Morning. How about breakfast . Whats the point of breakfast or any meal or anything for that matter . After all, life is basically a series of random, absurd unrelated events not linked in any logical pattern, existing in a void that mocks our attempts to impose order and meaning. In that case, can ihave your bagel . When did this occur to you . Ever since my advanced literature class started its unit on existentialism. Whats existentialism . Hes so young. Andy, an existentialistis someone who likes to take their clothesoff in public. That theres no real grand design to life and consequently no real meaning. Still, its no reasonfor a person to taketheir clothes off. [knock knock] hey, lauren,how you doing . Good. Hi, lauren. Cut it out were trying to eat here. Sorry, but alex and i wont see each other for a few weeks. Im going to a psychology conference. Why dont you take him along as an exhibit . Because lauren will be away doesnt mean youll be spending more time at home, does it . I got plenty to do. I start teaching today a freshman seminar on campus basic economic principles of capitalism in the postindustrial era. Lets hope they havefestival seatingfor that one. Teaching this class will fulfill all my requirements for my degree. Then its on to graduation. Next year at this time, mallory will be graduating. Yeah, hopefully. What was that . Happily. Happily. Ill be graduating happily. Graduationat Grant College should be a prettyimpressive ceremony. Whos the guest speakergoing to be, soupy sales . Very funny. They have no plans to invite him back. Ill see you later. Take care of alex for me. Sure you wonttake him . Its tempting. See this, jen . How can life be absurd when she cant tear herself from my side . You just provedmy point. You may ask, and, uh, rightfully so, what is economics . Lets go to the dictionary. The word economics derives from the greek oikonamus, meaning a manager of a states or households monies. Or the latin moola. Well, lets go now to our history books excuse me, miss . Me . Uh. Yeah, you. Do you have any idea what time it is . Well, ive got 6 38. Ive got 11 05. I think youre right. Find a seat right there please. If you go to the history books, youll see that money was not always used in transactions. [german music plays] excuse me. Sorry. That was me. Actually, it wasnt me. Miss, do me a favor. Just keep it down. Im really sorry. Now, in ancient times, the barter system was in place. Livestock were often used instead of money as a means of exchange. Eventually the practice was dropped. For one thing, barter is an imprecise method of transaction. For another thing, its hard to fit a goat in your wallet. Yeah, ok, settle down, people. But seriously, folks, barter was a terrible system. In the fourth century, the coinage. [crying] ok. All right now. Ok. Its ok. Are you all right . Im fine, really. Thank you. Im going to let you go early so you can read four chapters of your textbook if youre rich and you know it, clap your hands. Ok. Thank you. Im really sorryfor interrupting class. I really enjoyedyour lecture. Yeah, i can tell. I thought your jokewas funny. No kidding . I got a million of them. Ever hear about the quarter that asked the dollar out . The dollar says, wait, this isnt going to work. It wont be an equal relationship. Im four times bigger than you. And then the quarter said. Im sorry. And the quarter says, thats ok. Ill bring three friends. [crying] maybe i didnt tell it right. No. Its not you. My girlfriend doesnt like it either. Neither does my mom or my sisters. Maybe its just not a girls joke. Although my dad hates it, too. Its justa really bad joke. Look, ive got to go. Here. You all right . Look. Im really sorry. Ive been having a really bad week here. Saturday i broke up with my boyfriend and yesterday someone stole my bicycle and today all my cats hair fell out. Excuse me . Her name is fluffy. Ill have to change it now. Listen, miss. Miss marty. Brodie. Marty. Marty brodie is my look. Ive taken up enough of your time just trying to say my name. Thank you for youre so considerate. Next time, i promise no interruptions. Just one more interruption. Are you available for tutoring . Uh. Tutoring. Well, i dont know. Ive gotmy own classes, lectures to prepare. Ill pay you 15 bucks an hour. Wednesday work for you . Wednesdays fine. Oh, wait, wait, wait. Wednesdays my orchestra rehearsal. What about thursday . Thursday is my seminaron foreclosingon the elderly. Orchestrayourea music major . See, thats what i wanted to talk to you about. With all my rehearsals, lessons, and theory classes, i wont have much time for economics. Even if i did, i dont like it, but then, who does . Right. You do. Anyway, um. Hows tomorrow . Oh, great oh, great. Oh, ive got to run. Its 6 38. I. Oh. What just happened . [playing jazz] [knock on door] [knock knock] [knock knock] coming. Hi. Hi. So, are you readyfor your tutoring . Come in. We should get to work. Follow me. All right. Uh. Ok. Here i go. Oh, geez miss brodie im scared just take a left at the sustain pedal. I want to thank you for being so sensitive yesterday. Its a teachers jobto be sensitive. Oh, god. Is there something wrong . Fluffy didnt loseanymore hair . Oh, no, no. Shes right there. Aah you should put a hat on that thing. Im a little nervousabout this tutoring stuff. Why . Im just not goodwith formal academic study. Sometimes i dontfeel comfortable you are sitting at a piano. Youre right. I wish i could play. Have you ever tried . Me . Forget about it. Im the most unmusical person in the world. I can teach you. Really. Just name a song you want to learn. This isntgoing to work. Itll be great. Come on. Do you knowthe Bush Campaign jingle . No, but lets try this. [plays swonderful] gershwin . I love gershwin. Great. Now you try it. [playing] [hits wrong note] it was perfect. Try again. [playing] im good at this never had a lesson. Yes. Yes yes, you did it. You did it. Weve got our act together. We should take it on the road. Uh. Miss brodie. Marty. You play beautifully. Well, we should get to work, alex. Uh. Yeah we shouldwe shouldget to work. Dont worry. Youll love this. If we turnto page oneof our text book, well see that economicsrelies on the principles of production. And distribution. See you guys later. Im going to the bookstore for some more existentialism material. Jen, while youre there, its by cher. Jen, jen, dont you think youre going overboard with this existentialism stuff . I want to learn lifes meaning. Did you ever think of asking your parents . Ok. Whats the meaning of life . Elyse . Why do youdo this to me . Because youre there. What are you so threatened by, dad . Is it deep down youre worried theres no meaning to life, that its all a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, that when we die, were condemned to spend eternity in an infinite expanse of nonexistence confronting what camus called the benign indifference of the universe . Put on a happy face dust off those clouds and cheer up thats a ridiculous and inane rebuttal that proves my point about the meaninglessness of the universe. Cheer upor youre groundedfor the rest of your life. The sunll come out tomorrow bet your Bottom Dollar that tomorrow therell be sun but itll be shining on an empty, meaningless world kids whats the matter with kids today something wrong, alex . Oh, no. Im fine. Ahh. All right, alex. What is it . What do you mean . Anytime you want to speak to me about something thats hard for you to talk about, you sit and sigh. Oh, i do not. Ahh. All right, alex. Come on. All right. Ok. This is very difficultfor me to talk about. Dont worry. Ill help you along. Im confused about marty. Because. While it was the last thing in the world you wanted, youre attracted to her. And. Youre developing certain feelings you cant control. But. You have a deep, meaningful relationship with lauren. Which. So youre confused, tense, and worried. Thank you, mal. Yourea good listener. You can tell youve like marty for the past week. Youve spent every minute with her. Mal, that was business. Ive been tutoring her. Come on. If anyonetutored me that much, id makethe deans list. Mal, nobody can tutor anybody that much. Ah, this is stupid. This is ridiculous. Lauren and ihave been datingfor over a year. We love each othervery much. Martysa terrific girl. And if i wasntseeing somebody else, we might possiblybe good for each other. But i am. So, uh. So that is that. You sure . Absolutely. Im telling you, a little rational,logical thought, and everythingis resolved. Well, im glad you sorted that out. Ahh. Ok. Dont forget thursday we start our unit on squeezing relatives out of the family business. Hey, uh. Hey, you. Hey. You know, um. Cleo laineis giving a concert at the newingauditorium. Hey, no kidding. No. Whos cleo laine . Well, shes oneof the greatestjazz singers in the world. I saw her do porgy and bess. It gave me the chills. I saw porgy and bess. It was performed by leland highs pta. Thelma feinstein as bess. It gave me the hives. Mr. Feinsteinprobably enjoyed it. Oh, absolutely. Well, he was porgy. Embrace me my sweet embraceable you shes givinga performance tonight, and ive gottwo tickets. Do you want to go . Actually, uh, laurens coming back tonight, so. Oh. Well, thats fine. Marty, we got to talk about this. No, no. Thats ok. Im going to gohave my legs waxed. Look, we cant keep avoiding it. Lets just forget this whole thing. I cant believe any of this. How do youthink i feel . I dont know how you feel. Thats the problem, isnt it . Look. Its not my fault that weve developedan attractionto each other. Oh. Weve developed an attraction to each other . My god. What makes you think that imattracted to you . Because we spenda few days together . Big deal. And rememberive been payingfor you all along. Youre a kept man. Is that all ive been to you . Just a guy, good for some laughs and a few nights of cheap tutoring . Well, they werentall that cheap. Werent all that cheap, huh . Why dont i give you your money back . Let me see. Seven lessons at 15 a shot. Thats 105. Thank you. Minus expenses. What expenses . How about that pizza i bought wednesday night . And my gas money going to your dorm . And who bought that damn toupee for fluffy . What is this . Open it. [swonderful plays] alex. Alex, thats. Its beautiful. Yeah. It was on sale. Oh, boy. I dont knowwhat to say. I have this incredible urge to kiss you. Should i . Well, i dont know. Ive gota class soon, and itsalready 6 38. 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