Lost In America: the interview

over-qualified david seeks a job somewhere in arizona

[@captainh3831]

"It pays $5.50 an hour, plus benefits". "And the benefits meaning?"....."Uh, you get a ride to and from school if you need it".

[@Lockbar]

one of the funniest sceens of all time. So dry, but so funny

[@CookiesandCannabis]

The employment agent is my Grandfather, Art Frankel.

[@DVincentW]

That BrentwoodMurray impersonated you here in the comments. Anyway about your grandfather.. His chortle (laugh) is acid - precious. In Magnolia (1999) he was the suspicious pharmacist. Ive seen him in a few other films. Thanks for sharing.

[@djd620]

Your grandfather is immortal. This scene is an all time classic. Brilliant delivery.

[@CookiesandCannabis]

@@DVincentW my brother.

[@JeffreyGillespie]

That’s interesting because Albert Brooks was my third husband

[@Phxfan2]

One of the best scenes in the movie lol

[@jamesmackinnon7727]

The employment agent is great: every time he mentions $100,000, it’s amid very funny context! “What brings you around here? Trying to double up on that income?... ...You couldn’t change your life on $100,000?... ...the crossing guard job pays $100,000!... ...you mean the $100,000 box!” 😂😂😂😂😂 ...

[@garrison6863]

Really funny. "Oh you mean the 100,000 dollar box." DId you see Easy RIder? I made a statement.

[@jasona9]

"I'm glad I could be your mornings entertainment"

[@Raddad878]

The employment agent is my Grandfather.

[@kaweah01]

Wow was one of my my favorite scenes! Did he your Grandfather ever tell you any stories about his time on the set? Would like to know as I have had this film for many years. I watch it quite often...... A FAN

[@Raddad878]

+kaweah01 Yea he has told me so many storys over the years. He did a movie with Jennifee Lopez years back. He talks a lot and managed to talk her ear off. Eventually the producers ordered him to not speak or communicate with her for the remainder of the shoot because he was "bothering" her. lol ...one of my favorites. Hes 89 now and not doing much acting these days

[@kaweah01]

Brent Murray Thank you brother, he is a very funny man and I love to laugh.....

[@jasona9]

Brentwood Murray, Your Grandfather is a good character actor, with an excellent dry sense of humor. This is one of my favorite scenes in Lost In America. I recall he also had a small part in the Albert Brooks' Film Defending Your Life.

[@simonboccanegra3811]

That's so cool. He was in a lot of things people will be watching forever. Lost in America, Defending Your Life, Magnolia (the supervising pharmacist when Julianne Moore has her freak-out), The Ring, episodes of Seinfeld and Veep.

[@plev10]

"What does it pay?" [Pause] "A hundred thousand dollars!"

[@jasona9]

"Did you see EASY RIDER?" "No, I saw EASY MONEY, Rodney Dangerfield, 'No respect' I like him"

[@bethany3844]

I love this scene.

[@danielhallqvist3954]

Hahaha...I have seen both Easy Rider and Easy money.Great movies. Btw,I love how Easy rider is the guidance in Brooks characters life.As I recall he ask a traffic cop if he has seen Easy Rider?

[@1gunther1]

love this movie..not a huge albert brooks fan but this movie has numerous hilarious scenes...i love - 'how much does it pay?.....$100,000 hah hah hah

[@most_sadistic666]

"TRYING TO DOUBLE UP ON THAT INCOME" HAHAHA!!!!!

[@24james]

“You couldn’t change your life on a hundred thousand dollars?” 💯🤣👍🏽

[@laurenceschwartz8606]

"In high school I worked at a fruit stand' "Well we don't have to go back that far." Lol

[@setpunks13]

"could you wrack your brain, something maybe in the executive file or maybe you have a white collar box"

[@niallhogan1565]

This is one of the funniest movies you’ll see. Recommend

[@JenSell1626]

$5.50 was WAY above minimum wage in 1985 😂

[@marfak1000]

Finally..one of the funniest scenes ever put on celluloid...beyond comic genius... where is the meeting with Garry Marshall?..the other funniest scene..

[@dcg509]

When he asks for the money back! “We’re finished talking!”

[@surfstrat59]

"What does that pay?"...............LOL!

[@bethany3844]

He's great!!

[@JeffreyGillespie]

I don’t get benefits

[@davetoffen7944]

Brilliant 😂

[@BARRIEMOREBARLOW]

Did Art Frankel have a job that involved the $100,000 box?

[@TheTriplelman]

Well I'm trying to change my life- "what, and you can't change your life on 100 thousand dollars"? - funny!

[@martinwhite3354]

Great Comedic scene by just facial expressions and phonetic usage..."We don't have to go back that far"...

[@davetoffen7944]

Brilliant....I can't stop laughing 😂😂😂😂

[@martinwhite3354]

"You couldn't change your life on a hundred thousand dollars"?.. Great Line.

[@eliz49]

Buwahaha

[@johnbowman1076]

I like the part where... he takes the job as the crossing guard and starts asking a guy about the leather seats in his Porsche.

[@2skinneejay]

u have to put the next scene up when hes crossing people, great flick and great scene.

[@DailyMouth]

@TheMurf182 Tell your grandfather he's terrific!

[@bertiejr]

@TheMurf182 how cool is that !!

[@bertiejr]

@TheMurf182 how cool is that!

[@garysolorzano3216]

Executive file? White collar box? And the guy says, Why don't you check back with me in a month? As if a month from now something might pop up in the 100k range. This is one of the greatest, and most underrated, comedies of all time. S&E couldn't have loved it more.

[@joshscobey]

@TheMurf182 how cool is that!

[@acrovader]

Very funny scene.

[@benjamindavid5681]

An example of insipid, drip/dry, detergent strength self-promotion impersonating as comedy. The only punch here is reserved for the very few who had/have the luxury of this depth of narcissistic & self indulgence; And this during the Morning in America - 80's and Reagan when it was made. Beyond the narcissism of the director and protagonist, i.e. Mr. Albert Brooks who has no comedic sensitivities, this amount to no more than a very forgetful piece of film making. Perhaps we should say that self-indulgence is a human condition. When it becomes so apparent as it does here - then it is a discredit to the profession and perhaps to humanity. Oh- hum. Let us self-congratulate 'the me in me' for attempting to be satirical when it turns out to be a parody on ourselves.

[@acrovader]

So- this movie doesn't have the low-brow 'humor' you desire?

[@FungusMossGnosis]

Benjamin David Does all your writing appear to be of the automatic, sputtering diarrhea kind?

[@dagnabitkat]

You are nuts. You might try "Easy Money."

[@ghostrider2664]

Well, I can't improve on that.

[@grb1184]

So you too are now an old and redundant "Wine reviewer". Notable in your both pristine and pretentious vocabulary as well as your acerbic subjective descriptions of say the "Gruner Veltliner" from Austria... So now you've moved on to a different plateau of expressive criticism: the comment section of YooHooToob. I commend your ambitions. Go forth! Go forth! Soon a new day will come for you!

[@BullToTheShit]

That guy was in the comedy-club scene in _Defending Your Life_ .