24 > 1:01:26- Pick one. - Well, that's your job.
1:01:26 > 1:01:29I'll do your job tomorrow. Today you do mine. Who do you like?
1:01:29 > 1:01:32- What are you talking about? - Mitchie.
1:01:32 > 1:01:36Seattle v New Orleans. Stop stalling. Who do you like?
1:01:38 > 1:01:43I don't know. I mean, I guess I like Seattle plus the two points.
1:01:43 > 1:01:47- Over or under? - No, you can't... You can't do that.
1:01:47 > 1:01:51No, I can do this. Over or under? It's 44 points. Come on.
1:01:51 > 1:01:54Um... over.
1:01:55 > 1:01:59- Seattle in the over. Nice. - I'm not gonna hand that in.
1:01:59 > 1:02:03- There's a million dollars on that game.- There's a lot more than that.
1:02:03 > 1:02:09- I can pick. Today I'm picking you. The outcome will be the same.- OK.
1:02:09 > 1:02:11And... what if I'm wrong?
1:02:11 > 1:02:13There's no "if."
1:02:13 > 1:02:17We don't need a field goal.
1:02:17 > 1:02:20We need a touchdown.
1:02:20 > 1:02:23Oh, that's OK. They score, we win.
1:02:23 > 1:02:28Come on, come on. They score, we win. They score, we win.
1:02:28 > 1:02:31They score, we win. They score, we win.
1:02:31 > 1:02:33- TV:- '..first down on the sixth.
1:02:33 > 1:02:35- 'Touchdown!' - Yes!
1:02:35 > 1:02:38- THEY CHEER - We won! A hundred fucking percent!
1:02:38 > 1:02:41A hundred fucking percent!
1:02:41 > 1:02:43A hundred fucking percent!
1:02:49 > 1:02:53It was like he mesmerised me, like Spock or something.
1:02:53 > 1:02:56I just visualised it - Seattle and the over. He wrote it down.
1:02:56 > 1:02:59He said picking me was like him doing it.
1:03:01 > 1:03:05# ..It's not unusual to go out at any time... #
1:03:05 > 1:03:07Congratulations, Brandon, or should I say John?
1:03:07 > 1:03:10Either way, it's amazing. I am very impressed.
1:03:10 > 1:03:14Are you kidding me? Letting salesmen make your picks, that's balls.
1:03:14 > 1:03:17You'd better collect some of that cash.
1:03:17 > 1:03:20The way you're picking, you'll need some for a rainy day.
1:03:20 > 1:03:22Enjoy it while it lasts.
1:03:22 > 1:03:27Gambling gods are a fickle bunch. So easily offended.
1:03:27 > 1:03:31There might be businesses you can make over two million dollars...
1:03:31 > 1:03:33- Thanks for looking after me. - All right.
1:03:33 > 1:03:36..but somebody tell me, somebody please tell me,
1:03:36 > 1:03:41where else are you gonna have this much fucking fun?
1:03:41 > 1:03:44You the man! You the man, big Papa!
1:03:44 > 1:03:46I love you forever.
1:03:47 > 1:03:51Let me ask you something. How much of that do-re-mi be for moi?
1:03:51 > 1:03:56Well, how about a one with five zeros behind it?
1:03:56 > 1:03:59- A hundred thousand? - Yeah.- On two mill?
1:03:59 > 1:04:02You be working out of my shop.
1:04:02 > 1:04:06- Yes, sir, I am.- Look around you. - This is your place, Walter's shop.
1:04:06 > 1:04:10I understand that. I'm just saying, feed the horse.
1:04:10 > 1:04:12- Maybe 10 percent. - 10 percent?!
1:04:12 > 1:04:16That what you're thinking? That's a beautiful thought. Forget it.
1:04:16 > 1:04:21Walter, we were starting to roll. And we got Novian. We got the 250...
1:04:21 > 1:04:24I wanna tell you something now, OK? I'm gonna say it only once.
1:04:24 > 1:04:28If you want something more from me than a gesundheit after a sneeze,
1:04:28 > 1:04:31do more than come to me with this shit. Understand?
1:04:31 > 1:04:35You're gonna have to earn it. Then you'll have to fight me for it.
1:04:35 > 1:04:40You'll have to challenge me, rip it out of my fucking talons.
1:04:40 > 1:04:44That's how you get ahead with me. John Anthony would know that, see?
1:04:44 > 1:04:47Next time you come to me with this shit,
1:04:47 > 1:04:50come as John Anthony. I ain't talking money with you.
1:04:57 > 1:05:00Hey, big winner, huh? How you feeling?
1:05:00 > 1:05:02Winning.
1:05:03 > 1:05:04Winning.
1:05:04 > 1:05:08- Dance with me. - Oh!
1:05:12 > 1:05:16- I gotta dance with you more. - You do.
1:05:16 > 1:05:19Listen. I'm thinking of buying a plane.
1:05:19 > 1:05:22- Oh, yeah.- Yeah. - SHE LAUGHS
1:05:22 > 1:05:25Don't laugh. A big one. One of them G... G-somethings.
1:05:25 > 1:05:30I saw this house in the Bahamas for sale.
1:05:30 > 1:05:32Talk about an investment.
1:05:32 > 1:05:36- In case anything should happen to me. I mean, you and Julia...- Shh!
1:05:36 > 1:05:40- I don't wanna hear that, Walter. - Why don't we go and check it out?
1:05:40 > 1:05:43Just you and me, barefoot in the sand.
1:05:46 > 1:05:49Just tell me you're not... gambling, Walter.
1:05:52 > 1:05:5618 years straight, OK? That shit's over.
1:05:56 > 1:05:59It's never over. You know that, Walter.
1:05:59 > 1:06:02How about a truth serum in the veins?
1:06:02 > 1:06:05Baby, we just made two million dollars.
1:06:05 > 1:06:09I want to celebrate with my wife. I want to dance. Can I do it?
1:06:20 > 1:06:23Alexandria. Hey, it's Brandon.
1:06:23 > 1:06:27Yeah, listen, I happen to be in the neighbourhood.
1:06:27 > 1:06:31You have got a Doberman for a doorman.
1:06:31 > 1:06:33Hi, Alexandria.
1:06:35 > 1:06:40- What are you doing here?- What do you say we go out for a late dinner?
1:06:40 > 1:06:42Have a couple of killer bottles of wine.
1:06:42 > 1:06:45Go back to that place where we first met.
1:06:46 > 1:06:49Are you out of your mind?
1:06:49 > 1:06:52I live in this building, asshole. This is home.
1:06:52 > 1:06:56- I don't appreciate you stopping by without calling.- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
1:06:57 > 1:06:59What the hell's gotten into you?
1:06:59 > 1:07:02Let me make this shit real clear so this doesn't happen again.
1:07:02 > 1:07:07You meant 5,000. Your friend set it up.
1:07:08 > 1:07:11# ..The world still is the same
1:07:11 > 1:07:14# You'll never change it
1:07:15 > 1:07:20# As sure as the stars shine above
1:07:22 > 1:07:29# Your nobody 'til somebody loves you
1:07:29 > 1:07:34# So find yourself somebody to love. #
1:07:40 > 1:07:44- Do you know what time it is? - It is 8:37 in the am.
1:07:44 > 1:07:47Wrong, it's time to press. We're gonna yank out all the stops.
1:07:47 > 1:07:51When you're winning, you press. You don't rest on your laurels.
1:07:51 > 1:07:55- What are you doing?- I've got a 10:30 tee-time at Wingfoot.
1:07:55 > 1:07:59with a client, that Howell guy. Don't call unless the lines change.
1:07:59 > 1:08:03The salmon are running, my man. You've got to field phone calls.
1:08:03 > 1:08:06You can't go out playing golf, having fun.
1:08:06 > 1:08:09Fun? Senor, you have obviously never played Wingfoot.
1:08:09 > 1:08:12Stop playing around. You've got work to do this week.
1:08:12 > 1:08:16I'm not asking you if I can leave. I'm telling you that's how it is.
1:08:16 > 1:08:18All right?
1:08:18 > 1:08:21You want my picks? I can give you those.
1:08:21 > 1:08:24Washington minus eight against Miami. Washington.
1:08:24 > 1:08:27Saint-Louis, KC. Las Vegas...
1:08:27 > 1:08:30You're gonna start picking on Tuesday for the weekend, huh?
1:08:30 > 1:08:33Philadelphia... Cinci...
1:08:33 > 1:08:37We're gonna be advising somewhere in the neighbourhood
1:08:37 > 1:08:39of 20 million dollars this week.
1:08:39 > 1:08:42That's a nice neighbourhood. We should double that by week ten.
1:08:42 > 1:08:45I see. You're gonna make the picks.
1:08:45 > 1:08:48No study, no analysis. You're just gonna pick 'em.
1:08:48 > 1:08:51Locked in, Walter. I don't really need it.
1:08:51 > 1:08:53You've got to be kidding me, Vegas.
1:08:53 > 1:08:55There's my picks for this week.
1:08:55 > 1:08:59If you want next week's picks, I can give you those by Friday.
1:08:59 > 1:09:02- If you want to join us, you can. - No, I'm starting to get the drift.
1:09:02 > 1:09:07- We'll keep these picks on ice and go over them tomorrow.- I won't be in.
1:09:07 > 1:09:11- Then, the next day. - Ah, we'll talk about it.
1:09:13 > 1:09:15- Hey, Brandon. - Toni!
1:09:15 > 1:09:19- Hey.- Where are you headed, girl? - Some of us have to work.
1:09:19 > 1:09:21Oh, oh, oh.
1:09:21 > 1:09:23- Baby. - You look great.
1:09:23 > 1:09:28- Nice ride.- 900 KING. Did you see the plates?- Yes, I did.
1:09:36 > 1:09:38CAR HORNS BEEP
1:09:40 > 1:09:43- Feel that? Feel that? Feel that? - Don't. Slow down, Brandon.
1:09:43 > 1:09:46- This car was made to go fast. - No. Not with me in it. Slow down.
1:09:46 > 1:09:49Loosen up, will ya?
1:09:50 > 1:09:52Let me ask you a question.
1:09:52 > 1:09:55When you're not at the salon, or running Julia to play-dates,
1:09:55 > 1:09:58or keeping Walter in line, which I know is a full-time job,
1:09:58 > 1:10:02- what do you do for you?- I stay busy. You're gonna turn here -
1:10:02 > 1:10:05That's not what I asked!
1:10:05 > 1:10:09What do you do for you? For Toni.
1:10:10 > 1:10:14I was a junkie, Brandon, OK?
1:10:14 > 1:10:17Everyday I get up and I wonder, "Is this it?"
1:10:17 > 1:10:20"Is this the day I slip, end up back on the street?"
1:10:20 > 1:10:24Just keeping it all on track. That's what I do for me.
1:10:24 > 1:10:27Well, that's not living, Toni. That is not living.
1:10:27 > 1:10:31That is maintaining, cashing in. That is not living.
1:10:31 > 1:10:37What the hell does that mean? Are we talking perfection here?
1:10:37 > 1:10:39No. Nobody's perfect.
1:10:39 > 1:10:44Oh, except for me last weekend going 14 and O, huh?!
1:10:44 > 1:10:45HE LAUGHS
1:10:49 > 1:10:52- This is your stop. - Well, thanks for the ride.
1:10:52 > 1:10:55John.
1:11:01 > 1:11:05TV: 'In other action, Washington melted down in Miami losing 24-12.
1:11:05 > 1:11:07'St Louis shocked KC 34-14,
1:11:07 > 1:11:11'and Philadelphia smacked Pittsburgh 23-10.'
1:11:11 > 1:11:13- I'm gonna go work out. - No, you're not.
1:11:13 > 1:11:16There's half a dozen games left.
1:11:16 > 1:11:20I want you to watch every second of every minute of every one of 'em.
1:11:20 > 1:11:22Right. So sit down.
1:11:22 > 1:11:26- 'Oakland's having a miserable time trying to run the ball.'- Bye-bye.
1:11:27 > 1:11:31You know how you go 3 and 11, don't you?
1:11:31 > 1:11:35You go 3 and 11 when you make Sunday's picks on Tuesday.
1:11:35 > 1:11:37Because it rained in Cincinnati on Saturday,
1:11:37 > 1:11:40two starting quarterbacks never get to play.
1:11:40 > 1:11:44That's how you go 3 and 11. You're a handicapper, not a psychic.
1:11:44 > 1:11:47- We still got Monday night and parlay. - Fuck Monday night and parlay!
1:11:47 > 1:11:51This is about me. It's about the commission thing.
1:11:51 > 1:11:53- I...I don't know. - Don't bullshit me.- I don't know...
1:11:53 > 1:11:58All right, listen. I'm gonna bump you. 10 per cent. OK?
1:11:58 > 1:12:00You earned it.
1:12:00 > 1:12:04This is dangerous territory we're getting into. Understand?
1:12:04 > 1:12:07But I'm gonna bump you. Now, talk to me about Monday night.
1:12:07 > 1:12:12Because everyone is gonna double down after the hole you put them in.
1:12:12 > 1:12:15- Monday night's fine. - Bet your mom's house?- I don't bet.
1:12:15 > 1:12:17- If you did...? - I like to pick, Walter.
1:12:17 > 1:12:21- On your mother's house or not? - With my mother in it.
1:12:21 > 1:12:24TV: 'Another Monday night thriller comes down to the final seconds.
1:12:24 > 1:12:28'Carolina has to get at least into field-goal range here.
1:12:28 > 1:12:30'High snap, pulled down nicely.
1:12:30 > 1:12:34'And a beautiful punt by Feuderday. He drills it. Thompson must retreat.
1:12:34 > 1:12:38'Thompson dropped the ball. The ball is on the turf. The scramble is on.
1:12:38 > 1:12:42'Heads back to the Carolina goal line. A couple of guys jump on it.
1:12:42 > 1:12:45- 'It might be changing hands right now.'- Fuck!
1:12:45 > 1:12:49'The call goes to Cleveland. Carolina will not have a shot...'
1:12:49 > 1:12:51Fuck! PHONE RINGS
1:12:51 > 1:12:53'This one is over.
1:12:53 > 1:12:57'An unbelievable finish...'
1:12:59 > 1:13:02'You don't switch to a three-four halfway through the season.
1:13:02 > 1:13:06'No, what defence are they running in practice?'
1:13:06 > 1:13:10'Jones is on the field. We're leaning heavy on the overs.
1:13:10 > 1:13:13'Thank you, thank you, sir. You are the man. I'll talk to you...'
1:13:13 > 1:13:15His improvement's been great,
1:13:15 > 1:13:18but he got out of surgery two and half weeks ago.
1:13:18 > 1:13:22I know he's had a good week of practice, but his knee's swollen.
1:13:22 > 1:13:25Help me out. Game-time decision. That's what coach always says.
1:13:25 > 1:13:29Are we talking game-time probable, huh? Or doubtful?
1:13:29 > 1:13:31Tell me. You're going into...
1:13:31 > 1:13:34It's raining, it's snowing. Can his knee hold up in that?
1:13:34 > 1:13:37- 'The doc cleared him.' - Will the doc let him play?
1:13:37 > 1:13:39Yes, he is a gamer. Thank you.
1:13:39 > 1:13:42I can read between the lines. You got it.
1:13:45 > 1:13:46'Yee-ha!'
1:13:46 > 1:13:48'Takes the snap, drops the throw.'
1:13:55 > 1:13:57Whoa.
1:13:59 > 1:14:01Hell of a swing.
1:14:03 > 1:14:05Sport of kings, right?
1:14:05 > 1:14:07No, no. That's horse racing.
1:14:07 > 1:14:10- What are you doing here?- Southie told me where I could find you.
1:14:10 > 1:14:12Yep.
1:14:12 > 1:14:14I wanted to get out. Clear my head.
1:14:14 > 1:14:18So talk to me. How'd we do?
1:14:18 > 1:14:22- You haven't seen the scores? - Nope. That's how I wanted it.
1:14:22 > 1:14:26Make my picks, get the results later.
1:14:26 > 1:14:28Well,...
1:14:28 > 1:14:32- ..highest sales volume ever. - Yeah?
1:14:32 > 1:14:35- Take a guess... - I think we kicked ass.
1:14:36 > 1:14:40- It was amazing. - Yeah, last week was nothing, Walter.
1:14:40 > 1:14:43- HE CHUCKLES - You're right.
1:14:43 > 1:14:47It was nothing compared to what we lost today.
1:14:48 > 1:14:50What'd I go?
1:14:51 > 1:14:54I got an idea. Why don't I give you a glimpse of what happened,
1:14:54 > 1:14:57and then you take a stab on how you went?
1:14:57 > 1:15:01- Just give me the numbers. - You don't wanna play that game?
1:15:01 > 1:15:02Too bad. Would've been fun.
1:15:02 > 1:15:06Grown men crying on the phone. Their wives screaming in the background.
1:15:06 > 1:15:10- Three salespeople quit. Couldn't take the pressure.- Fuck.
1:15:10 > 1:15:12No, no, no.
1:15:12 > 1:15:15You lose ten out of 12, "fuck" doesn't quite cover it.
1:15:15 > 1:15:19You know what would be more appropriate? "Holy Fucking Shit!"
1:15:19 > 1:15:20Or...
1:15:20 > 1:15:23.."Jesus Fucking Christ!"
1:15:23 > 1:15:25I got the picture, Walter.
1:15:25 > 1:15:29You're right. You go 2 for 12 on our highest volume weekend ever
1:15:29 > 1:15:31and...
1:15:32 > 1:15:33..what's left to say?
1:15:33 > 1:15:36Except maybe we keep the phone number,
1:15:36 > 1:15:39only we switch it over to a fucking suicide hotline.
1:15:39 > 1:15:42Tomorrow morning, Brandon,
1:15:42 > 1:15:46bright and early, we start all over again.
1:16:03 > 1:16:06Mr Novian wants to see you.
1:16:06 > 1:16:08Tell him... to call me.
1:16:08 > 1:16:11You tell him.
1:16:11 > 1:16:13I didn't recognize you without the suit, John.
1:16:13 > 1:16:15This is my time off.
1:16:15 > 1:16:18If you want to talk, make an appointment.
1:16:18 > 1:16:22Or should I call you Brandon?
1:16:22 > 1:16:25Someone costs you 30 mill, you do research.
1:16:25 > 1:16:28I got more than your name. I got where you live,
1:16:28 > 1:16:31where your family lives.
1:16:31 > 1:16:34Hey, your mother... There's a sweet lady, man.
1:16:34 > 1:16:37I just come from Vegas. Dealt me three blackjacks in a row.
1:16:37 > 1:16:39She's a good woman.
1:16:39 > 1:16:42Where's the cocky motherfucker who come to my house?
1:16:42 > 1:16:44Where's John? What happened to John?
1:16:44 > 1:16:47If you don't like my picks, use somebody else.
1:16:51 > 1:16:55Come here. It's all right. It's all right.
1:16:56 > 1:16:59I just come for an apology. That's it.
1:16:59 > 1:17:04Look me in the eye and say sorry. Say it so as to make me believe you.
1:17:04 > 1:17:08- I'm sorry.- Fuck that. I'm not going to accept that.
1:17:08 > 1:17:11Come on, one more time. "I'm sorry." Hey?
1:17:12 > 1:17:15- I'm sorry.- You motherfucker. You're not even close.
1:17:15 > 1:17:17You're not even close.
1:17:17 > 1:17:21It's not gonna work. It's not gonna work.
1:17:21 > 1:17:24I'm gonna get my satisfaction. I'm gonna get something I want.
1:17:24 > 1:17:26No, no, no, no, no, no, no...
1:17:26 > 1:17:28What do you mean, "No-no-no"?
1:17:28 > 1:17:32- No, look. I'm sorry. - Brandon?
1:17:32 > 1:17:33OK.
1:17:33 > 1:17:35I'm sorry.
1:17:35 > 1:17:38You're not gonna tell me you're scared of dying, are you?
1:17:38 > 1:17:41- It was a bad fucking weekend. - Bad weekend?
1:17:41 > 1:17:43Yeah, yeah.
1:17:43 > 1:17:46Well, let's make it a fun day.
1:17:46 > 1:17:50Come here. Oh, yeah!
1:17:50 > 1:17:52Yeah.
1:17:52 > 1:17:53Come here.
1:17:53 > 1:17:56- Argh! - There.
1:17:56 > 1:17:58HE LAUGHS
1:18:00 > 1:18:02- Walter. - I'm busy.
1:18:02 > 1:18:07I think I should lead off tonight. I got some really strong stuff, man.
1:18:07 > 1:18:10Jerry, you got a good hole. Stay in it.
1:18:10 > 1:18:12I went eight for 12 last week! I'm hot. I'm feeling it.
1:18:12 > 1:18:14You had one good weekend.
1:18:14 > 1:18:17What? SYKES system revolutionized this industry.
1:18:17 > 1:18:19Am I wood?
1:18:19 > 1:18:22Where's my fucking ad?
1:18:22 > 1:18:23I...
1:18:23 > 1:18:25- Take a hike. - What?
1:18:25 > 1:18:29- You're fired.- I'm not fired. - You are.- You need me more than ever.
1:18:29 > 1:18:32Get outta here, you cut-rate parasite.
1:18:32 > 1:18:34In six years, my worst weekend
1:18:34 > 1:18:37was never as bad as any of this guy's last three weeks.
1:18:37 > 1:18:41You're not hearing me. You don't work for me any more. It's over.
1:18:41 > 1:18:44- What the hell are you doing - - Oh! Oh!
1:18:44 > 1:18:47Am I doing something wrong here? Am I not communicating?
1:18:47 > 1:18:51He doesn't seem to understand. You all know what I just did.
1:18:51 > 1:18:54- I fired you! - Come on! This is me.
1:18:54 > 1:18:56I've been here for you. I'm consistent and you know it.
1:18:56 > 1:18:59The other guys, fuck 'em! They come, they go.
1:18:59 > 1:19:02No they don't. Not him.
1:19:02 > 1:19:04That's true talent. Get it?
1:19:04 > 1:19:08You can't see it. I can't explain it. That's why you're fired.
1:19:08 > 1:19:10Think... about what you're doing.
1:19:10 > 1:19:14You couldn't pick your nose without a fucking computer.
1:19:14 > 1:19:16- You're small, Jerry. - You've lost it!
1:19:16 > 1:19:18You don't touch him.
1:19:18 > 1:19:22Why don't you have some self-respect and leave?
1:19:25 > 1:19:26F...!
1:19:26 > 1:19:31- You're outta your fucking mind! - Maybe I am.
1:19:32 > 1:19:33Good luck!
1:19:37 > 1:19:39Asshole.
1:19:39 > 1:19:42He doesn't realise I'm trying to build an empire around you.
1:19:42 > 1:19:44I hope you do.
1:19:44 > 1:19:46Everyone, let's go, back to work.
1:19:46 > 1:19:49Big playoff weekend coming. Chop-chop.
3:00:02 > 3:00:05PHONE RINGS
3:00:05 > 3:00:08CELLPHONE VIBRATES
3:00:12 > 3:00:15KNOCK AT DOOR
3:00:31 > 3:00:33Hey, Toni. It's not a good time.
3:00:33 > 3:00:37I know, but I need to talk to you. It's important.
3:00:39 > 3:00:40Alright now.
3:00:40 > 3:00:43Brandon, you have to... You have to go.
3:00:46 > 3:00:49No, I gotta... get back on track.
3:00:49 > 3:00:51That won't matter.
3:00:51 > 3:00:54You could win 100 games in a row and it won't be enough.
3:00:54 > 3:01:00It'll never be enough. He will ride you into the ground.
3:01:00 > 3:01:01I figured it out.
3:01:01 > 3:01:03(SIGHS)
3:01:05 > 3:01:08Brandon, please leave.
3:01:29 > 3:01:31PHONE RINGS
3:01:36 > 3:01:38John Anthony.
3:01:38 > 3:01:40"I'm wiped out, John!"
3:01:40 > 3:01:42Amir...
3:01:42 > 3:01:46- My business, my house, my credit... - HE WEEPS
3:01:46 > 3:01:48Everything!
3:01:48 > 3:01:51Amir, it's gonna be OK, alright?
3:01:51 > 3:01:54We're gonna get back on track this weekend.
3:01:54 > 3:01:57- You hear me? - "Still you talk like this!"
3:01:57 > 3:02:01Who the fuck are you? Like this is some kind of game!
3:02:01 > 3:02:06"You ruined me. I was betting a few thousand a Sunday when I called you,
3:02:06 > 3:02:12"but you pushed me. Every call, all the time, with your talk!"
3:02:12 > 3:02:16"I lost 380,000 this weekend!"
3:02:16 > 3:02:19I was going to get married.
3:02:20 > 3:02:22I had a life!
3:02:25 > 3:02:28"Oh, no words now, huh?"
3:02:28 > 3:02:31No more money to squeeze, so you shut up.
3:02:31 > 3:02:33"How do you fucking live with yourself?"
3:02:33 > 3:02:36DIAL TONE
3:02:54 > 3:02:55That's it.
3:02:55 > 3:02:58(SHOUTS) Walter, I know
3:02:58 > 3:03:00what the problem is...!
3:03:00 > 3:03:04- He's OK.- I'll come back later. - No, stick around.
3:03:04 > 3:03:06These guys are finished, right?
3:03:06 > 3:03:08You guys want anything before you go?
3:03:08 > 3:03:11Leave the way you came in. Thank you.
3:03:11 > 3:03:13Shut the door.
3:03:15 > 3:03:18- Who's that? - We need a bat light or something.
3:03:18 > 3:03:21One of those signals you shoot into the clouds
3:03:21 > 3:03:24so that no matter where you are, you look up, you say,
3:03:24 > 3:03:28"Hey! Walter needs me." Because I beeped you 100 fucking times.
3:03:28 > 3:03:32- Who were they, man? - The Salvation Army.
3:03:32 > 3:03:35How does someone go 1 for 8?
3:03:35 > 3:03:39A fucking monkey tossing darts could do better than that.
3:03:39 > 3:03:41What's with all the money?
3:03:41 > 3:03:42I got a plan.
3:03:42 > 3:03:45We take all your picks, we reverse them,
3:03:45 > 3:03:48like a Twilight Zone episode where everything is opposite.
3:03:48 > 3:03:50You say black, we go white.
3:03:50 > 3:03:54- How much is that? - Peanuts.
3:03:54 > 3:03:57275,000. That's how desperate I am.
3:03:57 > 3:03:59What happened to the two mill?
3:03:59 > 3:04:04Two mill? I was carrying twice that in red ink before you showed up!
3:04:04 > 3:04:07Look around you. Everything you see is smoke and mirrors.
3:04:07 > 3:04:11I got three mortgages on this house. What do you wanna know?
3:04:11 > 3:04:13I'm gambling again!
3:04:16 > 3:04:18I just got a loan from a guy
3:04:18 > 3:04:21who works out of a bar on 106th and Broadway!
3:04:21 > 3:04:25The trouble with me, I started betting you heavy after you win 100 percent,
3:04:25 > 3:04:28and I rode you right into the fucking toilet.
3:04:28 > 3:04:32I do know what the problem is. I'm gonna take care of all this shit.
3:04:32 > 3:04:34Check this out.
3:04:34 > 3:04:37I'm Brandon Lang. I'm the kid who played and loved sports.
3:04:37 > 3:04:40I'm the kid who can pick the winners.
3:04:40 > 3:04:44Somewhere along the way, I lost something, I don't know what.
3:04:44 > 3:04:48I gotta go back to being me, back to being Brandon, and if I do -
3:04:48 > 3:04:50- You can pick again.- Of course.
3:04:50 > 3:04:54- Forget John Anthony. Burn the suits. - Mmm.
3:04:54 > 3:04:57My fault. I fucked with you.
3:04:57 > 3:05:00- Only two games. Two winners. - Mmm-hmm.
3:05:00 > 3:05:02- Two over-unders. - Right.
3:05:02 > 3:05:05We'll get you to crunch the numbers, sprinkle a little of the, er,
3:05:05 > 3:05:07Brandon magic.
3:05:07 > 3:05:10We'll get the salespeople burning up the phones.
3:05:10 > 3:05:15- Come Monday, we go four for four. - Four for four. How does that sound?
3:05:15 > 3:05:18- This is important.- I know. - Very.- Pressure doesn't help.
3:05:18 > 3:05:23- Let's go eat something.- Brandon's gotta stay and do some homework.
3:05:23 > 3:05:25The Brandon thing. See, I'm forgetting.
3:05:25 > 3:05:28Oh!
3:05:36 > 3:05:38Two games... Two games...
3:05:42 > 3:05:46Two games... Two games... Two games...
3:05:49 > 3:05:52People living in the zone. What does that mean?
3:06:27 > 3:06:29Brandon made these picks?
3:06:29 > 3:06:31You're looking at him.
3:06:31 > 3:06:36New York in the under. Tennessee in the over.
3:06:36 > 3:06:38Sell 'em high.
3:06:38 > 3:06:42"Hello and welcome. The Conference Championship game is under way."
3:06:42 > 3:06:44- Can I watch, Daddy? - Come to Daddy!
3:06:45 > 3:06:49- My angel. I need you to root for me. See that team?- Mmm.
3:06:49 > 3:06:51Those are the bad guys. We don't want them.
3:06:51 > 3:06:54We want the good guys. That's the blue team - New York.
3:06:54 > 3:06:57New York has gotta win by more than five points.
3:06:57 > 3:07:00Only, you gotta root for a low score, OK?
3:07:00 > 3:07:04Because both teams together have to make less than 42 points total.
3:07:04 > 3:07:08So it's New York, in under 42 points.
3:07:08 > 3:07:09Right?
3:07:09 > 3:07:12"Smith is lined on the right side. Changing the play."
3:07:12 > 3:07:16COMMENTARY CONTINUES
3:07:16 > 3:07:20"Robinson in motion to the left. Jones alone in the back field."
3:07:20 > 3:07:22MEN CHEER, SHOUT
3:07:22 > 3:07:25"Anderson..."
3:07:25 > 3:07:30"He's in the end zone. Touchdown New York. They take the early lead."
3:07:30 > 3:07:34"Midway through the second quarter, Atlanta down 10-0,
3:07:34 > 3:07:37"but they're making their first serious threat of the game."
3:07:37 > 3:07:41"He goes over the top! Touchdown Atlanta!"
3:07:41 > 3:07:44"10-7, and New York is on the move."
3:07:44 > 3:07:46"Cohn now back to throw."
3:07:46 > 3:07:48(MEN) He's over! He's over!
3:07:48 > 3:07:52"Simpson's got it! He fumbles it. He's in the end zone."
3:07:52 > 3:07:55"Touchdown. 17-7 New York."
3:07:55 > 3:07:58"We'll be right back."
3:07:58 > 3:07:59"Less than a minute to go."
3:07:59 > 3:08:03"New York just seconds away from their third trip to the big game."
3:08:03 > 3:08:06"New York score here and this game is all but over."
3:08:06 > 3:08:09"He's got Simpson. Touchdown New York!"
3:08:09 > 3:08:13"24-14 now."
3:08:13 > 3:08:14(ALL CHEER)
3:08:14 > 3:08:18"New York take on the winner of our next game, Kansas City-Tennessee."
3:08:18 > 3:08:21The boy is back. First of two, baby.
3:08:21 > 3:08:24COMMENTARY, EXCITED CHATTER
3:08:28 > 3:08:30"He puts it up for grabs. It's a Hail Mary."
3:08:30 > 3:08:32Knock it down!
3:08:32 > 3:08:36- Oh, no... - "A wall of blue shirts up there."
3:08:36 > 3:08:40"It is tipped in the air. It's still loose."
3:08:40 > 3:08:42- "It is bouncing all around." - Jesus!
3:08:42 > 3:08:45"And Peterson comes down with it."
3:08:45 > 3:08:48"He's at the 20."
3:08:48 > 3:08:53"Across the 10. Mackey dives at his ankles to keep him from the end."
3:08:53 > 3:08:58"We end on a meaningless touchdown. Unless you live in Las Vegas."
3:08:58 > 3:09:01"New York wins it 24-21..."
3:09:09 > 3:09:12"That wraps up our double-header playoff coverage,
3:09:12 > 3:09:18as Kansas City tops Tennessee 33-13 and heads for Super 40."
3:09:19 > 3:09:22I'm finished, Walter.
3:09:22 > 3:09:25That's great to hear.
3:09:25 > 3:09:29- Yeah. I'm done, man. - Yeah?
3:09:29 > 3:09:33I don't eat. I'm not sleeping.
3:09:33 > 3:09:37So, what are you trying to say? You got a little insomnia, indigestion, you're gonna quit?
3:09:37 > 3:09:39Hail Mary pass. These things happen.
3:09:39 > 3:09:43Listen to me, man, I'm telling you, it's over.
3:09:43 > 3:09:47What use is John Anthony gonna be to you now, anyway, huh?
3:09:47 > 3:09:49The streak he's been on?
3:09:49 > 3:09:52I'm not listening to this defeatist bullshit.
3:09:52 > 3:09:55Hot streaks go cold. Cold streaks go hot.
3:09:55 > 3:09:58They know you went 80 per cent for half a season.
3:09:58 > 3:10:01They'll remember as soon as you win a game.
3:10:01 > 3:10:03Then we go into March Madness...
3:10:03 > 3:10:06Next year, this time, this won't even be a memory.
3:10:06 > 3:10:08Who said anything about next year?
3:10:08 > 3:10:12You made a career choice, buddy, and I bankrolled it.
3:10:19 > 3:10:20OK?
3:10:20 > 3:10:22Let him go.
3:10:22 > 3:10:24Let him go?
3:10:24 > 3:10:27Of course you stick up for him. Of course.
3:10:27 > 3:10:30Oh, Walter...
3:10:30 > 3:10:33- Meaning what? - I don't know. Meaning what?
3:10:33 > 3:10:35Meaning whose side are you on?
3:10:37 > 3:10:41Well, I didn't realise I had to choose, Walter.
3:10:43 > 3:10:47Brandon, you're a champion, a champion goes down 86 times,
3:10:47 > 3:10:49he's up on the 87th.
3:10:49 > 3:10:52I'm not gonna let you stay down. No way.
3:10:52 > 3:10:56Because this is not about you! Or you!
3:10:56 > 3:10:59Or me. It's about your gift.
3:11:00 > 3:11:02Your gift transcends all this shit.
3:11:02 > 3:11:06Your gift is cosmic. It's metaphysic!
3:11:06 > 3:11:09It's eternal. It is God!
3:11:10 > 3:11:12Besides, we have a contract.
3:11:12 > 3:11:14SHE SIGHS
3:11:15 > 3:11:16Bullshit.
3:11:16 > 3:11:18Bullshit? Bullshit. Bullshit.
3:11:18 > 3:11:21Walter, you can't own someone.
3:11:21 > 3:11:25Who owns him? I created the greatest sports tout the country's ever seen.
3:11:25 > 3:11:28I hooked him up with every major client.
3:11:28 > 3:11:31I built a fucking television show around him.
3:11:31 > 3:11:33I took out full-page ads,
3:11:33 > 3:11:36I introduced him to the major clients of the world.
3:11:36 > 3:11:40I did that. I hooked you up with everybody.
3:11:40 > 3:11:43You think you can walk out, take that with you,
3:11:43 > 3:11:46leave me holding the fucking sack? Bullshit!
3:11:46 > 3:11:49I don't even know why I'm talking to you about this shit!
3:11:49 > 3:11:53This is between me and him. What are you doing here?!
3:11:53 > 3:11:57- Get out of here! - Don't talk to her like that, Walter.
3:11:57 > 3:12:01- It's between me and you. - It is between you and me.
3:12:01 > 3:12:03You tell me how to talk to my wife?
3:12:03 > 3:12:06You shut your fucking toilet when I'm talking to her.
3:12:06 > 3:12:10Leave. Leave, please, Brandon, go.
3:12:10 > 3:12:12Please, go. Leave.
3:12:13 > 3:12:15Listen to me, you sonofabitch.
3:12:15 > 3:12:19Don't you ever talk to me like that ever.
3:12:20 > 3:12:22I'm sorry.
3:12:25 > 3:12:27KNOCK AT DOOR
3:12:27 > 3:12:30Hey, Brandon. It's Walter.
3:12:30 > 3:12:34Don't get excited. All is forgiven.
3:12:34 > 3:12:37- (SLEEPILY) Hey... - Hey.
3:12:37 > 3:12:40- What time is it? - It's 6am.
3:12:40 > 3:12:45I gotta fly to Vegas, meet some clients - a hand-holding thing -
3:12:45 > 3:12:49keep them aboard for the last game, because you can do this.
3:12:49 > 3:12:52End of a season's the perfect place to turn a streak around.
3:12:52 > 3:12:56I'll be back tonight. We'll go out. We'll have a good meal,
3:12:56 > 3:13:00get you back in the groove again. 9.30, Nobu.
3:13:00 > 3:13:04We're turning it around. See you tonight.
3:13:10 > 3:13:12Hey, Brandon.
3:13:12 > 3:13:16Hey, Toni. I didn't know you were coming.
3:13:16 > 3:13:20Walter was delayed. He'll be back in the morning.
3:13:20 > 3:13:23Asked if I'd fill in.
3:13:23 > 3:13:25That's funny.
3:13:25 > 3:13:27He didn't call me.
3:13:30 > 3:13:33- You OK? - Yeah.
3:13:33 > 3:13:35Julia did her...
3:13:37 > 3:13:40SHE SIGHS
3:13:42 > 3:13:44SHE SNIFFS
3:13:44 > 3:13:46I'm sorry.
3:13:50 > 3:13:52He's gambling.
3:13:53 > 3:13:55- Yep. - Yeah.
3:13:56 > 3:13:59I just can't believe I'm here again.
3:13:59 > 3:14:02I just...
3:14:02 > 3:14:05I just can't believe it, and yet I saw it coming.
3:14:05 > 3:14:07I just couldn't stop it.
3:14:13 > 3:14:15I gotta win one more game.
3:14:16 > 3:14:19You can't fix this, Brandon.
3:14:19 > 3:14:22You can't fix it.
3:14:48 > 3:14:51Come here for a second.
3:14:51 > 3:14:54I'm gonna kiss you right now, OK?
3:14:54 > 3:14:56(Trust me on this.)
3:15:23 > 3:15:26OK, Daddy, open the present.
3:15:30 > 3:15:34Oh! Oh! Look at this!
3:15:34 > 3:15:39- It's so beautiful! - Daddy, not the paper! In there!
3:15:39 > 3:15:41Oh.
3:15:42 > 3:15:46Oh, man! Beautiful!
3:15:46 > 3:15:48Baby, this is beautiful.
3:15:48 > 3:15:50- Happy anniversary. - KNOCK AT DOOR
3:15:50 > 3:15:53- I'll get it. - OK.
3:15:53 > 3:15:57Oh, thank you, honey. What am I gonna do with this?
3:15:57 > 3:16:00- Dangerous thing to put in my hands. - Brandon!
3:16:00 > 3:16:02- Hello. - Hey! Look who's here!
3:16:02 > 3:16:05- You're back from Vegas. - Join the celebration.
3:16:05 > 3:16:07- What's going on? - Well,...
3:16:07 > 3:16:10..Toni and I were married 12 years ago today.
3:16:10 > 3:16:13- Congratulations. - Thanks.
3:16:13 > 3:16:17Angel, give Mommy her gift.
3:16:17 > 3:16:20- (HUMS CHOPIN'S FUNERAL MARCH) - Thank you.
3:16:23 > 3:16:26It's OK, baby. I saved for it.
3:16:26 > 3:16:29We got enough, believe me.
3:16:30 > 3:16:33We're not broke yet. Put 'em on.
3:16:33 > 3:16:35Come on.
3:16:35 > 3:16:37Let me see them.
3:16:37 > 3:16:38Ooh!
3:16:38 > 3:16:41I got beautiful taste, don't I?
3:16:41 > 3:16:43Brandon, I couldn't leave you out.
3:16:43 > 3:16:46It's sort of our anniversary, in a way.
3:16:47 > 3:16:49They're made for car racing.
3:16:49 > 3:16:53They guy who wore this won six straight times at Le Mans.
3:16:53 > 3:16:56Put it on. Maybe you'll start winning again.
3:16:56 > 3:16:59Walter, I can't take this.
3:16:59 > 3:17:01Why not?
3:17:01 > 3:17:03It's too much.
3:17:03 > 3:17:06We all love each other here, right? You're family.
3:17:06 > 3:17:09I'm like your father. You're like my son.
3:17:09 > 3:17:13That would make you his mother, wouldn't it, Toni?
3:17:15 > 3:17:17Oh, I said something wrong, didn't I?
3:17:17 > 3:17:20What are you doing? Keep 'em on.
3:17:20 > 3:17:22(SIGHS) They're for evening, Walter.
3:17:22 > 3:17:25So what? Wear 'em to bed. Come on.
3:17:25 > 3:17:28Brandon, I gotcha.
3:17:28 > 3:17:31- Who do you like in the big game? - Turn that off, Walter.
3:17:31 > 3:17:33Why, are you camera-shy?
3:17:33 > 3:17:36- Turn that off - - Hey, man, surprise me.
3:17:36 > 3:17:38We'll break it when we do the live TV show.
3:17:55 > 3:17:57"Coming up live on Sports Advisors,
3:17:57 > 3:18:00"John Anthony has his Super Forty selections."
3:18:00 > 3:18:03"It's live and it's next."
3:18:03 > 3:18:07I know he's supposed to be here. He's in the bathroom.
3:18:14 > 3:18:18- KNOCK AT DOOR - Two minutes till we go live.
3:18:18 > 3:18:20HE VOMITS
3:18:20 > 3:18:22What the hell is he doing?
3:18:36 > 3:18:40Heads - New York. Tails - Kansas City.
3:18:40 > 3:18:43Heads - over, tails - under.
3:18:44 > 3:18:46John Anthony!
3:18:53 > 3:18:57- Here he is.- 40 seconds, gentlemen, till we're live.- 40 seconds.
3:18:57 > 3:19:00Come on, come on, come on.
3:19:03 > 3:19:07- We're at 30. - New York, minus one and a half,
3:19:07 > 3:19:09and the over, 36.
3:19:09 > 3:19:12Wanna know about those picks?
3:19:12 > 3:19:14- 20 seconds to air. - Hold on.
3:19:14 > 3:19:17What should I know about them?
3:19:17 > 3:19:20I flipped a coin to decide.
3:19:22 > 3:19:25- Ten... - Push it all the way, Southie.
3:19:26 > 3:19:30And five, four, three,
3:19:30 > 3:19:32two...
3:19:32 > 3:19:36"Live from the WDIX Studios high above Manhattan,
3:19:36 > 3:19:38"here's your host, Walter Abrams."
3:19:38 > 3:19:41Hello, everybody, and welcome to the big weekend.
3:19:41 > 3:19:45Never before in the history of this industry
3:19:45 > 3:19:49has an offer been made like the one I'm about to present to you now.
3:19:49 > 3:19:53I am so confident in John Anthony's picks for this Sunday,
3:19:53 > 3:19:58I'm so sure of the skills he's brought to bear,
3:19:58 > 3:20:01and so anxious for you to get on the phone
3:20:01 > 3:20:03and dial the toll-free number on your screen
3:20:03 > 3:20:06that for the first time in sports service history,
3:20:06 > 3:20:11I am going to guarantee our picks this weekend.
3:20:11 > 3:20:14- What's that mean? - What does that mean?
3:20:14 > 3:20:19It means this - you tell us how much you're betting with your bookie.
3:20:20 > 3:20:23You lose, we cover.
3:20:24 > 3:20:27You heard me right. That's risk-free.
3:20:27 > 3:20:32Let's go to the oracle, God's gift, John Anthony.
3:20:32 > 3:20:35Wow. That's all I can say.
3:20:35 > 3:20:39The phones are gonna be flooded, Walter, and they should be.
3:20:39 > 3:20:44John, why don't you run down the pitfalls facing the average better?
3:20:44 > 3:20:49When you think about it, a game this huge, all the added dynamics...
3:20:49 > 3:20:52Without your expertise,
3:20:52 > 3:20:56I guess the average better might as well just flip a coin.
3:20:56 > 3:20:58Walter!
3:20:58 > 3:21:01No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
3:21:01 > 3:21:06Hang on. You can't guarantee that they're gonna win. That's insane.
3:21:06 > 3:21:10If you can flip a coin to make a pick, I can guarantee the game.
3:21:10 > 3:21:14- What if we lose? - Ah, fuck it. I'm ruined anyway.
3:21:14 > 3:21:18Look, man. Cover your ass, alright. At least cap the thing out, right?
3:21:18 > 3:21:23- Oh, Brandon, can't you feel it? - What?- Can't you just feel it?
3:21:23 > 3:21:28- I have no idea what you're talking about.- I think you do.
3:21:28 > 3:21:32The best part of the best drug in the world ain't the high.
3:21:32 > 3:21:35It's the moment just before you take it.
3:21:35 > 3:21:37The dice are dancing on the table.
3:21:38 > 3:21:41Between now and the time they stop,
3:21:41 > 3:21:43that's the greatest high in the world.
3:21:45 > 3:21:49Made up your mind yet? Are you crazy? It's the last minute, buddy!
3:21:49 > 3:21:52New York's the one-and-a-half point favourite, the over and under is 36.
3:21:52 > 3:21:56Bet New York in the over. Come on, it's a fucking lock.
3:21:56 > 3:21:58It's New York in the over.
3:21:58 > 3:22:01Parlay it, tease it, whatever. It's guaranteed.
3:22:01 > 3:22:05- Our reputation is the guarantee. - Tammy!- I'm coming.
3:22:05 > 3:22:0728 years in the business, we're not going anywhere.
3:22:07 > 3:22:09Can we please get some air in here?
3:22:12 > 3:22:15OK, that's it. Kill the phones. Come on.
3:22:15 > 3:22:17Right now. Let's go, let's go.
3:22:17 > 3:22:20(TV) "They come from New York and Kansas City."
3:22:20 > 3:22:23"The opening kick-off is next."
3:22:28 > 3:22:33"We are under way in Super 40. It's a high end over ender."
3:22:33 > 3:22:35"Down the middle. Jackson gets it."
3:22:35 > 3:22:39"Tries to angle over to the right. Stripped away..."
3:22:39 > 3:22:43ALL YELL "Kansas City comes up with it."
3:22:43 > 3:22:46"Harris now. Turns the corner. Clear path."
3:22:46 > 3:22:50- "Boy! He'll take it the distance. Touchdown, Kansas City."- Shit.
3:22:50 > 3:22:53- "Looks over the middle." - He's open.
3:22:53 > 3:22:56"Guns one over the middle. Simpson on the completion."
3:22:56 > 3:22:59"It's second and 15. Setting up. He's got time again."
3:22:59 > 3:23:02- Go, go. - "Intercepted!"
3:23:02 > 3:23:06- What the fuck is that? - "Dawkins finds a wave of blockers."
3:23:06 > 3:23:10"He's going to go the distance. Touchdown Kansas City."
3:23:10 > 3:23:13"14-nothing, Kansas City over New York."
3:23:14 > 3:23:17"New York's got it now for the third time in the game."
3:23:17 > 3:23:20COMMENTARY FADES
3:23:21 > 3:23:24Oh, man. You better hold on to that coin you flipped.
3:23:24 > 3:23:28If this game keeps up like this, I'm gonna have to borrow it.
3:23:28 > 3:23:30It's not over yet, Walter.
3:23:30 > 3:23:33- I wouldn't change my bet. - Hmn?
3:24:12 > 3:24:16"Hand-off goes to the second man through. It's Jones."
3:24:16 > 3:24:20"He's got room. Downfield he goes. Will anybody catch him?"
3:24:20 > 3:24:22ALL YELL
3:24:23 > 3:24:27"That makes it 14-7, Kansas City."
3:24:28 > 3:24:33"Kansas scores on the eight-play drive. 32-yard run."
3:24:33 > 3:24:38"That's the end of the third quarter. It's Kansas City 21, New York 10."
3:24:39 > 3:24:41"Black to throw once again."
3:24:42 > 3:24:46- Let's go! - "Beats the safety. He's in."
3:24:46 > 3:24:48Alright!
3:24:49 > 3:24:53"It's Kansas City 21, New York 17."
3:24:53 > 3:24:57- Where's Brandon?- I don't know. - Where's Brandon?
3:24:59 > 3:25:01We're back in it, babe!
3:25:01 > 3:25:04New York touchdown and we win both bets!
3:25:04 > 3:25:07Hey!
3:25:07 > 3:25:09Hey, Brandon?
3:25:23 > 3:25:25- He left. - I know.
3:25:25 > 3:25:28You didn't tell me?
3:25:31 > 3:25:35How about that? No goodbye, no...
3:25:35 > 3:25:38- No nothing. - I'm sure it's all in the letter.
3:25:38 > 3:25:42I'm sure it is. I wonder what's not in here.
3:25:43 > 3:25:46What do you mean?
3:25:46 > 3:25:48What do you mean, what do I mean?
3:25:48 > 3:25:51He had enough. He wanted his life back.
3:25:51 > 3:25:56- He said that to you? - Well, loud and clear, by leaving.
3:25:57 > 3:26:02- I think it was something else. - Yeah? Tell me.
3:26:02 > 3:26:08- You know.- No. - You have no idea?
3:26:10 > 3:26:15- You're missing the game, Walter. - Oh, no. This is the game.
3:26:15 > 3:26:17(TV) "Hand-off to Jones."
3:26:17 > 3:26:21"He's on the right side. He's got some room. He's dropped inbounds."
3:26:21 > 3:26:23Nice.
3:26:23 > 3:26:25I guess Brandon was homesick. I don't know.
3:26:25 > 3:26:28Or maybe he had such deep feelings for me
3:26:28 > 3:26:32that he couldn't face saying goodbye.
3:26:35 > 3:26:37Wait a minute.
3:26:40 > 3:26:44I just got an idea. Just came to me out of the blue.
3:26:45 > 3:26:48What about this?
3:26:49 > 3:26:53Brandon didn't tell me he was gonna leave because...
3:26:54 > 3:26:56..you let him fuck you.
3:26:59 > 3:27:03"Rolls onto the left side. Over the middle. It's complete."
3:27:03 > 3:27:05"Kansas City."
3:27:05 > 3:27:07Oh, God.
3:27:07 > 3:27:09You deny it?
3:27:09 > 3:27:13Oh, my God. Do I have to, Walter?
3:27:14 > 3:27:18- You know you did. - Another lock of the year?
3:27:18 > 3:27:23I saw you, Toni. I saw you and him that night.
3:27:23 > 3:27:28- I never went to Vegas.- You mean you lied to me about the trip.
3:27:28 > 3:27:32- Don't talk to me about lying. - You had the whole thing set up.
3:27:32 > 3:27:34Oh, don't make this about me.
3:27:34 > 3:27:38- Just put me out there on a tray? - I put a tray out there.
3:27:38 > 3:27:43You didn't have to shove a fucking apple in your mouth and sit on it!
3:27:43 > 3:27:47"..Edwards once again. He's got it! Kansas City - 23."
3:27:47 > 3:27:51- Admit it! - You played me, Walter.
3:27:51 > 3:27:53You're fuckin' A I did.
3:27:54 > 3:27:57It worked. Didn't it?
3:27:58 > 3:28:01"With eight seconds left, New York's final time-out."
3:28:01 > 3:28:05- Brandon was right. - But you don't deny it?
3:28:05 > 3:28:07It's the best pick he ever made.
3:28:07 > 3:28:10I don't know what that means.
3:28:10 > 3:28:14"Deep drop. Sets up in the pocket. Fires over the middle."
3:28:14 > 3:28:19"So after everything, it all comes down to one final play."
3:28:21 > 3:28:25You were gambling with me that night, Walter. With me!
3:28:25 > 3:28:28Brandon knew it because he knew you.
3:28:28 > 3:28:31He told me he was sure you were watching somehow.
3:28:31 > 3:28:34He asked me to spend the night and put on a show for you.
3:28:34 > 3:28:39But I didn't believe him, Walter. Oh, God, I didn't believe him.
3:28:39 > 3:28:43After all we've been through... I figured, "What the hell?"
3:28:43 > 3:28:47He slipped out the back, no big deal. He never even stayed here.
3:28:47 > 3:28:49And you...
3:28:49 > 3:28:52You were in such a good mood the next day.
3:28:52 > 3:28:55I figured, "Thank God, he must've been wrong
3:28:55 > 3:28:57"otherwise, why wouldn't he confront us?"
3:28:57 > 3:29:00Oh, Walter.
3:29:00 > 3:29:02"So it all boils down to this."
3:29:02 > 3:29:07"Can New York find the end zone? This is what players dream of -
3:29:07 > 3:29:10"the chance to win it on the final snap."
3:29:10 > 3:29:15You wanted to lose! Like I was something you could toss away!
3:29:15 > 3:29:17Only we booked your bet, Walter.
3:29:17 > 3:29:21He evidently loved you more than you love yourself.
3:29:22 > 3:29:25"Spreads the defence. Drops back. Here comes the pressure."
3:29:25 > 3:29:27"He bounces to the right."
3:29:27 > 3:29:31Your fantasy is to end up alone with nothing!
3:29:33 > 3:29:37I won't let that happen. Understand? I will never let that happen to you.
3:29:37 > 3:29:40"He's on the run. Picks up a big block downfield."
3:29:40 > 3:29:44This is real, Walter. You and me and Julia, we're all that's real.
3:29:47 > 3:29:48"One man to beat."
3:29:48 > 3:29:51This is it, Walter.
3:29:51 > 3:29:55"He goes airborne. Does he get in?"
3:29:57 > 3:30:00"Touchdown, New York!" ALL CHEER
3:30:06 > 3:30:09MUTED SPEECH
3:31:00 > 3:31:02WHISTLE BLOWS
3:31:04 > 3:31:07CHEERLEADERS CHANT
3:31:07 > 3:31:09Come over here with me!
3:31:09 > 3:31:13This side, this side, this side. Right in front of me, right here.
3:31:13 > 3:31:15Take a knee, take a knee.
3:31:15 > 3:31:19We got a tough team we're playing today, y'all know that.
3:31:19 > 3:31:24Now, the most important thing we're gonna do today is have fun.
3:31:24 > 3:31:28Have some serious fun. We're gonna play loose and enjoy ourselves.
3:31:28 > 3:31:31We're gonna play this wonderful game of football.
3:31:31 > 3:31:33- Do we wanna win? - (ALL) Yeah!
3:31:33 > 3:31:35- What are we gonna do, play? - (ALL) Play!
3:31:35 > 3:31:38- Huh?- (ALL) Play! - Ah, let's go do it!
3:31:38 > 3:31:40ALL CHEER
3:31:45 > 3:31:48What's going on, chief?
3:31:48 > 3:31:51Coach, do you really think we can win today?
3:31:51 > 3:31:54Ho... I'd bet on it.
3:32:05 > 3:32:07# Standing on the top of the edge
3:32:07 > 3:32:10# It feels like it's going down
3:32:10 > 3:32:12# Everything stays in my mind
3:32:12 > 3:32:15# Feeling in a daze on the ground
3:32:15 > 3:32:20# Feels like it's gonna give Life's too hard to live any more
3:32:20 > 3:32:24# I think I've had enough things too tough
3:32:24 > 3:32:26# I'm out the door
3:32:26 > 3:32:29# All in all, it's just another day now
3:32:29 > 3:32:32# You're falling down What are you gonna do?
3:32:32 > 3:32:34# Standing on top of the world tonight
3:32:34 > 3:32:37# No-one's looking back at you
3:32:37 > 3:32:39# Stand tall
3:32:39 > 3:32:42# It's going on, it's going on
3:32:42 > 3:32:45# It's gonna be just fine
3:32:45 > 3:32:48# You're holding on, holding on today
3:32:58 > 3:33:03# Things don't stop and the others announced they're moving on
3:33:03 > 3:33:05# Salt and tears in the minds
3:33:05 > 3:33:08# And the mouths of a bad decision
3:33:08 > 3:33:11# Too late for another mistake
3:33:11 > 3:33:13# It's bringing you down
3:33:13 > 3:33:16# With all your faults, it isn't your fault
3:33:16 > 3:33:19# What's going on? #