Cast and Crew

A good cast is worth repeating...

That's a wrap, kids!

$12,500, as promised.

Gone girl.

Go see Cal, especially if you've got $750,000.

Ghostbusters?

Movie magic with a federal marshal.

Check-in time for Ed and Diana, check-out time for Shaheen.

At this point, it's anybody's script.

In a word, yes.

Ed sums up the plot in a single sentence.

Not quite the ending any of the participants were expecting.

It was smooth sailing until they set up the piso mojado sign.

Remember pay phones? Diana sure does.

Back to the days when you could run from the parking garage to your gate in less than a minute.

$25,000. You can count it if you'd like.

Ed's said all that needs to be said. But will the scene ever end?

Time for one of the few James Bond references in the movie!

Let's all pause for yet another minute of exposition.

Shaheen feels the need to start quoting U2 song lyrics.

Lots of roses for the bride-to-be.

The most thrilling music soundtrack ever composed for a walk around a wading pool.

Pulling up to the Pahvesi Palace

If you ask nice, Jack Caper will give you a Ferrari

Jack Caper's current business: exporting Peaches

It always boils down to escrow and closing costs, doesn't it?

Pretty much the same speech the traveling salesman gave to Marion the Librarian in The Music Man.

A little ditty 'bout Jack and Diana.

Another case of Blood Champagne for Mr. Caper.

Getting into the Bel Air mansion, or staying in the bug-infested tunnel? Questions, questions.

Ed Okin wins the "staring at Diana for eight hours" contest.

Nobody ever thinks about the dry cleaning expenses when being "the other woman."

Diana isn't really good at making up addresses.

If B.B. King played the trumpet, there would have been a "Bwaah bwaah bwaah" tune on the soundtrack here.

She certainly is.

So much for the CSI team.

Jane Fonda's ex discusses the phlebotic needs of his rival in jewelry acquisitions.

Mimosas on the balcony while a woman gets drowned. Very Malibu.

Nobody mentioned the 100-yard dash part of the beauty pageant.

The most Elvis memorabilia ever assembled and destroyed for a single film.

Hollywood producers are more polite when they have guns pointed at them.

First there was Abbott & Costello. Now it's Moe, Larry, and Curley.

A heart-to-heart, interrupted by a film director dropping a tray of sugar dispensers.

Hint: Michelle Pfeiffer was 27 when she made this movie.

Let's enjoy some more exposition with our sundaes.

Fast Times at Ship's Restaurant

Meanwhile, at an iconic Los Angeles diner...

A mad chase around the outskirts of the Die Hard set.

The time-honored trope of grabbing the girl by the hand and running as fast as you can.

Mad dogs and Englishmen - - with knives.

What do you do when Ziggy Stardust has a knife to your girlfriend's throat?

Lots of dead people in this minute. And one not-so-dead person.

Who plans a dinner party for 3am?

On an HGTV episode of "Love it or List It," this place would be demo'ed to the back walls.

Rule one of horror movies: never walk into an empty apartment.

Jimmy isn't a very good doorman, is he?

Sorry about your car. Here's 30 Swiss francs.

This is where Ed and Diana part ways... or is it?

Ed now has a Nighttime Wife.

Add "having a gun in one's mouth" marked Complete on Ed's bucket list.

Introducing David Bowie as Colin Morris

It's not easy being a Beverly Hills tailor.

Jim Henson and fooling around in bathroom stalls - - all in the same minute.

Brinksmanship in the men's room.

Who knew there was a casino in Beverly Hills?

There's never a wrong time for product placement.

Imagine how difficult it is to find a tailor at 2am.

Mercifully finishing up a week's worth of exposition.

It would probably help Diana quite a bit if she knew who was trying to kill her.

A brief history of the Iranian revolution, as told by a jewel smuggler.

Let's all get comfortable for some story exposition.

Christie's boyfriend wants Diana's boyfriend to leave. Now.

How to hide your McGuffin for use later in the movie.

Bud wants some alone time with Christie, but Diana's here.

Ed has difficulties adjusting to backstage Hollywood.

In which we meet Christie at her workplace.

Miss North America gets taken hostage by the guy who wrote "Harold and Maude"

When in Hollywood, Visit Frederick's of Hollywood.

Takin' Care of Business, baby.

Walking and talking with Ed and Diana

Charlie and Di, fighting about a car.

Charlie and Diana get into a bit of sibling rivalry.

Ed meets Charlie

Ed gets a glimpse of Diana's past.

You wouldn't leave a girl all by herself in an apartment full of Elvis memorabilia, would you?

Get ready for a whole lotta Elvis goin' on.

Always listen to the wisdom of Hollywood hobos.

John Landis trademarks: Easy listening bossa nova and a topless scene.

Body by Jake gets dissed by Diana

Or Diana, like Wonder Woman Diana Prince

When you get seasick just going to a marina.

Nobody in the 80's wore seat belts, but some people worried about smoking.

Enough with the Iranians and the police.

Worst hood ornament ever.

Thank goodness Toyotas have bad starter motors.

The precipitating event: Hasi's stabbing

Move along, citizen.

Ed Okin can't sleep. So, he takes a little ride.

Infidelity is a dish best served cold.

Watching car commercials, knowing your wife is cheating on you.

Now, everyone at the office knows about Ed's insomnia.

How much jargon can you fit into a single minute of a comedy?

The solution to insomnia is: schematics!

Herb seems to know way too much about Las Vegas after dark.

Is the cure for "Have a Nice Day," a girl named Melissa?

Ed Okin just doesn't care about BREAKING NEWS

Crying while eating a bear claw on the 405 - - another typical L.A. commute.

There's no time for breakfast - - Stan's here.

Ed Okin can't sleep.

Gas stations, donut shops, hamburger joints, and car crashes - - a typical night in L.A.

Credits continue, as we settle in for a nighttime story.

Our story begins on a flight landing at LAX.