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[0:05] Walt Mendez: Hey, Amanda, I don't know if I can talk. This place is going crazy. The phones haven't stopped ringing. I can't believe you posted the picture, Walt. What the hell?

[0:11] Amanda: I know, I know. It was a stupid move. I took it down, but people screenshot it and reposted it. I asked you to delete it.

[0:18] Walt Mendez: You know you deserved it. I wanted to fuck with him like he fucked with me.

[0:21] Amanda: So you're using my trauma to get back at him?

[0:24] Walt Mendez: No, that's not what I'm doing. You know I'm getting tweeted by every lunatic Marvel fan on Earth, right?

[0:30] Amanda: Oh, please, they're just trolls.

[0:31] Walt Mendez: They're telling me I need to suck it up and get over it.

[0:34] Amanda: Who cares what those losers think?

[0:35] Walt Mendez: The kids who take my classes. And their parents, one of whom I happen to be seeing, or at least I was. He just texted to cancel our date tonight.

[0:42] Amanda: Trust me. This will blow over soon. The next story will drop, and you'll be back to your same old little life down there again.

[0:51] Walt Mendez: My what?

[0:52] Amanda: You know what I mean? My little life.

[0:55] Walt Mendez: Do you hear yourself? You're turning into everything we used to make fun of.

[1:00] Amanda: Thanks. Feels great to be supported by my best friend, especially when I'm here alone. My boss is under investigation and it's all on me.

[1:07] Walt Mendez: I'm so sorry that this has inconvenienced you, but I just found out the love of my life is a fraud, so stop being a drama queen and cut me some damn slack.

[1:14] Amanda: No problem, Walt. I gotta go to work. I'll call you later.

[1:18] Walt Mendez: Right. Daniel Vine Agency.

[1:22] Gail: Hey Walt, it's Gail from Deadline. How are you?

[1:24] Walt Mendez: Busy. What's up?

[1:25] Gail: So that piece I was prepping on Noah Pitt Gilford, it just got a lot juicier. What can you tell me about the photo you posted?

[1:30] Walt Mendez: The people at Marvel are saying it was a fake.

[1:34] Gail: If Marvel says it's a fake, then it's a fake.

[1:37] Walt Mendez: Yeah, but what do you say?

[1:38] Gail: I say you can direct any further questions to Noah's new representative, Tegan Hughes at Vibe.

[1:44] Walt Mendez: Oh. This keeps getting better. Thank you, Walt.

[1:48] Brad Zeller: Donna Levine Agency.

[1:49] Walt Mendez: Hey, it's Brad Zeller at the Times, calling for a comment on Noah Pitt Guilford and Marvel.

[1:54] Walt Mendez: The Times? Uh, okay. I think you need to talk to his new rep.

[1:56] Brad Zeller: But you're at the center of this, no?

[1:59] Walt Mendez: I need to take this other line. He's with Tegan Hughes at Vibe.

[2:01] Pad Kelly: Donna Levine Agency.

[2:03] Walt Mendez: Hi, it's Pad Kelly at Fox News. What can you tell me about?

[2:06] Walt Mendez: Gross.

[2:08] Unknown speaker: Guten Tag, it's me in Berlin. Um, did you drop some photo of your boyfriend on social? Because my comic book Reddit group is obsessed with Jackrabbit. And suddenly all they talk about is that janky picture of him skeeving out on that sleeping girl. I thought he was gay. Anyway, the club I was DJing at got busted for sawing horse tranquilizers.

[2:29] Walt Mendez: Yeah. But I'm not coming home yet. I met this hot Claudia Schiffer look alike. Might actually be Claudia Schiffer. I just don't speak German. Would you do me a favor? Uh, my parents think I'm still in New York, so if they stop by, tell them I'm at class.

[2:44] Unknown speaker: Oh, yeah, they also think I'm getting my doctorate at Columbia.

[2:49] Walt Mendez: What do you want, Tegan? What is wrong with you?

[2:51] Tegan Hughes: Sorry, Tegan. You're breaking up.

[2:53] Walt Mendez: Don't be a dick.

[2:53] Tegan Hughes: I'm not the dick here. Talk to your client.

[2:55] Walt Mendez: What about ethics?

[2:57] Tegan Hughes: Ethics? You sent me up to fail, you stole my clients and my computer, and now you're talking to me about ethics?

[3:02] Walt Mendez: That was business. Why do you have to make it personal?

[3:04] Tegan Hughes: Because I'm a person.

[3:06] Walt Mendez: It is personal. Don't pretend you have feelings. You're an agent. You're like all of us. You'd sell your mother for a good job, and you know what? I respect you for it. It's gonna make you a shit ton of money.

[3:15] Tegan Hughes: Right. You're good, Walt. You knew how this was gonna go down from the beginning, didn't you? You knew Kirk would leave me the moment I took on Noah.

[3:23] Walt Mendez: He left?

[3:23] Tegan Hughes: This morning. He says he's quitting the business.

[3:26] Walt Mendez: But you knew that already.

[3:28] Tegan Hughes: I really didn't.

[3:29] Walt Mendez: Okay. That's how you want to play it. I'll make you a deal. A peace accord. You issue a statement that the picture was a deep fake, someone hacked your Twitter, and you're furious. I'll get you a job here.

[3:39] Tegan Hughes: So you don't have to slum it anymore.

[3:42] Walt Mendez: Why would I want to work there?

[3:43] Tegan Hughes: Oh, I don't know. Money, status. Any boy you want a date saying yes to you, you can say, fuck off to Noah, get yourself a share in East Hampton and make your friends and family hate their lives.

[3:52] Tegan Hughes: You can really get me a job at Vibe.

[3:54] Walt Mendez: My boss authorized this call. It's Dinah. I need to get this. Think about it.

[3:59] Tegan Hughes: Dinah, hi. Have you heard anything from him?

[4:01] Walt Mendez: Noah?

[4:02] Tegan Hughes: Spencer. He never came back from St. Bart's.

[4:05] Walt Mendez: Oh, no. All our accounts are emptied. And my phone's shut off. I have to make calls from my landline like it's 1997.

[4:14] Tegan Hughes: I'm so sorry.

[4:16] Walt Mendez: That fucker. I looked on his hygienist Instagram, and she was with him on that island.

[4:24] Tegan Hughes: I made the worst mistake of my life choosing him over Bruce.

[4:27] Walt Mendez: Bruce Morton? The casting director?

[4:29] Tegan Hughes: Oh, it was a million years ago. I can't believe you dated.

[4:33] Walt Mendez: Except we couldn't actually afford to go on a date. He lived next to Cafe Luxembourg, and we sometimes find an old baguette and finish it in the park.

[4:41] Tegan Hughes: That sounds romantic in a lady in the tramp kind of way.

[4:44] Walt Mendez: Some of the best times are when you have nothing and you're just doing what you love.

[4:49] Tegan Hughes: Uh anyway, I went with the safe practical choice and look where it got me.

[4:54] Walt Mendez: Wow, I'm still picturing you and Bruce.

[4:56] Tegan Hughes: Yeah, we had fun. Anyway, I'm calling a divorce lawyer. Right after I call a criminal lawyer.

[5:02] Walt Mendez: I'm sorry, Dinah. I have to say, you're handling this amazingly well.

[5:07] Tegan Hughes: Believe me, I'm dying inside.

[5:09] Walt Mendez: I get it. I thought Noah actually liked me.

[5:12] Tegan Hughes: Listen to me. You and Noah were not meant to be together like that. He is not an evolved person.

[5:19] Walt Mendez: Yeah. But he is a valuable client. So try and change how you see him, all right?

[5:25] Tegan Hughes: He is not a sexual being. He's a child. You need to protect and nurture.

[5:32] Walt Mendez: And make money off of, okay?

[5:34] Tegan Hughes: About that. Well, thank God, because basically, you're gonna have to start from scratch, living off 10% of our movie star.

[5:41] Walt Mendez: But the business will survive. That's all I have left.

[5:45] Tegan Hughes: Well, you have other things, too.

[5:49] Walt Mendez: It's another lawyer. If I send them to voicemail, they charge me for leaving a message.

[5:53] Tegan Hughes: Go. Go, go.

[6:01] Amanda: Hi, you've reached Amanda and Starmaker's Youth Theater. Please leave a message.

[6:07] Walt Mendez: Hey, it's me. I'm sorry about before. I'm just uh. I'm sorry.

[6:20] Kito: Hey, Kito, what's up?

[6:21] Walt Mendez: Dad, is this about time?

[6:23] Kito: No such thing. Are you okay?

[6:25] Walt Mendez: Um, I don't know. I Hey, hey, buddy. What's going on?

[6:32] Kito: It's nothing, it's just uh it's hard to be alone all the time.

[6:37] Walt Mendez: What do you mean?

[6:38] Kito: Um I'm literally alone here in the office all day, every day. And my roommate, even though he's ridiculous, he was someone to talk to, and he's gone. And Amanda's pissed off at me and won't take my calls. And the only other person I was spending time with was my boyfriend, and uh, we broke up, so I'm here.

[7:05] Walt Mendez: Uh I'm just uh that's the first time you ever told me about a boyfriend.

[7:10] Kito: Sorry, I thought you didn't want to hear.

[7:13] Walt Mendez: You never asked me anything about dating.

[7:15] Kito: I thought you didn't want to talk about it.

[7:17] Walt Mendez: I guess maybe I didn't. When you made those jokes about the Maricone piano bar and everything.

[7:23] Kito: Oh, buddy, I'm sorry. I didn't even think. You know I love you, right?

[7:29] Walt Mendez: Yeah. And when I say that, I mean everything about you.

[7:34] Kito: Yeah. So are you top or bottom?

[7:36] Walt Mendez: Dad, gross.

[7:37] Kito: Sorry, just trying to take an interest.

[7:39] Walt Mendez: That's too much interest.

[7:41] Kito: I'm always here. Your mother is always here wherever she may be. And your stepmother is here even if she's still getting used to having a 26-year-old son.

[7:51] Walt Mendez: I'm sorry if you boys are having trouble. But you know you're not alone.

[7:55] Kito: Even if I did something I'm not proud of?

[7:57] Walt Mendez: Even then. You wanna talk about it?

[8:00] Kito: No. Ah, you take after me.

[8:02] Walt Mendez: But can I give you some advice?

[8:04] Unknown speaker: I wish you would.

[8:05] Walt Mendez: When it comes to the tough stuff in life, the only way around it is through it.

[8:11] Unknown speaker: Hmm.

[8:12] Walt Mendez: You're gonna be okay?

[8:13] Unknown speaker: You wanna come home for a bit?

[8:15] Walt Mendez: To work for you?

[8:16] Unknown speaker: No, I know you don't want that.

[8:18] Unknown speaker: I hire your cousin César, Yomio.

[8:21] Unknown speaker: He's grateful for the job, but he wears too much cologne.

[8:25] Unknown speaker: Anyway, we're here if you want a little rest and some home cooking.

[8:30] Walt Mendez: Thanks, Dad.

[8:32] Walt Mendez: I think I'm gonna take your advice and face my problems here.

[8:36] Walt Mendez: I can't run away from this.

[8:38] Unknown speaker: Well, don't work too hard.

[8:40] Unknown speaker: I love you.

[8:41] Unknown speaker: And good luck with the boy.

[8:46] Bruce: Hey.

[8:47] Walt Mendez: Hey, uh, is Dina okay?

[8:49] Bruce: Her phone says it's been disconnected.

[8:51] Walt Mendez: Yeah, she's fine.

[8:52] Bruce: There was some confusion with Billing.

[8:54] Walt Mendez: Where's her accountant?

[8:55] Bruce: You mean Spencer?

[8:56] Bruce: M I A.

[8:57] Walt Mendez: Ugh, figures.

[8:59] Walt Mendez: I don't know what's up between you and Noah, but if you wanted to screw him, it worked.

[9:04] Bruce: Marvel is dropping him.

[9:05] Walt Mendez: And that's official?

[9:06] Bruce: Uh-huh.

[9:07] Bruce: Production starts in a week.

[9:08] Bruce: They need to move quickly.

[9:10] Walt Mendez: Oh.

[9:10] Walt Mendez: Look, I I am so sorry if I put you in a bad position.

[9:13] Bruce: It's just please.

[9:15] Bruce: You're being an agent.

[9:16] Bruce: I don't blame you.

[9:17] Bruce: The kid'll survive.

[9:18] Walt Mendez: So who are they going to next?

[9:20] Bruce: Probably Gyllenhall.

[9:22] Walt Mendez: It's a shame Tegan killed Kirk's deal.

[9:24] Bruce: They loved him.

[9:25] Walt Mendez: Ugh, I know.

[9:26] Walt Mendez: Tegan pushes too hard.

[9:28] Bruce: Have you called him?

[9:29] Walt Mendez: No answer.

[9:30] Walt Mendez: No one knows where he is.

[9:32] Walt Mendez: Anyway, have Dinah call me back.

[9:34] Walt Mendez: I feel terrible for her.

[9:35] Bruce: Just so you know, I haven't told her anything about Noah leaving.

[9:41] Walt Mendez: Oh.

[9:42] Bruce: Wow.

[9:42] Bruce: Okay.

[9:43] Bruce: You know, I don't want to bring her a problem until I have a solution.

[9:46] Bruce: Uh first bit of advice we got at the mailroom at William Morris.

[9:49] Walt Mendez: Oh, so that's where she got it.

[9:51] Bruce: Yeah, and ran with it.

[9:53] Bruce: Became an agent faster than anyone in the history of the company.

[9:56] Walt Mendez: Sounds about right.

[9:57] Walt Mendez: Then she decided to go out on her own, and Clooney happened, and the rest is history.

[10:03] Walt Mendez: Along with our ill-fated romance.

[10:05] Bruce: She told me you guys had a thing.

[10:07] Walt Mendez: Oh, she did?

[10:08] Walt Mendez: Huh.

[10:09] Walt Mendez: I thought she forgot all about that.

[10:12] Bruce: Nope.

[10:12] Bruce: Well, I let her get away.

[10:14] Bruce: Stupid.

[10:16] Walt Mendez: Anyway, have her call me.

[10:17] Unknown speaker: Bruce, I'm so sorry, but Marvel Business Affairs is on the other line.

[10:21] Bruce: Oh, they must be calling about Gyllenhall.

[10:24] Walt Mendez: Hey, Bruce, can you do me a favor?

[10:26] Bruce: I guess I owe you one, don't I?

[10:27] Walt Mendez: Stall them before they make the offer to Jake.

[10:29] Bruce: Do you know how long these deals take?

[10:31] Bruce: They're way behind already.

[10:32] Walt Mendez: An hour.

[10:33] Walt Mendez: For Dinah.

[10:34] Bruce: You have 20 minutes.

[10:35] Walt Mendez: I'll take it.

[10:42] Unknown speaker: And now back to rolling calls.

[10:47] Unknown speaker: Apple technical support.

[10:48] Unknown speaker: This is Elaine.

[10:49] Unknown speaker: I see from your phone number you have a brand new laptop.

[10:52] Unknown speaker: Is that the device you're calling about?

[10:54] Unknown speaker: Yes, it's lost, and I forgot to turn on the Find My App.

[10:58] Unknown speaker: Can you can you tell me where it was last used?

[11:00] Unknown speaker: Sure.

[11:00] Unknown speaker: Uh, it looks like it's currently in use at the Luftanza Lounge at Kennedy Airport.

[11:07] Unknown speaker: Do you want me to report that as stolen, sir?

[11:09] Unknown speaker: No, it's fine.

[11:10] Unknown speaker: Thanks for your help.

[11:20] Unknown speaker: Guten Tag, Lufthansa Lounge.

[11:21] Unknown speaker: Hi, can you page someone for me, please?

[11:23] Unknown speaker: Yeah, I've also done.

[11:25] Unknown speaker: Kirk, Savage?

[11:26] Unknown speaker: Hold please.

[11:34] Kirk: Hello.

[11:35] Kirk: Hi.

[11:36] Kirk: Hello?

[11:36] Walt Mendez: It's Walt, Dinah's assistant.

[11:39] Kirk: How did you find me?

[11:40] Walt Mendez: Uh, that computer you're using.

[11:42] Walt Mendez: It's technically mine since I bought it and everything.

[11:46] Kirk: Tegan said it was a gift.

[11:47] Walt Mendez: Of course she did.

[11:48] Walt Mendez: She's a liar.

[11:49] Kirk: You guys are all the same.

[11:51] Kirk: I'm gonna lay low in Berlin for a while, and by laying low I mean headline in EDM festival.

[11:56] Walt Mendez: You do dance music?

[11:57] Kirk: Not really, but they don't get Tony Bennett over there.

[12:00] Kirk: Whatever, I'm taking the money.

[12:02] Walt Mendez: What would you say if I told you I could get you the Marvel job?

[12:05] Kirk: Are you shitting me?

[12:06] Walt Mendez: I've already spoken to Bruce, but I need your word that you're committed to Dina.

[12:10] Kirk: Like, for life.

[12:12] Walt Mendez: Whose life?

[12:13] Walt Mendez: You want to be a superhero or not?

[12:14] Walt Mendez: The clock is ticking.

[12:16] Kirk: Fine.

[12:16] Kirk: I'm in.

[12:17] Walt Mendez: Great.

[12:17] Walt Mendez: Get yourself here as soon as you can.

[12:19] Walt Mendez: I'll have contracts waiting.

[12:20] Kirk: Amazing.

[12:21] Walt Mendez: Oh, and I need my computer back.

[12:22] Kirk: Uh, you're cutting out there, Walt.

[12:24] Kirk: Gotta go.

[12:24] Kirk: See you soon.

[12:29] Walt Mendez: Hey, Marty.

[12:31] Walt Mendez: I got some good news for you.

[12:32] Walt Mendez: You are replacing Kirk Savage at the Berlin Music Festival.

[12:36] Walt Mendez: Check your email.

[12:37] Walt Mendez: I'll deduct my commission from this month's rent.

[12:45] Bruce: Casting.

[12:45] Bruce: He's in.

[12:46] Bruce: Kirk Savage is in for Jackrabbit.

[12:49] Walt Mendez: Holy shit, you're fast.

[12:52] Bruce: Texting with Marvel as we speak.

[12:53] Walt Mendez: Do you have the initial offer they made?

[12:55] Bruce: I do.

[12:56] Walt Mendez: Great.

[12:56] Walt Mendez: We'll take it as is.

[12:58] Bruce: You will?

[12:58] Bruce: If they pay his royalty on the gross.

[13:00] Walt Mendez: They'll never do that.

[13:01] Bruce: And according to deadline, they start on Monday, and Jill and Hall just took a role in the DC universe.

[13:06] Walt Mendez: What?

[13:06] Bruce: To make it palatable, let's call it an advance on merch sales, so it doesn't set precedent.

[13:11] Walt Mendez: Shit.

[13:12] Walt Mendez: You really might get this done.

[13:14] Bruce: Hold on, they're texting back.

[13:16] Bruce: Yes.

[13:18] Bruce: Yes.

[13:19] Bruce: It's a go.

[13:20] Walt Mendez: I can't believe this.

[13:21] Walt Mendez: You're a ninja.

[13:23] Bruce: He's on his way here now.

[13:25] Walt Mendez: Send over the paperwork.

[13:26] Bruce: Done.

[13:26] Bruce: Genius.

[13:27] Walt Mendez: Anything you want, it's yours.

[13:29] Bruce: Does your boss count?

[13:31] Bruce: Just kidding.

[13:31] Bruce: Don't cancel me.

[13:32] Bruce: I'm old.

[13:33] Bruce: I'm done with that.

[13:33] Bruce: Believe me.

[13:35] Walt Mendez: Speak of the devil, she's calling in right now.

[13:36] Bruce: Tell her I want to take her out to celebrate.

[13:38] Walt Mendez: Oh, smooth, Bruce.

[13:40] Bruce: Will do.

[13:42] Bruce: Dinah I was just about to call you.

[13:44] Dinah: When were you going to tell me about Noah losing the job?

[13:47] Bruce: I was waiting until I had a solution.

[13:49] Dinah: Bankruptcy and divorce in the same week.

[13:52] Dinah: I'm really crushing it, aren't I?

[13:54] Bruce: Dinah, please listen to me.

[13:55] Bruce: I think it's time to check myself into the actor's home in Inglewood.

[13:58] Bruce: Kirk is coming back to us.

[14:01] Dinah: Holy shit.

[14:03] Dinah: You're kidding me.

[14:04] Bruce: With royalties on the gross.

[14:05] Bruce: I worked it all out with Bruce.

[14:07] Bruce: I didn't want to bring you the problem until I had a solution.

[14:09] Dinah: You're learning.

[14:11] Dinah: From the best.

[14:12] Bruce: And I'm not done yet.

[14:13] Bruce: I still need to find Spencer.

[14:15] Bruce: We're gonna teach him a little lesson.

[14:18] Dinah: Listen to yourself.

[14:19] Dinah: You're a monster.

[14:21] Bruce: I'm so proud of you.

[14:28] Unknown speaker: Rolling Calls is written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen.

[14:32] Unknown speaker: Directed by Gordon Greenberg.

[14:34] Unknown speaker: Sound designed and mixed by Bart Fassbender.

[14:37] Unknown speaker: Dialogue edit by Brett Ashley.

[14:40] Unknown speaker: Produced by Dory Berenstein, Alan Seals, and Kimberly Garris for the Broadway Podcast Network.

[14:46] Unknown speaker: Line produced by Mary McGowan.

[14:49] Unknown speaker: This podcast is executive produced by Liz Armstrong and produced through Gotham Fiscal Sponsorship's Sound and Light Project.

[14:57] Unknown speaker: Special thanks to Open Jar Studios.

[15:00] Unknown speaker: Make sure to visit Broadway Podcast Network.com for more radio comedies, dramas, and interviews with the biggest names on Broadway and beyond, plus special behind the scenes, red carpet access, and more.

[15:14] Unknown speaker: Rolling Calls celebrates the Entertainment Community Fund and Broadway CARES Equity Fights AIDS and thanks them for all they do on behalf of the theater community.

[15:26] Unknown speaker: This episode featured Jill Abramovitz, Matt Doyle, Julie Halston, Adam Heller, Jeff Crady, Andrea Makassett, Brittney Mack, Luis Miranda, Dan Rosales, and David Rossmer.

[15:40] Unknown speaker: For more information on the cast and creative team, visit BPN.fm slash rolling calls.