1 00:00:03,873 --> 00:00:06,310 - I'm Chet Danville, host of "Mayor Chat". 2 00:00:06,354 --> 00:00:08,225 And the station told me I have to quote, 3 00:00:08,269 --> 00:00:11,011 "Help us justify why you still have a show," 4 00:00:11,054 --> 00:00:14,318 so it's time for a hip new segment I call 5 00:00:14,362 --> 00:00:15,493 "Chet on the Sidewalk." 6 00:00:15,537 --> 00:00:17,278 Angelenos are thought to be kooks 7 00:00:17,321 --> 00:00:18,322 who don't follow politics. 8 00:00:18,366 --> 00:00:20,237 Let's put that to a test 9 00:00:20,281 --> 00:00:22,239 with a new game my wife told me to call 10 00:00:22,283 --> 00:00:24,502 "What's Your Mayor's Name?" 11 00:00:25,286 --> 00:00:27,418 Sir, for a dollar, what's your mayor's name? 12 00:00:27,462 --> 00:00:28,550 - I don't really follow politics. 13 00:00:28,593 --> 00:00:31,161 I have a very rich internal world. 14 00:00:31,205 --> 00:00:32,728 - You seem politically informed. 15 00:00:32,771 --> 00:00:34,425 For a dollar-- - "Yes" on Prop Four. 16 00:00:34,469 --> 00:00:37,298 "No" on Five-B. "Maybe" on Prop a Million. 17 00:00:37,341 --> 00:00:40,127 The sun is a hoax! - Oh, dear me. 18 00:00:40,170 --> 00:00:43,043 Sir, what is your mayor's name? 19 00:00:43,086 --> 00:00:46,089 - Oh, uh, I know this. 20 00:00:46,133 --> 00:00:50,093 It's--it's, uh-- 21 00:00:50,137 --> 00:00:52,356 I don't know why I am panicking. 22 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,357 - The Mayor of Los Angeles, 23 00:00:53,401 --> 00:00:54,619 what is his name? - Yeah! 24 00:00:54,663 --> 00:00:56,143 - Well that's gonna be our whole day. 25 00:00:56,186 --> 00:00:57,187 - [sighs] 26 00:00:57,231 --> 00:01:00,190 [bright music] 27 00:01:00,234 --> 00:01:06,327 ♪ 28 00:01:06,370 --> 00:01:08,807 - What is it? It starts with an "N." 29 00:01:08,851 --> 00:01:11,767 Neville. Kentelman? Dan Kentelman? 30 00:01:11,810 --> 00:01:13,203 - This is an emergency. 31 00:01:13,247 --> 00:01:15,553 People don't even know who I am. 32 00:01:15,597 --> 00:01:17,381 - So what? This isn't about you. 33 00:01:17,425 --> 00:01:19,470 It's about the four million human beings 34 00:01:19,514 --> 00:01:22,256 and six-hundred-million possums that live in Los Angeles. 35 00:01:22,299 --> 00:01:25,346 - Public image is important, Arpi, and I should know-- 36 00:01:25,389 --> 00:01:26,869 - Everyone, come quick! 37 00:01:26,912 --> 00:01:29,132 He's gonna tell a story about the billboard industry! 38 00:01:29,176 --> 00:01:30,481 - Well I'm not now. 39 00:01:30,525 --> 00:01:32,048 And it was gonna be a good one, too. 40 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:36,139 Look, I can't do my job if nobody knows who I am, right? 41 00:01:36,183 --> 00:01:39,577 I mean, I could be on TV making an emergency announcement, 42 00:01:39,621 --> 00:01:40,796 and everyone would just think 43 00:01:40,839 --> 00:01:43,755 I'm the hot new doctor on "Chicago Med." 44 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:46,149 We need to get my face out there! 45 00:01:46,193 --> 00:01:48,108 - That sounds like vanity talking. 46 00:01:48,151 --> 00:01:49,848 - No, Arpi, vanity sounds like, 47 00:01:49,892 --> 00:01:53,591 "Hello and welcome to my castle of mirrors! 48 00:01:53,635 --> 00:01:57,204 "With this amulet, I shall stay young forever! 49 00:01:57,247 --> 00:01:59,162 Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" 50 00:01:59,206 --> 00:02:00,337 - Well, Mr. Mayor, my first thought 51 00:02:00,381 --> 00:02:02,383 would be to use a social nudging program 52 00:02:02,426 --> 00:02:04,689 to raise awareness. - Nudging, of course. 53 00:02:04,733 --> 00:02:07,953 I'll listen while you explain that to Arpi. 54 00:02:07,997 --> 00:02:10,130 - It's social psychology. 55 00:02:10,173 --> 00:02:11,783 The idea that small suggestions 56 00:02:11,827 --> 00:02:14,308 can cause big changes in behavior. 57 00:02:14,351 --> 00:02:16,440 For example, painting a fly on a urinal. 58 00:02:16,484 --> 00:02:18,921 - Oh, I give those little guys the business. 59 00:02:18,964 --> 00:02:20,096 - That's exactly it, sir. 60 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:21,619 You think you're making a choice 61 00:02:21,663 --> 00:02:23,926 when really you're being nudged to make less of a mess, 62 00:02:23,969 --> 00:02:26,189 which, in turn, reduces cleaning costs. 63 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:28,060 It's the illusion of choice. 64 00:02:28,104 --> 00:02:31,020 - Ugh, I can't tell if this is fascist gobbledygook 65 00:02:31,063 --> 00:02:33,588 or corporate doublespeak. But, hey, why choose, right? 66 00:02:33,631 --> 00:02:35,633 - I'm just saying it works. 67 00:02:35,677 --> 00:02:38,070 Look, I've actually been using nudging around the office. 68 00:02:38,114 --> 00:02:40,943 Mikaela is the only one who uses the vanilla creamer, 69 00:02:40,986 --> 00:02:43,293 so I just slapped a little sticker of Jim Carrey 70 00:02:43,337 --> 00:02:45,121 on the shelf behind it and-- 71 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:47,167 - Smoking! 72 00:02:47,210 --> 00:02:50,996 - James, let's nudge some people. 73 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,650 - Neil Bremer! 74 00:02:52,694 --> 00:02:55,827 Your name is Neil Bremer. Thank goodness! 75 00:02:55,871 --> 00:03:00,267 Gosh, that camera, it messed me up, man. 76 00:03:01,485 --> 00:03:04,227 - So, Jayden, what am I looking at here? 77 00:03:04,271 --> 00:03:07,709 - This is where the bad chairs go! 78 00:03:10,059 --> 00:03:11,060 [clanging] 79 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:13,193 Fire! 80 00:03:13,236 --> 00:03:15,282 [clanging] Fire! 81 00:03:17,806 --> 00:03:21,026 Okay, I can explain. I'm a sleepwalker. 82 00:03:21,070 --> 00:03:23,072 Ever since I went to a show at the Magic Castle 83 00:03:23,115 --> 00:03:24,682 and I heckled a hypnotist-- 84 00:03:24,726 --> 00:03:26,031 - Jayden, that's not the part that we're wondering about. 85 00:03:26,075 --> 00:03:28,991 - You can't sleep here, sir. This is a city office. 86 00:03:29,034 --> 00:03:30,949 You're just lucky I was there to save your life. 87 00:03:30,993 --> 00:03:34,518 - Of course, I'll go to Neverland with you! 88 00:03:34,562 --> 00:03:36,216 - Oh, hey, hey, hey! 89 00:03:36,259 --> 00:03:39,044 - Oh, Peter! Ugh! 90 00:03:39,088 --> 00:03:40,785 Oh, that was you? 91 00:03:40,829 --> 00:03:42,222 Oh, I think I-- - Kissed me? 92 00:03:42,265 --> 00:03:43,440 - Yeah. - Yeah. 93 00:03:43,484 --> 00:03:45,355 - Yeah. - Thank you, Officer Gutierrez. 94 00:03:45,399 --> 00:03:47,314 We assure you this will not happen again. 95 00:03:47,357 --> 00:03:48,924 - [softly] Hi. 96 00:03:49,664 --> 00:03:52,014 - Jayden, how many nights have you done this? 97 00:03:52,057 --> 00:03:53,929 - Um, like four weeks, I think. 98 00:03:53,972 --> 00:03:55,322 - Oh, my God! 99 00:03:55,365 --> 00:03:56,453 - I thought you lived with your mom. 100 00:03:56,497 --> 00:03:58,020 - I did, okay? 101 00:03:58,063 --> 00:04:00,327 But she raised the rent to $1,400 and 20 kisses a month. 102 00:04:00,370 --> 00:04:04,069 And both prices are too steep, okay? I'm not made of kisses. 103 00:04:04,113 --> 00:04:07,029 - So rent an apartment. - Or go on a reality show. 104 00:04:07,072 --> 00:04:08,552 - Everything is so expensive! 105 00:04:08,596 --> 00:04:10,772 And "Big Brother" said my application was too sad. 106 00:04:10,815 --> 00:04:13,340 - It's an LA tale as old as time. 107 00:04:13,383 --> 00:04:15,080 - Don't sneak up on people like that. 108 00:04:15,124 --> 00:04:16,865 - Not sneaking. Just tiny. 109 00:04:16,908 --> 00:04:20,695 And Jayden has joined the ranks of our city's working unhoused. 110 00:04:20,738 --> 00:04:23,915 It's an all too common problem exacerbated by stagnant wages 111 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:25,177 and a housing shortage. 112 00:04:25,221 --> 00:04:27,397 - Perhaps one of my friends will take me in. 113 00:04:27,441 --> 00:04:28,833 - No, no, no. - Oh, hell no. 114 00:04:28,877 --> 00:04:30,313 - We'll help you find an apartment. 115 00:04:30,357 --> 00:04:31,314 - Okay, what are you looking for? 116 00:04:31,358 --> 00:04:32,837 - One bedroom, five baths, 117 00:04:32,881 --> 00:04:34,883 walking distance to a Peruvian bakery. 118 00:04:34,926 --> 00:04:36,276 I like a low ceiling 119 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:37,581 'cause I like to jump up and see if I can touch it. 120 00:04:37,625 --> 00:04:40,105 Must allow large lizards, in case I get one. 121 00:04:40,149 --> 00:04:43,065 Every room needs a floor drain. I spill. A lot. 122 00:04:43,108 --> 00:04:45,546 - Okay, you're not making this any easier, buddy. 123 00:04:45,589 --> 00:04:47,635 - Yeah, that's what my mom said. 124 00:04:47,678 --> 00:04:50,899 - The problem, low public awareness of Mayor Bremer. 125 00:04:50,942 --> 00:04:53,118 The goal, get his face out there. 126 00:04:53,162 --> 00:04:59,299 The solution. 127 00:04:59,342 --> 00:05:02,084 - Huh. Would you look at that. 128 00:05:02,127 --> 00:05:03,303 - It's a trash can. 129 00:05:03,346 --> 00:05:05,392 - This is nudging. 130 00:05:05,435 --> 00:05:07,089 You know, you put a target on a trash can, 131 00:05:07,132 --> 00:05:09,613 it makes people use it. Belgium had a lot of success 132 00:05:09,657 --> 00:05:11,572 with trash cans with Smurf faces on them. 133 00:05:11,615 --> 00:05:13,530 - Heady company, sir. 134 00:05:13,574 --> 00:05:14,923 - Arpi, care to give it a try? 135 00:05:14,966 --> 00:05:17,012 - I've got peanut shells in my pocket. 136 00:05:18,448 --> 00:05:21,495 Yeah, I can see people liking that. 137 00:05:21,538 --> 00:05:23,801 - It's great, James. 138 00:05:23,845 --> 00:05:25,803 But I couldn't help but notice you have two more 139 00:05:25,847 --> 00:05:27,631 of these things with the sheets on them. 140 00:05:27,675 --> 00:05:29,241 As much as I love that, I probably 141 00:05:29,285 --> 00:05:31,809 shouldn't make a decision without seeing the options. 142 00:05:31,853 --> 00:05:36,640 - Couldn't agree more. - Okay. 143 00:05:36,684 --> 00:05:38,947 Well, these are all the same. 144 00:05:38,990 --> 00:05:40,209 - Uh, no, actually, 145 00:05:40,252 --> 00:05:41,689 the cans themselves are different greens. 146 00:05:41,732 --> 00:05:44,822 We've got mint green, jade green, and jasper green. 147 00:05:44,866 --> 00:05:46,563 We wanted to make sure we got your input on that 148 00:05:46,607 --> 00:05:48,173 before we roll out the pilot program. 149 00:05:48,217 --> 00:05:49,392 - And this "pilot program," 150 00:05:49,436 --> 00:05:51,481 that would mean how many of these things? 151 00:05:51,525 --> 00:05:52,830 - We'd start with a couple dozen 152 00:05:52,874 --> 00:05:54,092 just in and around City Hall. 153 00:05:54,136 --> 00:05:56,530 - That way we can all watch them at work! 154 00:05:56,573 --> 00:05:58,270 Smart! Pick a color, sir. 155 00:05:58,314 --> 00:06:00,708 Not that it matters really how they look, right? 156 00:06:00,751 --> 00:06:03,101 This awareness campaign's for the good of the city, 157 00:06:03,145 --> 00:06:04,668 not anyone's ego. 158 00:06:04,712 --> 00:06:08,542 - I, uh, I really like the jasper. 159 00:06:08,585 --> 00:06:11,153 - Oh, this one's jasper, sir. - I love it. 160 00:06:11,196 --> 00:06:13,503 - [blowing nose obnoxiously] 161 00:06:21,206 --> 00:06:21,381 . 162 00:06:21,424 --> 00:06:23,165 - Oh, my God. - Did you see it? 163 00:06:23,208 --> 00:06:25,210 - I got an apartment match! 164 00:06:25,254 --> 00:06:26,603 - Okay, it went on the market two minutes ago, 165 00:06:26,647 --> 00:06:28,126 and it's five minutes away. You have a chance 166 00:06:28,170 --> 00:06:30,041 if you leave now and you run every light. 167 00:06:30,085 --> 00:06:31,608 - I don't know, it doesn't have the floor drains. 168 00:06:31,652 --> 00:06:34,045 - In this market, you won't find better. Go. 169 00:06:35,351 --> 00:06:36,613 - I'm gonna do a Scooby Doo start 170 00:06:36,657 --> 00:06:38,615 so I get there extra fast. 171 00:06:42,227 --> 00:06:43,577 - So after that, you're attending 172 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:45,535 the LA River cleanup, where they'd love for you 173 00:06:45,579 --> 00:06:47,319 to drink just a little cup of water. 174 00:06:47,363 --> 00:06:51,585 - What? No. Hey, easy! Easy! 175 00:06:51,628 --> 00:06:53,587 - Oh, you took that like a champ, sir. 176 00:06:53,630 --> 00:06:56,677 - It's not me. It's just a trash can. 177 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,853 Oh, hey, are you kidding me, pal? 178 00:06:58,896 --> 00:07:00,507 - That gets its own bucket? 179 00:07:00,550 --> 00:07:03,727 - The important thing is that my face is getting out there. 180 00:07:03,771 --> 00:07:06,295 See? Even future voters 181 00:07:06,338 --> 00:07:09,646 like that little--oh, jeez! The smell just hit me. 182 00:07:09,690 --> 00:07:11,735 - Oh, what are they feeding that baby? 183 00:07:11,779 --> 00:07:13,433 - Get in, quick. Open the door. 184 00:07:17,132 --> 00:07:19,351 - Ugh, someone else got the apartment? 185 00:07:19,395 --> 00:07:21,049 - No, it's still available. 186 00:07:21,092 --> 00:07:24,139 - So you didn't like it? - No. It's perfect. 187 00:07:24,182 --> 00:07:29,144 - Multiple skylights, one bedroom, four bathrooms. 188 00:07:29,187 --> 00:07:32,016 Legend has it the original architect had dementia 189 00:07:32,060 --> 00:07:35,411 so he just kept adding toilets. And I hope you don't mind, 190 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:38,240 but I keep a monitor lizard in the courtyard. 191 00:07:38,283 --> 00:07:40,416 - I have never minded anything less! 192 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:42,853 - I'll take it. - Oh, wonderful! 193 00:07:42,897 --> 00:07:44,812 What's your astrological sign? 194 00:07:44,855 --> 00:07:46,857 - What? Oh, um, Gemini. 195 00:07:46,901 --> 00:07:49,991 - Ah! Go! 196 00:07:50,034 --> 00:07:54,517 You mustn't be here! [shouting] 197 00:07:54,561 --> 00:07:58,129 - The landlord will only rent to a Scorpio. And I'm a-- 198 00:07:58,173 --> 00:07:59,827 - Obvious Pisces. 199 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:01,568 Ugh, better luck next time, Jayden. 200 00:08:01,611 --> 00:08:03,091 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. What? 201 00:08:03,134 --> 00:08:04,484 Not only is this discrimination, 202 00:08:04,527 --> 00:08:07,356 it's dumb discrimination based on a pseudoscience. 203 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:09,184 - So you agree, it's a science. 204 00:08:09,227 --> 00:08:12,056 - Jayden, this landlord is illegally discriminating 205 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:13,928 against you based on astrological sign. 206 00:08:13,971 --> 00:08:16,670 No, we are going back there. 207 00:08:18,802 --> 00:08:19,890 - I hope you're happy. 208 00:08:19,934 --> 00:08:23,764 - Americans overvalue happiness. 209 00:08:23,807 --> 00:08:25,200 I hope I'm useful. What's up? 210 00:08:25,243 --> 00:08:28,072 - I hate the trash cans, okay? 211 00:08:28,116 --> 00:08:31,075 I hate that they have me on them. 212 00:08:31,119 --> 00:08:35,123 I saw two pigeons making love on my face, Arpi! 213 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:37,168 On my face! 214 00:08:37,212 --> 00:08:38,213 - If you don't like the trash cans, 215 00:08:38,256 --> 00:08:39,475 just cancel the program. 216 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:41,956 - I can't do that. James says I'm trending. 217 00:08:41,999 --> 00:08:43,131 Teens have invented a game 218 00:08:43,174 --> 00:08:45,307 where they throw hot dogs in my mouth. 219 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:47,570 James says it's not sexual but I don't believe him. 220 00:08:47,614 --> 00:08:49,398 - I don't get why you let the pilot program 221 00:08:49,441 --> 00:08:51,705 go ahead in the first place. Why even pick a trash can? 222 00:08:51,748 --> 00:08:54,969 - Because all the choices were trash cans, Arpi! 223 00:08:55,012 --> 00:08:57,667 I had to pick-- 224 00:08:57,711 --> 00:08:59,539 oh, the illusion of choice. 225 00:08:59,582 --> 00:09:02,933 See, he nudged me. James nudged me! 226 00:09:02,977 --> 00:09:04,456 - Huh, I guess he did. 227 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:06,589 So nudge him back. Trick him into thinking 228 00:09:06,633 --> 00:09:08,156 we shouldn't do the trash cans at all. 229 00:09:08,199 --> 00:09:10,071 - Trick James, the Master of Nudge? 230 00:09:10,114 --> 00:09:11,594 - Oh, please. 231 00:09:11,638 --> 00:09:13,204 James just slapped a fresh coat of paint 232 00:09:13,248 --> 00:09:14,466 on the oldest trick in the book. 233 00:09:14,510 --> 00:09:16,991 Nudging is the same as "Great idea, sir." 234 00:09:17,034 --> 00:09:18,645 It's when I say an idea, 235 00:09:18,688 --> 00:09:21,082 wait for my superior to bring it up again later, 236 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:22,997 and then compliment them like it's their idea. 237 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:24,607 I also like "Yeah, yeah, yeah." 238 00:09:24,651 --> 00:09:26,609 That's what you say to sound like you're agreeing. 239 00:09:26,653 --> 00:09:29,177 But if it's all you say, the person you're talking to 240 00:09:29,220 --> 00:09:31,309 has to start filling the silence, 241 00:09:31,353 --> 00:09:33,355 negotiating with his own idea 242 00:09:33,398 --> 00:09:34,965 until he talks himself out of it. 243 00:09:35,009 --> 00:09:37,533 - Yeah, I do that every time Orly asks for a rabbit. 244 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:41,798 Oh, hey, what if we use our old-school nudging 245 00:09:41,842 --> 00:09:44,888 to get James to cancel the trash can program? 246 00:09:44,932 --> 00:09:46,194 - Great idea, sir! 247 00:09:46,237 --> 00:09:48,718 - I know. Thank you. 248 00:09:50,111 --> 00:09:51,765 - Thanks for the last-minute showing. 249 00:09:51,808 --> 00:09:53,157 - No problem at all. 250 00:09:53,201 --> 00:09:56,334 I'm an Aquarius, so I love meeting new souls. 251 00:09:56,378 --> 00:09:58,641 - I'm a Libra! So the old "scales of balance." 252 00:09:58,685 --> 00:10:00,687 It's why I'm the hero of my own story 253 00:10:00,730 --> 00:10:03,298 but also a victim. - And I should mention, 254 00:10:03,341 --> 00:10:05,605 we're only renting to a Scorpio. 255 00:10:05,648 --> 00:10:08,129 The complex has been really out of balance, 256 00:10:08,172 --> 00:10:09,434 and I'm just looking to restore 257 00:10:09,478 --> 00:10:11,698 that fearless energy to our collective. 258 00:10:11,741 --> 00:10:12,829 - I love that. 259 00:10:12,873 --> 00:10:14,352 - Interesting you say that, though, 260 00:10:14,396 --> 00:10:16,703 because the Fair Housing Act of 1968 says-- 261 00:10:16,746 --> 00:10:18,182 - Says that I can't discriminate 262 00:10:18,226 --> 00:10:20,489 on the basis of race, color, national origin, 263 00:10:20,532 --> 00:10:22,534 familial history, or disability. 264 00:10:22,578 --> 00:10:25,929 Everything else is fair game. 265 00:10:25,973 --> 00:10:28,366 People who wear beads can go to law school. 266 00:10:28,410 --> 00:10:30,064 I didn't. But I could. 267 00:10:30,107 --> 00:10:31,761 - Huh. - Yeah. 268 00:10:31,805 --> 00:10:33,676 Thankfully, the apartment's not for her. 269 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,419 It's for Jayden, who is 100% Scorpio. 270 00:10:37,462 --> 00:10:39,377 - Because of the moon. 271 00:10:39,421 --> 00:10:41,510 Ain't nothing but a moon thang! 272 00:10:41,553 --> 00:10:44,600 - Jai ho, that's fantastic news. 273 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:49,126 I'll go get a pen and an application from our Virgo! 274 00:10:49,170 --> 00:10:50,301 - What are you doing? 275 00:10:50,345 --> 00:10:51,651 Jayden doesn't have the raw animosity 276 00:10:51,694 --> 00:10:53,522 to convincingly pass as a Scorpio. 277 00:10:53,565 --> 00:10:55,089 - Wait, are Scorpios mean? 278 00:10:55,132 --> 00:10:56,917 Guys, I'm Jayden. 279 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,223 I'm stone-cold Hufflepuff. - You can do this, Jayden. 280 00:10:59,267 --> 00:11:00,572 Just, like, everyone you talk to 281 00:11:00,616 --> 00:11:02,226 is the person who canceled "Ducktales." 282 00:11:02,270 --> 00:11:04,315 - [grunts] 283 00:11:04,359 --> 00:11:07,014 - Expressing anger already. Classic Scorpio. 284 00:11:07,057 --> 00:11:09,190 - You think you're so smart, it's embarrassing! 285 00:11:09,233 --> 00:11:10,582 You need to start thinking about 286 00:11:10,626 --> 00:11:12,846 what I want to do with my Saturdays, 287 00:11:12,889 --> 00:11:16,066 not steal my joy like some sort of corporate Magica de Spell. 288 00:11:16,110 --> 00:11:18,199 - A true son of Mars! 289 00:11:18,242 --> 00:11:20,157 Welcome to the building. 290 00:11:20,201 --> 00:11:22,116 The laundry is in the basement, 291 00:11:22,159 --> 00:11:24,031 and the dryers do not work. 292 00:11:24,074 --> 00:11:25,249 - Ass! 293 00:11:25,293 --> 00:11:27,817 [both chuckling] 294 00:11:30,515 --> 00:11:30,864 . 295 00:11:30,907 --> 00:11:33,780 - As a thank you, I got doughnuts. 296 00:11:33,823 --> 00:11:36,739 - What are you doing? You're a Scorpio now! 297 00:11:36,783 --> 00:11:38,393 Scorpios don't bring doughnuts. 298 00:11:38,436 --> 00:11:40,525 They take doughnuts, or comment that other people 299 00:11:40,569 --> 00:11:42,571 shouldn't be eating doughnuts! - I thought I was only 300 00:11:42,614 --> 00:11:44,007 supposed to be a Scorpio at the apartment. 301 00:11:44,051 --> 00:11:46,227 - No, Jayden, this is the zodiac 302 00:11:46,270 --> 00:11:47,619 that we're talking about. 303 00:11:47,663 --> 00:11:49,273 And Tommy can roll his eyes all that he wants... 304 00:11:49,317 --> 00:11:51,841 - Oh, I can? Thank you! Oh, brother! 305 00:11:51,885 --> 00:11:53,843 - You're attempting to be the opposite of everything 306 00:11:53,887 --> 00:11:56,063 that the stars have dictated for your nature. 307 00:11:56,106 --> 00:11:58,761 You can't go back and forth. I don't want this to break you. 308 00:11:58,805 --> 00:12:00,981 Okay, um, put these on. 309 00:12:01,024 --> 00:12:02,896 The only people who wear sunglasses indoors 310 00:12:02,939 --> 00:12:04,114 are cool and mean. 311 00:12:04,158 --> 00:12:05,986 - Or grammies after cataract surgery. 312 00:12:06,029 --> 00:12:07,639 - You stop thinking like a Jayden! 313 00:12:07,683 --> 00:12:08,989 If you want this apartment, 314 00:12:09,032 --> 00:12:11,034 you gotta be the Scorpio. 315 00:12:13,689 --> 00:12:15,299 - 'Sup, Leslie? 316 00:12:15,343 --> 00:12:17,214 What's it like having a mom that's not as pretty as my mom? 317 00:12:17,258 --> 00:12:19,434 - You take that back. - [voice breaking] No. 318 00:12:27,921 --> 00:12:33,143 - You wanted to see me, sir? - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 319 00:12:33,187 --> 00:12:35,798 - James, we're thrilled with the trash can project. 320 00:12:35,842 --> 00:12:37,713 It's a great first try. 321 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:39,671 - "First try?" It's a home run. 322 00:12:39,715 --> 00:12:44,111 - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 323 00:12:44,154 --> 00:12:47,331 - But, of course, I'm sure there's room for improvement. 324 00:12:47,375 --> 00:12:52,162 - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 325 00:12:52,206 --> 00:12:54,121 Yeah. 326 00:12:54,164 --> 00:12:55,600 - Why don't the team and I take a look first. 327 00:12:55,644 --> 00:12:58,255 See what we can improve before the citywide rollout. 328 00:12:58,299 --> 00:12:59,517 - Great idea, James. 329 00:12:59,561 --> 00:13:01,041 - Yeah. 330 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:13,444 - Race you to the top, dog breath! 331 00:13:15,490 --> 00:13:20,756 Deal with it, dog breaths! 332 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,020 Suck eggs, person breath! [dog whimpers] 333 00:13:25,021 --> 00:13:28,503 Scorpio! Scorpio! Scorpio! 334 00:13:29,112 --> 00:13:30,287 - I don't think I did a good job 335 00:13:30,331 --> 00:13:32,289 explaining to him what a Scorpio is. 336 00:13:33,769 --> 00:13:36,293 - What, Nora? What? 337 00:13:36,946 --> 00:13:39,731 - This is the same exact trash can! 338 00:13:39,775 --> 00:13:40,863 - Actually, sir, it's not. 339 00:13:40,907 --> 00:13:42,212 Yes, the original trash cans 340 00:13:42,256 --> 00:13:43,866 were pretty sticky on social. 341 00:13:43,910 --> 00:13:46,608 But how exactly were they trending? 342 00:13:46,651 --> 00:13:49,219 "LA trash mouth." "Garbage clown." 343 00:13:49,263 --> 00:13:51,874 "Hotdog slut." - That is definitely sexual. 344 00:13:51,918 --> 00:13:55,182 - You think I don't know that? - Now that is awareness, yes. 345 00:13:55,225 --> 00:13:56,879 But it's not the message we're looking for, 346 00:13:56,923 --> 00:14:00,056 which is why we've updated to 2.0. 347 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:02,580 - Hi, I'm Mayor Neil Bremer. 348 00:14:02,624 --> 00:14:04,060 Thank you for your trash. 349 00:14:04,104 --> 00:14:07,411 - Boy, that--that is something. 350 00:14:07,455 --> 00:14:09,109 - The original cans had a fatal flaw. 351 00:14:09,152 --> 00:14:11,938 They didn't identify you as the mayor. 352 00:14:11,981 --> 00:14:14,418 So we've corrected that error with ten fun phrases 353 00:14:14,462 --> 00:14:18,205 the team put together using existing soundbites. 354 00:14:18,248 --> 00:14:20,903 - I'll finish it if you won't! I'm Mayor Neil Bremer. 355 00:14:20,947 --> 00:14:22,557 - And it's all eco-friendly. 356 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,602 The speakers are solar-powered and the electronics 357 00:14:24,646 --> 00:14:29,259 are all recycled from that dump that's all Furbys from 1998. 358 00:14:30,217 --> 00:14:33,916 - Your trash but my treasure! I'm Mayor Neil Bremer. 359 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:34,961 - It's pretty great, huh? - Oh, yeah. 360 00:14:35,004 --> 00:14:36,701 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 361 00:14:36,745 --> 00:14:40,575 But--yeah. 362 00:14:40,618 --> 00:14:42,055 Yeah? 363 00:14:42,098 --> 00:14:43,708 - Permission to go citywide, sir? 364 00:14:43,752 --> 00:14:45,885 - Is there another choice? 365 00:14:45,928 --> 00:14:48,191 - Oh, sorry. I was talking to the can. 366 00:14:48,235 --> 00:14:51,151 - Let's do this, LA! I'm Mayor Neil Bremer. 367 00:14:53,501 --> 00:14:57,461 - [groaning] 368 00:15:00,987 --> 00:15:03,859 - Jayden? - Oh, sorry. 369 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,296 Do you ever get the feeling that your real personality 370 00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:07,994 is at the bottom of a deep pit, 371 00:15:08,037 --> 00:15:09,299 and your fake personality you've built 372 00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:11,171 keeps building the walls of the pit higher, 373 00:15:11,214 --> 00:15:12,476 and you can't get out? 374 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:13,695 - Only in high school and college. 375 00:15:13,738 --> 00:15:15,262 - Okay. - Ugh, I told you, 376 00:15:15,305 --> 00:15:17,829 forcing Jayden to be a Scorpio was going to be too much. 377 00:15:17,873 --> 00:15:19,657 He's clearly losing himself. 378 00:15:19,701 --> 00:15:22,399 - Yeah, I didn't mind switching to black underpants 379 00:15:22,443 --> 00:15:23,879 and calling everybody "dog breath," 380 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:27,622 but this Scorpio duty is just too hard. 381 00:15:27,665 --> 00:15:29,232 - Wait, what's Scorpio duty? 382 00:15:29,276 --> 00:15:30,755 - It's when the building Scorpio 383 00:15:30,799 --> 00:15:33,845 has to do the tasks that the Aquarius landlord can't. 384 00:15:33,889 --> 00:15:35,978 - All right, my Scorpio king, 385 00:15:36,022 --> 00:15:38,328 I need you to evict the lady in 2A. 386 00:15:38,372 --> 00:15:40,765 You might want to do it while her son is at preschool. 387 00:15:40,809 --> 00:15:43,551 Also, tell her I'll be keeping her security deposit 388 00:15:43,594 --> 00:15:46,075 because her wheelchair ruined the carpet. 389 00:15:46,119 --> 00:15:49,600 I would do it, but I'm coo! You know? 390 00:15:49,644 --> 00:15:52,690 - No, she can't make you evict other tenants. 391 00:15:52,734 --> 00:15:54,692 - She's not making me, because as a Scorpio, 392 00:15:54,736 --> 00:15:55,737 I should love to do it. 393 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:56,956 And if I don't love to do it, 394 00:15:56,999 --> 00:15:58,087 then I'm apparently not a Scorpio! 395 00:15:58,131 --> 00:15:59,523 - This is insane. 396 00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:01,917 There has to be a law somewhere against this. 397 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:03,310 - No, Tommy, just let it go. 398 00:16:03,353 --> 00:16:05,225 There's a ton of laws about building code, 399 00:16:05,268 --> 00:16:08,315 but no law about being an LA weirdo. 400 00:16:08,358 --> 00:16:10,882 - You're right, there are a ton of laws about building code. 401 00:16:10,926 --> 00:16:12,188 And I'm gonna read every one 402 00:16:12,232 --> 00:16:14,016 until I find out which one she's breaking. 403 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:16,627 - Because Aquarians hate rules! 404 00:16:16,671 --> 00:16:19,848 - To the City Hall Library! 405 00:16:19,891 --> 00:16:23,591 Which is now completely online! 406 00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:27,377 - That's a big one! Nice shot! 407 00:16:27,421 --> 00:16:30,206 But my treas--hey, I'll eat-- - Hey, hey! 408 00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:31,207 What do you two think you're doing? 409 00:16:31,251 --> 00:16:32,208 - Dude, have you seen these? 410 00:16:32,252 --> 00:16:34,863 - Yummy! I'll eat-- Your. But. 411 00:16:34,906 --> 00:16:36,821 I'm. Filthy. Mayor Bremer. 412 00:16:36,865 --> 00:16:38,736 My. Mouth. Loves. Trash? 413 00:16:38,780 --> 00:16:40,782 - Dude, you can make it say, like, whatever! 414 00:16:40,825 --> 00:16:42,827 It's called trash mouthing-- - Hey, you know what? 415 00:16:42,871 --> 00:16:44,351 - Oh, snap, you're Mayor Bremer! 416 00:16:44,394 --> 00:16:46,048 - Oh, my God! Hotdog Slut! 417 00:16:46,092 --> 00:16:48,790 [laughter] 418 00:16:49,617 --> 00:16:53,055 - When clean LA-- Nice shot! Yummy, yummy! 419 00:16:53,099 --> 00:16:54,665 [zapping] I'm Mayor Neil Bremer! 420 00:16:54,709 --> 00:16:57,538 - We gotta go. [laughing] 421 00:16:58,713 --> 00:17:00,106 - [distorted] Yummy! 422 00:17:04,632 --> 00:17:04,849 . 423 00:17:04,893 --> 00:17:07,026 - Okay, sir, James told me you were on board 424 00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:08,549 with the branded garbage cans, but-- 425 00:17:08,592 --> 00:17:09,985 wait, is this on a porn site? 426 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:12,248 "Mayor on mayor" is a real kink? 427 00:17:12,292 --> 00:17:13,554 I mean, no judgment. 428 00:17:13,597 --> 00:17:15,512 - Mean boy, coming through! 429 00:17:15,556 --> 00:17:18,167 - The cans are obviously not working, Mikaela. 430 00:17:18,211 --> 00:17:20,169 They just attract hooligans. 431 00:17:20,213 --> 00:17:23,433 - You know what I saw when I watched that video, pal? 432 00:17:25,174 --> 00:17:26,436 A clean street. 433 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:27,742 - Oh! Jayden's right. 434 00:17:27,785 --> 00:17:29,874 That block is usually covered in trash. 435 00:17:29,918 --> 00:17:31,354 - I'm pretending to be a Scorpio 436 00:17:31,398 --> 00:17:33,530 for reasons you don't need to know, but guess what? 437 00:17:33,574 --> 00:17:36,577 I don't care that you're butt-hurt about people 438 00:17:36,620 --> 00:17:38,013 throwing garbage at your face! 439 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:40,102 They're using the trash cans, man! 440 00:17:43,627 --> 00:17:45,629 I'm so tired of being like this. 441 00:17:48,110 --> 00:17:49,546 - Excuse me, Leaf? 442 00:17:49,590 --> 00:17:52,680 - Jayden, did you get that Scorpio duty done 443 00:17:52,723 --> 00:17:55,422 like we had communicated about? - Uh, no, not yet. 444 00:17:55,465 --> 00:17:56,988 - Okay, Jayden, I mean, 445 00:17:57,032 --> 00:18:00,122 let's do it before her water breaks, okay? 446 00:18:00,166 --> 00:18:02,342 - Tell her, Jayden. 447 00:18:02,385 --> 00:18:04,648 - [in strained voice] Jayden is not here right now. 448 00:18:04,692 --> 00:18:08,130 - Okay, Jayden's not a Scorpio, he's a Pisces. 449 00:18:08,174 --> 00:18:09,436 - Oh, wow. 450 00:18:09,479 --> 00:18:12,134 This is a violation of your lease 451 00:18:12,178 --> 00:18:14,223 and I need you to tell yourself to move out. 452 00:18:14,267 --> 00:18:16,486 You will lose your deposit. 453 00:18:16,530 --> 00:18:19,141 Ugh, I hate doing this! 454 00:18:19,185 --> 00:18:22,797 This is why I need a Scorpio! - Oh, yeah, such a bummer. 455 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,539 I just find it so interesting that, as an Aquarius, 456 00:18:25,582 --> 00:18:27,802 you'd be such a stickler for a rule like this. 457 00:18:27,845 --> 00:18:30,196 - Oh, well, rules protect our vibe, you know? 458 00:18:30,239 --> 00:18:32,154 - Mm, yeah, but I noticed you don't follow the rule 459 00:18:32,198 --> 00:18:34,417 about having fire extinguishers in every public hallway. 460 00:18:34,461 --> 00:18:37,464 - And what you have labeled as an organic algae garden 461 00:18:37,507 --> 00:18:39,640 is most definitely black mold. 462 00:18:39,683 --> 00:18:40,858 - [chuckles] 463 00:18:40,902 --> 00:18:42,773 Your aura is so vibrant right now. 464 00:18:42,817 --> 00:18:44,253 I need to capture this. 465 00:18:44,297 --> 00:18:45,689 Let me go get my watercolors. 466 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:46,864 - Great, and while you do that, 467 00:18:46,908 --> 00:18:48,344 I'm gonna go ahead and just write down 468 00:18:48,388 --> 00:18:50,303 every building code violation that I observe, 469 00:18:50,346 --> 00:18:53,001 as an official representative of the City of Los Angeles. 470 00:18:54,263 --> 00:18:55,612 - For real? 471 00:18:55,656 --> 00:18:58,180 - Oh, he's 100% Taurus about this. 472 00:18:58,224 --> 00:18:59,573 - I'm really a Pisces! 473 00:18:59,616 --> 00:19:00,748 - Yeah, we told her already, buddy. 474 00:19:00,791 --> 00:19:03,011 - Oh. - Listen, you can discriminate 475 00:19:03,054 --> 00:19:05,840 based on astrological signs all you want but... 476 00:19:05,883 --> 00:19:07,363 I can shut down your entire building. 477 00:19:07,407 --> 00:19:08,451 - Okay, fine! 478 00:19:08,495 --> 00:19:10,714 I'm just a crappy LA landlord. 479 00:19:10,758 --> 00:19:13,674 My name is Arlene, and I own a gun, okay? 480 00:19:13,717 --> 00:19:16,155 I don't even believe in astrology. 481 00:19:16,198 --> 00:19:18,331 - Then why do you live like this? 482 00:19:18,374 --> 00:19:21,203 - I realized that when tenants come to me with complaints, 483 00:19:21,247 --> 00:19:23,336 I can just start babbling about how I need to know 484 00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:24,815 the exact time they were born 485 00:19:24,859 --> 00:19:27,035 so I can chart if we're compatible, 486 00:19:27,078 --> 00:19:29,690 and then they'd go away, and I never fix the AC. 487 00:19:29,733 --> 00:19:31,996 - How long have you been doing this? 488 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,084 - Since 1990 489 00:19:33,128 --> 00:19:34,956 when I discovered the character Leaf 490 00:19:34,999 --> 00:19:36,871 in my Sunday show at The Groundlings. 491 00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:39,047 "SNL" may have passed on old Arlene, 492 00:19:39,090 --> 00:19:40,701 but she still found a way to make a living 493 00:19:40,744 --> 00:19:41,963 from her characters. 494 00:19:42,006 --> 00:19:43,704 I also own a biker bar in WeHo 495 00:19:43,747 --> 00:19:46,228 as Big Butch Betty Bodean. 496 00:19:46,272 --> 00:19:47,577 - Oh, no. - No. 497 00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:48,970 - It was a different time in comedy. 498 00:19:49,013 --> 00:19:50,101 - Yeah. 499 00:19:50,145 --> 00:19:52,278 - So how much do you want to go away? 500 00:19:52,321 --> 00:19:53,496 - I'm willing to look the other way on this 501 00:19:53,540 --> 00:19:55,368 if you fix all these violations 502 00:19:55,411 --> 00:19:56,760 and you let Jayden stay. 503 00:19:56,804 --> 00:19:58,371 At 500 less a month. 504 00:19:58,414 --> 00:20:01,112 - And I get to feed your lizard whenever I want to. 505 00:20:03,245 --> 00:20:08,424 - Deal! - [maniacal laughter] 506 00:20:08,468 --> 00:20:10,252 Whoa! Sorry. 507 00:20:10,296 --> 00:20:13,473 That was the last of the Scorpio leaving my body. 508 00:20:14,256 --> 00:20:17,390 - Okay, here's what we do with the trash cans. 509 00:20:17,433 --> 00:20:19,914 I have some friends in the Teamsters Union 510 00:20:19,957 --> 00:20:22,046 and they know how to make things disappear. 511 00:20:22,090 --> 00:20:23,918 Remember that guy who was gonna host "Jeopardy"? 512 00:20:23,961 --> 00:20:25,920 - We're not getting rid of them, Arpi. 513 00:20:25,963 --> 00:20:29,402 I just approved the citywide rollout. 514 00:20:29,445 --> 00:20:30,751 - Seriously? But--but-- 515 00:20:30,794 --> 00:20:33,536 - Those stupid trash cans are humiliating, yes, 516 00:20:33,580 --> 00:20:36,757 but they're actually keeping the streets cleaner. 517 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,062 And I didn't see it 518 00:20:38,106 --> 00:20:41,196 until a very weird Jayden pointed it out. 519 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,939 - Because your face is fun to throw trash at, of course! 520 00:20:44,982 --> 00:20:46,897 I concede one point to the I-Team. 521 00:20:46,941 --> 00:20:48,551 - All righty then! 522 00:20:48,595 --> 00:20:50,118 - Well, sir, 523 00:20:50,161 --> 00:20:52,773 I'm glad you realized that a city of four million people 524 00:20:52,816 --> 00:20:55,210 is actually bigger than your ego. 525 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:57,386 - Well, thank you, Arpi. That means-- 526 00:20:57,430 --> 00:20:59,649 [yawning] it means a lot to me. 527 00:21:01,608 --> 00:21:03,436 [coughs] - I am sorry, sir. 528 00:21:03,479 --> 00:21:05,786 I saw your open mouth and it was a reflex. 529 00:21:05,829 --> 00:21:09,746 - I'm gonna buy you a can of shelled nuts. 530 00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:11,574 - Yes, you are. 531 00:21:11,618 --> 00:21:13,315 Nudging works. 532 00:21:15,448 --> 00:21:17,232 - What a great. Episode. 533 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:21,497 Stay. Tuned. For. Sexy. Cop. Trash. 534 00:21:21,541 --> 00:21:23,282 [laughter] 535 00:21:23,499 --> 00:21:25,284 - Good night, everybody! - Good night!