♪♪
Narrator: Coming up, why is q raging against the machine?
[ laughter ]
Narrator: Do sal and mur have dance fever?
[ laughter ]
And which losing joker will be in puppet purgatory
In tonight's punishment?
[ laughter ]
Sal: Prepare for something amazing.
Q: Hey, mustache, what's up?
[ laughter ]
Murr: Like a boss!
[ laughter ]
Sal: I will never forgive you!
Joe: Larry!
[ laughter ]
Q: Oh, not the monkeys.
Today, these beautiful faces
Will be the first beautiful faces
The people see when they walk into the office.
That's right, but working as receptionists,
We've got to do and say what the other guys tell us.
If you refuse to do or say anything, you lose.
♪♪
Q: Okay! Joey, joey.
Yeah. Pick up the phone.
Be on the phone when this person walks in.
"hey, look, if it was up to me, I'd drown it."
Look, if it was up to me, I'd just drown it.
I'll bury it in the morning.
I just bury it in the morning.
Hi. Welcome. [ laughter ]
How are you, sheriff anthony banana?
Are you sheriff anthony banana?
I'm not.
Sorry. Wrong challenge.
[ laughter ]
I'm sorry. It's -- that's the wrong challenge.
[ laughter ]
Q: Alright, joe, without using any words at all,
Get him to stand up and do a twirl for you
And then sit back.
[ laughs ] if you got this, man...
If you get this...
[ inhales deeply ]
Um...
[ stammers, stifles chuckle ]
[ laughter ]
♪♪
[ laughter ]
♪♪
I don't know why I bother to try!
Joe, say to him, "you know, uh, I recently got a nose job."
I recently got a nose job.
A nose job? Ah.
Didn't take.
Well, it didn't take.
I look like a toucan.
I kind of, you know --
My friends call me the italian toucan.
So, I was like, "oh, maybe I'll get it fixed,"
And then the doctors couldn't do anything about it.
My nose is too far gone.
[ laughter ]
Sal: Joe, joe, just go,
"they had to get rid of the fish tank."
I'm sorry that this is so bare in here.
They had to get rid of the fish tank.
Sal: "on account of me almost drowning."
They had to get -- they had to get rid of it.
I used to be, like, right here where this magazine rack is.
Oh, okay. But I almost drowned.
We trying to play with the fish?
No. I was trying to get in.
Q: I dropped my cellphone in it.
I dropped my cellphone in, and I was like,
"oh, I got to get it," so I went in and...
"I don't I don't swim." ...I don't swim.
And next thing you know,
I'm knee deep up into this yellow tang fish.
You know -- did you ever see "finding dory"?
Yes. Not that one.
The other one.
The other fish.
What was the other -- the other fish?
Not -- not dory.
The little orange one.
Sal: Like, a marlin.
[ laughter ]
A full 6-foot marlin.
[ chuckling ] we had -- we had a full 6-foot marlin.
[ laughs ] in this tank.
[ laughter ]
He basically bounced off one side of the tank to the other.
And my cellphone fell in,
And I had to go up against this marlin,
And I'm not gonna lose my cellphone.
Sal: The sea was angry that day.
The sea was -- [laughs] the sea was angry that day.
It must have been a pretty traumatic experience.
For the marlin.
[ laughter ]
There's a good 10, 15 seconds where I didn't know
How I was going to turn out, if I'm gonna be honest
With each other. Q: And I loved that marlin, too.
And I loved that marlin.
Murr: Marlin and me.
It was marlin and me.
Yeah.
[ laughter ] [ ding! ]
♪♪
Joe: Q, you're gonna have somebody coming in in a minute.
Just tell them to take a seat anywhere, of course,
Except the memorial seat that you see right there.
R.I.P. Johnny calabash. R.I.P., baby.
A little crossover with dinner party
You guys put together here today.
Here we go.
Hello. Hi. Hi!
Uh, please have a seat anywhere you like,
Except for the memorial chair, of course. Okay.
Obviously. Thank you.
This was recent? Ooh, very recent, yeah.
Morning shift.
Aw.
They came in here and brought all that in.
What happened? He was in a focus group...
Joe: And he was doing great. ...And he was doing great.
Then, all of a sudden...
All of a sudden... ...Out of nowhere...
...He made funny noises...
...He made, like, funny noises... ...Fell to the floor...
...Flipped over...
...Died.
[ laughter ] yeah.
That was today?
That was today.
[ laughter ]
[ whirring ]
Is the automatic vacuum coming out?
You hate it.
[ chuckles ]
It's your job to clean up.
It's my job to keep this area clean.
-Murr: Un-oh! -Joe: Un-oh!
[ laughter ]
He's got flip-flops on!
He can't be -- oh!
Watch your foot!
You got toes out.
You didn't think anybody was gonna see those flip-flops, huh?
[ laughter ]
I can't believe how much you destroyed that thing.
[ laughter continues ]
"they'll be right with you, arianna."
Excuse me. They're gonna be right with you.
Uh...
[ laughter ]
They're gonna be right...
"miss grande."
[ laughter ]
Sal: "hello, starbucks."
Hey, starbucks. Yeah, uh...
I'll have a grande.
[ laughter ]
Okay, guys.
I can't do it, guys.
Well, I'll give you another one. We'll give you another one.
Murr: Yeah, we'll give you another one, buddy.
"now that's your real hair, then?"
[ laughter ]
Hey, it's me again.
So, we got a third strike on this.
[ laughter ]
Yeah, we'll give you one more. We'll give you one more.
Sal: Sure.
I was squatting over a handheld mirror the other day.
I didn't like what I saw.
[ laughter ] sal: Okay. Sure.
Murr: Oh, yeah. There's no way.
You're not saying it, right?
I'm assuming you're not saying it.
You can put it right here.
[ buzzer! ] [ laughter ]
Joe: Alright, murr.
The first thing I want you to say to her is,
"where the hell did you get that haircut?
It's [bleep] awesome."
[ laughter ]
Where the hell did you get that [bleep] haircut?
It's awesome.
[ laughter ]
Oh. Thanks.
Sal: Now get up, walk around,
And change that sign in front to zero.
The sign being the one that says,
"it has been this many days
Since a woman has been in his office."
Just change this real quick...
Okay.
[ laughter ]
For some reason,
We've been doing nothing but male-based focus groups.
They had gillette, shaving cream for men.
Hang and dangle. [ chuckles ]
Have you heard of hang and dangle,
The clothing line?
Do you know the -- the men's -- the clothing --
They're the men's clothing company.
What was it? Hanging dangle.
[ laughter ] hang and dangle.
Hang and dangle.
It's like a male lululemon.
It's like... [ laughter ]
It's like a male lululemon. Okay.
You know? Hang and dangle.
[ laughter ]
Joe: Oh, let me just set a reminder real quick.
Let me set a reminder.
Hey, siri. Hey, siri.
Remind me to pick mom up... Remind me to pick mom up...
...From the doctor tomorrow... ...From the doctor tomorrow...
...At 12:00. ...At 12:00 p.M.
Siri: Okay.
I'll remind you to dick mom up at the doctor tomorrow
At 12:00. Sal: "dick mom up."
Didn't realize I have it connected to bluetooth.
Let me...
Hey, siri, pick mom up from the doctor.
Okay.
I'll remind you to dick mom up at the doctor tomorrow
At 12:00.
[ stammers ] yeah.
Hey, siri, pick mom up from the doctor.
Pick mom up -- okay.
I'll remind you to dick mom up at the doctor tomorrow
At 12:00.
Alright. I guess I'm dicking up mom.
I guess I'm dicking up --
[ laughter ]
Alright. I guess I'm dicking up mom.
[ laughter ]
[ ding! ] joe: There it is!
Alright, boys. Sal's up.
Murr: Here we go, buddy. Q: Quick question.
Is there any reason you couldn't be soaking wet today?
Here, let me ask you a question.
Is there any reason
That you couldn't be soaking wet today?
Soaking wet.
I mean...
I probably could
If it was for, like, a focus group.
Okay. "probably could."
So, business, not personal.
[ laughter ]
So -- so, business --
So, business, not personal.
Yeah. [ laughs ] yeah. Yeah.
Sally, I hid some peanuts and an inhaler behind the desk.
You see them?
I want you to pop in some peanuts,
And after each one,
Almost have an allergic reaction that kills you.
Here he goes.
[ groans ] [ laughter ]
Murr: Oh, no!
[ gags ]
[ laughter ]
Q: Your throat's closing up, bud.
You okay?
♪♪
Close one. [ laughter ]
Q: Keep going.
I -- I'm allergic, but I love them so much.
That might not be good.
[ laughter ]
♪♪
[ inhales deeply ]
[ laughter ] you're a glutton for punishment.
I used to not be able to have them at all,
But then when I --
[ groans ] ...When I --
[ coughs ]
Joe: He's choking for real.
Are you choking for real? Yeah. [ coughs ]
[ laughter ]
[ inhales sharply ]
[ screeching in distance ] murr: Uh-oh!
Are those monkeys screaming again in the kitchen?
Q: Oh, not the monkeys.
Joe: Go get those monkey, sal.
Uh-oh!
Go silence them.
♪♪
[ screeching in distance ] murr: Uh-oh!
Are those monkeys screaming again in the kitchen?
Q: Oh, not the monkeys.
-Go get those monkey, sal. -Uh-oh!
Give me one second.
Go silence them.
Enough! Enough! [ screeching stops ]
Go back up.
[ laughter ] that was so loud.
[ sighs ]
It's gonna be a problem anymore.
They're actually taking the focus group test,
The monkeys.
[ laughter ]
The monkeys are taking their own focus group test.
Oh.
What type of focus group are they testing?
You know the way they figured out that monkeys like bananas?
Well, you know the way they figured out
That monkeys like bananas?
Monkey focus groups.
Oh, okay. Yeah.
You know, elephants and peanuts?
Elephants and peanuts. Focus groups. Yeah, yeah.
-Shark, surfers. -What was the other one?
Sharks, surfers. Oh, wow.
We never knew it till the focus group.
[ chuckles ] jeez.
I can't even wait till they get fully licensed.
[ laughter ]
[ ding! ] joe: There you go, buddy.
Narrator: Q got stuck in the waiting room,
So he's first up on the loser board.
Today, we're teaming up at jay sweets,
Giving presentations about event planning
To a room full of everyday folks.
That doesn't sound easy. It's not easy, sal,
Because the presentation's been made by the other guys.
And even though we're on the same team,
One guy will be giving the presentation
And the other guy will play an attendee
That's trying to help him make sense of it all.
At the end, we'll ask by show of hands,
Did anybody learn anything?
And the team with the least amount of hands raised loses.
-It won't be easy. -Doesn't sound easy?
It's not easy.
♪♪
Hey, how are you doing?
Oh, no, q's back!
[ laughs ] q's back!
I forgot about this character.
Thanks so much. My name is joe, and I'm an event planner.
We made these slides. They've never seen them.
Q has to back up everything joe says.
Here we go.
Maya sol party planning. That's me.
We've done hundreds -- hundreds of events.
[ laughs ] "over 42." he has hundreds.
Okay? Utilize your guests.
Get the fun started by encouraging
The most attractive guests in the room to participate.
Wait. What? [ sal and murr laugh ]
What an icebreaker! It's an ice breaker.
Now we all get to argue
Whether this is even a good question to ask.
-Yeah. -I think we all know it's not.
[ both laugh ] oh!
Okay. Alright. We'll -- we'll move on.
In my honest opinion,
Providing wheelchair accessibility
Is not something to focus on.
[ both laugh ]
Good. Thank you for not letting him get away
With wheelchair accessibility doesn't matter.
Q: Well, there's laws in place, right?
The state and local laws should have already focused on that.
That's already -- that's already taken care of.
I took it to mean that you wouldn't even throw an event
At a place that wasn't wheelchair accessible.
-Yes. -Gotcha.
Oh, they justified. [ groans ]
Okay?
Be a beacon of professionalism.
So, guys, here's a real-life experience I had to deal with.
"year: Two-thou 9."
I was in piscataway.
Organized a retirement party.
So the guy's wife pulls me aside
And makes it very clear she has an attraction to me.
What do I do? I resist the urge.
I stay professional, and I dm her after the event.
[ sal and murr laugh ]
She's not a client anymore after the event's over.
That's right.
Just to live my life.
You know, take a shot.
[ laughs ]
Let's check the next one.
People you should not expect a tip from.
[ sal laughs ]
The elderly.
Never.
Indians.
[ sal and murr laugh ] [ audience murmurs ]
No, that's because, in india,
Tipping's considered a bit of an insult. Joe: Right.
Good job, q.
Okay.
Native americans. Girls. Irish girls.
-Wow... -[ sal and murr laugh ]
Blacks.
Hispanic girls.
Hispanic gays.
Hispanics.
Straights.
Anyone.
Never expect a tip. Q: Wow!
So, what I was doing here was to take you down a path
To be like, "don't judge."
There's one more. Don't expect it from anyone?
[ remote clips ]
-"egypts"? -Egypts.
[ sal and murr laugh ]
Egypts!
So, now by show of hands, who feels they learned
Something of value today?
One, two, three, four.
[ ding! ] wow!
Alright, man. Come on.
Joe: Alright. Here we go.
Murr: Alright, guys.
I go around the country,
Teaching people how to plan events well.
We've made the presentation for them.
It's murr's job to sell it, and it's sal's job
To help turn the crowd. To cheerlead.
Yeah. He's the cheerleader.
Okay. Tips to make your party a success.
Make a timeline.
This is critical, okay?
11:00 a.M. -- Clean, set up the event space.
3:00 p.M. -- Prep the food.
Calm down with a wine or an edible,
Well, you choose. [ laughter ]
I like that you're real. That's real talk.
'cause I'm into edibles.
I'm into wine. There you go.
[ both laugh ] moving on.
Get on board with bastille day.
Okay?
[ laughter ]
Murr: Get on board with bastille day.
Okay?
[ laughter ]
Bastille day is the sleeper event of the decade.
I just went to France for the first time.
-Is that right? -Yeah.
It's their fourth of July.
It is the party of a century.
Sal: And especially over there.
We're just learning about it now, I think.
And, obviously, our democracy is based on the french democracy.
I mean, obviously.
[ both laugh ]
I'm learning so much about even planning.
[ both laugh ]
We'll move on.
Food is a must at any event you throw.
Now a helpful tip.
Remove the skin and membrane of the animal
Prior to serving his flesh.
[ q and joe laugh ]
Yeah, you don't want a mouthful of membrane.
I've had it, and it's not --
If you don't know -- if it's not prepared
The right way or whatever... Joe: Look at the woman!
...It could be pretty insane.
Sometimes, it's nice to get a chicken nugget.
You know what I'm saying?
[ q and joe laugh ]
Okay.
Get the word out about your event.
90% of people do not go to events
That they do not know about, right?
Comparatively, only 26.2% of americans
Celebrate bastille day.
Right? Let that sink -- [ patriotic music plays ]
Let it sink in.
[ q and joe laugh ]
[ laughs ]
Q: Look, murray can't keep it together.
[ q and joe laugh ]
Joe: Look at sal!
Sal can't even --
Murr: There you go!
That's what bastille day is about.
[ laughter ]
It's that bastille [bleep].
We might have [bleep] up.
[ patriotic music continues ]
[ q and joe laugh ]
The music's just playing.
Still playing.
Murr: Come on! [ q and joe laugh ]
There you go.
By show of hands, how many of you feel
You've learned something of value today?
One, two, three, four, five.
Alright! I will take that.
[ ding! ] damn it!
Narrator: Joe and q crashed this party,
Making q tonight's big loser.
Q's our big loser.
We're all at home,
But, q, you don't have the day off.
If you don't mind, we need you to run
A couple of errands for us today.
No, I mind. I do mind them
I'm hanging out in my robe. I'm with benjamin cat.
It's a day off. I mind a lot, actually.
Sure, q, but that's not how this works.
So, here's what we need you to do.
There's a car waiting for you in the lot of our high school,
And that's all I can really speak on right now.
Yeah, you won't be able to miss the car.
We promise. [ laughter ]
Q: Alright. Let me get dressed, I guess.
♪♪
♪ drive, drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪
We're like the muppets right now.
How many songs do they play?
One song? ♪ two, three, four, five ♪
[ laughs ] oh!
Look, is the plan to make me drive the car off the road?
♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪ I feel like I ate mushrooms.
[ indistinct singing ] [ cellphone rings ]
[ singing continues ]
[ laughing ] you [bleep] son of a bitch!
This is going to drive me insane.
Sorry, but you lost. Why me?
Give this to sal.
Why did you make me come here?
Well, I'm hungry.
I need you to bring me some food.
Oh, my god. Is that it?
I'm driving around delivering food,
While this shit plays in the back?
You're "qubereats."
Alright. What do you want to eat?
One of my favorite restaurants, unfortunately,
Is midtown manhattan.
Veggie grill.
You want me to drive into manhattan with this shit?!
[ laughs ] I mean, you should take their advice, buddy.
You got a long day ahead of you.
You should drive, drive, drive --
Alright. Alright. I'm hanging up on you.
Goodbye. I'll see you in about three hours.
Yeah, goodbye. Let's drive, drive, drive.
♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪ here we go.
This is gonna be a long day.
I'm going to buy into this,
And I'm gonna try and enjoy this song
For as long as I can.
At least there's no traffic.
♪ four, five ♪
♪ let's drive, drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪
[ laughs ] hey!
Just cruising around the greatest city in the world.
♪ four, five ♪
With a bunch of singing puppets.
♪ drive, drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
[ faintly ] ♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪
Oh, my god. Let's get this food and get it to gatto.
[ ding! ]
Now we're headed to joe gatto's house.
Hour, 45, two hours away,
So do me a favor, guys.
Keep singing this [bleep] song the entire way.
♪ drive ♪
♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪
This is the worst road trip ever.
[ singing continues ] [ metal creaks ]
[bleep] this song.
The squeaking -- it sounds like a mouse orgy
Is taking place in this car now.
♪ drive, drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
Oh, my god! It sucks!
I'm gonna need therapy after this.
[ ding! ] [ horn honks ]
Here you go. What'd you do to it?
I didn't do anything to it. That's good.
You didn't get it from me.
Laxative? I don't know.
Murray's food might get something in it.
Oh! [ laughs ]
So who am I going to now?
I'm pretty sure sal.
So, I'm driving back to staten island?
Bye, buddy.
Is that the fountain sal got you?
[ laughs ] oh!
Ha ha ha ha! Take that!
Take your stupid fountain.
Dick!
[ ding! ]
One delivery down. Two to go.
[ cellphone rings ]
Oh, my god. It's unbearable.
Yeah, I know.
Alright. So listen, buddy. This is what I want.
I want the crave case. I want it with cheese.
I want it from the white castle in the bronx
That we filmed at.
Come on, man! You're two hours away!
♪ one, two, three, four, five ♪
Bronx. There's a white castle on staten island.
It's not even far from sal's place.
♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪
This song just obliterates thought.
I can't even focus on anything.
Ah! White castle.
♪ two, three, four, five ♪
[ ding! ] alright.
Next stop -- staten island, baby.
♪ drive, drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
Oh, my god! This [bleep] traffic!
[ horns blare ]
[ indistinct singing ] [ horns blaring ]
Oh, my god!
♪ two, three, four, five ♪
[ horns blaring ] this [bleep] traffic!
Oh, god.
Why traffic?
I feel like I'm gonna start crying.
[ horns blaring ]
[ ticking ]
♪ one, two, three, four, five ♪
[ sighing ] oh!
[ cellphone rings ]
♪ drive, drive, drive ♪ where are you?
Oh, my god!
I hope somebody firebombs me.
[ music plays faintly ]
♪ one, two, three, four, five ♪
I'm gonna drive us right off this bridge.
♪ let's drive, drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
Oh, my god. At least we're back on staten island for a minute.
[ ding! ] let's deliver this crap.
[ horn honks ] oh, yeah, yeah.
Oh, shut up. ♪ are we there yet? ♪
♪ well, then it's one, two, three, four, five ♪
There's your crave case.
[ laughing ] you look like shit.
Dude, I am harrowed.
That song is all over you.
[ both laugh ]
Good job, buddy.
-Thank you. -Keep it up.
Lunch!
[ cellphone rings ] murr: Hey, q!
Aw!
You look like you're having a blast.
I got it. I got the routine.
Just tell me what you want.
What did the other guys do? What did sal get?
Sal wanted white castle.
Oh, my god. That sounds perfect.
I would love white castle, too, but the one in the bronx.
You want me to go all the way back to the bronx,
Where I just came from? I want the best,
And that's my favorite one. It's not happening.
I'll make a deal with you.
Joe gave me this laxative to slip into your food.
I promise to not mess with your food at all
If you just let me go
To the white castle on the way to you.
Please!
My friend, you have a deal.
Absolutely! Ahhhhh!
A white castle on the way is a-okay with me.
♪ let's drive, drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
White castle.
Yes!
♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪ here you go.
Thank you! [ ding! ]
Alright. Let's get this to murray's house.
♪ well, then it's one, two, three, four, five ♪
I feel like I'm losing my mind.
The squeaking's gotta stop.
♪ ...Drive ♪ [ squeaking stops ]
♪ it feels so good to be alive ♪
Enough with the squeaking.
Oh, my god!
♪ well, then it's one, two, three, four, five ♪
Choke on it!
♪ let's ♪
I think I fixed the squeaking, guys. [ laughs ]
No more squeaking.
[ upbeat music plays ]
[ singing gibberish ]
♪ then it's time to drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
[ ding! ] [ horn honks ]
-Hey! -[ laughs ]
You made it!
Hey, bud. How you doing?
Oh, my god.
Congratulations, q.
It's over. It's over?
Well, bad news for you.
I'm never getting in this car again.
So, see you later. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Q, you're blocking my car in.
I'm not blocking nothing. I don't own that.
That's not mine.
What, are you ki--
Can I give you a ride home?
Nah, I'm good, bud.
♪ drive, drive, drive, drive, drive, drive ♪
[ cackles ]