The Bet

TV Movie
1984
25m

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Brian taunts the prostitutes and derelicts on skid row while cruising Hollywood Boulevard on Friday night with his friends who are frightened by the street life. A companion bets him he won'... Read allBrian taunts the prostitutes and derelicts on skid row while cruising Hollywood Boulevard on Friday night with his friends who are frightened by the street life. A companion bets him he won't spend the weekend there and Brian accepts.Brian taunts the prostitutes and derelicts on skid row while cruising Hollywood Boulevard on Friday night with his friends who are frightened by the street life. A companion bets him he won't spend the weekend there and Brian accepts.

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Philip McKeon's TV debut.

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Walking in L.A.
Performed by Missing Persons
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.

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7/10

Interesting story

If this is the short I remember with Philip McKeon, I thought it was originally billed as "The Bet"... basically he's a rich kid riding in a car with his friends through downtown LA (complete with opening song from Missing Persons "Walking in LA", as in "nobody walks in LA"), and they bet him he can't last a weekend on Skid Row. He takes the challenge and meets some interesting people while learning things about himself. Some obvious socioeconomic drama there as well. I haven't seen the short in decades, and can't find it on YT to give a proper review. But since the info on this IMDb page is pretty sparse at the moment, I wanted to add a little something. I enjoyed it a lot and it was a typical 80s arc about having some human compassion.