While rummaging around in search of his birth certificate (we are not told why), Ben comes across evidence of Katz's former life: as a hippie folk singer. His partner was Sharon Koppleman; Katz says they were lovers, to which Ben responds, "Isn't there another word for that that doesn't make me nauseous?" Koppleman and Katz had this cute thing where he'd say, "She's Koppleman," and she'd reply, "He's Katz," which Katz tries to get Laura and Ben to duplicate with him. (Ben wants Laura to do it with HIM, too.) Katz sings a couple songs, including "Guitar Pickin' Fool" ("After you listen to it for a while, all you can think is: shut up!" says Laura sensitively). Sharon is a "holistic healer" now, advocating various odd medical practices, such as drinking a glass of your own urine every day. (The downside? "Pee-pee breath," according to Katz.) Over the credits, Ben gets his dad to sing one of those wacky songs where you almost say a cuss word, but change it at the last second.
- Kathy Griffin: Only wants to date guys whose families are dead; likes Lyle Menendez; wants to "spoon" with Katz, and to be on the inside, because it makes her feel "small and feminine" (the same reason she also likes being picked up and carried); wants to join a biker gang ("club"); role plays, with Katz, her introducing "Trouble," her biker boyfriend, to her parents; goes to clubs and dances alone but pretends she's with someone.
- David Feldman: Little girl has gone six months without a cigarette; he and his wife chose their ideal person to sleep with: first Kevin Costner and Cindy Crawford; then updated to Brad Pitt and their babysitter; hates Vietnam veterans ("What about us draft dodgers?"); opposed to sex education in schools; instead thinks parents should "teach them shame for their bodies."
- Jeff Stilson: Would have preferred just giving his wife the money for her engagement ring instead of the ring; women don't have synonyms ("I didn't say I was mad, I said I was upset"); women should have TelePrompTers on their foreheads so that men can know exactly what they're supposed to say and still more or less look them in the eye.
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