EPISODE

2. Ben's Birthday Party

Mel Brooks taps Ben Stiller to be Larry's co-star in The Producers. But when Larry accidentally punctures Ben Stiller in the eye during a birthday party game gone wrong, Ben drops out of the production.

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Larry meets the show's blind piano player Michael, who he and Richard helped move in 2000. Michael has a below-average-looking girlfriend who has tricked him into believing she is a beautiful model. Michael asks Larry if he thinks she is beautiful, to which he says she is not. Michael breaks up with her, but blames Larry for the breakup and guilts him into helping with several tasks. At Ben Stiller's birthday party, Larry angers Susie by saying "I love tits" during a game of telephone with children, though Larry insists he was accurately repeating what the previous boy in the chain said. Ben is perturbed that Larry did not bring a gift (despite him telling attendees not to bring gifts) and that he refuses to sing " Happy Birthday to You ". While demonstrating a golf swing, Larry accidentally stabs Ben in the eye with a wooden skewer. Richard's friend's attractive daughter, Kim, shows Larry her new breast implants by placing his hands on them. Cheryl sees Larry and Kim through a window and angrily tells Larry that he has used up his anniversary gift. At a bar, Michael plays the piano as he sings very badly. Everyone leaves, except Larry.

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