The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 32 - Night Time on Mars
Series: The Tobolowsky Files
From: David Chen
Length: 00:51:30
The final reveal of the magic act in Buffalo: A date with Faye, the art of the boilermaker, and a new respect for Plan B.
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Timing and Cues
00:00:00 - “Jersey Girl” by Tom Waits
00:00:28 - Intro by David Chen, introduces Stephen by referencing his role as Lars Balthazar in the television series “True Jackson, V.P.”
00:01:38 - David references the television series “I Love Lucy”
00:03:13 - Stephen references the two previous Tobolowsky Files episodes, “Plan B” and “The City of Illusions”
00:03:34 - Story 1 in-cue: “I had just opened “The Miss Firecracker Contest”...”
00:10:12 - Stephen mentions, “‘Stephen, would you like a drink?’ I nodded and said, ‘Uh, martini?’ Faye turned back to the owner, ‘A pitcher of martinis...”
00:12:16 - Stephen references the film “Love Hollywood Style”
00:14:36 - Story 1 out-cue: “The high price of beauty is the memory of beauty itself.” Music fades up, “Jersey Girl” by Tom Waits
00:15:36 - Story 2 in-cue, music fades down: “One of the unexpected rewards of that night with Faye Dunaway...”
00:15:50 - Stephen mentions, “...quite enchanted by the evening, and the martinis...”
00:18:12 - Stephen mentions, “...a Lucky Strike dangling from his lips...”
00:19:13 - Stephen mentions, “...where Bob taught me about boilermakers. So simple, Irish whiskey and beer [...] you could drink it neat with the Irish whiskey on the side, you can drink it Irish where you pour the whiskey into the pint of beer, you could do the depth charge where you drop the whole shot glass of whiskey into the pint...”
00:19:43 - Stephen mentions, “...I would smoke Lucky Strikes.”
00:19:51 - Stephen mentions, “...and bought us some boilermakers.”
00:20:45 - Stephen mentions, “...you swing as hard as you want and you could never hit me.”
00:21:12 - Stephen mentions, “...if you hit me you get five hundred dollars.”
00:22:22 - Stephen mentions, “Bob lit another Lucky Strike...”
00:23:30 - Stephen mentions, “We sat back down at the table and had boilermakers...”
00:25:00 - Stephen mentions, “I drank a bit of my boilermaker and smiled.”
00:25:10 - Story 2 out-cue: “Bob smiled back and said, ‘I know you will, bro. I know you will.’” Music fades up, “Jersey Girl” by Tom Waits
00:25:56 - Story 3 in-cue, music fades down: “I have a confession to make...”
00:26:50 - Stephen mentions, “Yeah, it’s a (Censored) but they all die pretty quick.”
00:28:04 - Stephen references the film “The Elephant Man”
00:29:52 - Stephen references the film “Night of the Living Dead”
00:32:23 - Stephen mentions, “...we just stayed at the theatre bar and drank.”
00:34:36 - Stephen mentions, “How long do they think a penis is?”
00:34:48 - Stephen mentions, “...handed me an Irish whiskey to calm me down...”
00:41:06 - Story 3 out-cue: “I could use it as a blanket to keep me warm at night.” Music fades up, “Jersey Girl” by Tom Waits
00:41:29 - Outro with David Chen: “That was ‘Night Time on Mars’...”
00:46:56 - Stephen mentions, “...on the judge’s crotch.”
00:51:01 - Music fades up, “Jersey Girl” by Tom Waits
00:51:29 - End
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Girl | Tom Waits | Heartattack and Vine. | Asylum Records | 1980 | 05:11 |
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