Paul Rudd credited as playing...
George
- George: I got you a gift.
- [it's a present wrapped in a brown paper bag]
- Lisa: Thanks.
- [Opens the gift]
- Lisa: . Thanks for not rushing me.
- George: Yeah.
- [It's Play-Doh]
- George: This is only half the gift.
- Lisa: Yeah?
- George: It doesn't work without the story.
- Lisa: [sarcastically] Ok?
- George: [Explains the story of how Play-Doh was invented] This stuff was invented by this man in central Ohio as white goo. They used it to remove stuff off a wallpaper from old-fashioned heating. So this gas and electric heating came and there was no longer a need for the cleaning goo. So, the guy was going under with his sister in law who was a nursery school teacher...
- Lisa: Is this a true story?
- George: The man's name was Joe Mcvicker. His sister was Kay Zufall.
- Lisa: Ok, I believe you.
- George: So, Kay Zufall discovered that her little kids liked squeezing the goo a lot more than hard-modeling clay. So she suggested to her brother in law Joe, the color of the stuff, and call it Play-Doh.
- Lisa: [impressed] Hey. Nice.
- George: I have kept this for a long time as proof that we're all just one small adjustment the way from making our lives work.
- Lisa: Did you ever wish you could delete everything you said as soon as you'd said it? Lately all I do is hear myself being so weak and whiny and needy that I wish I could delete every...
- George: I think the answer to that is to stop talking. Deny a voice to what's falling apart. No lip service. That's my advice to you.