Donny attempts a stand-up comedy set to impress his new girlfriend, Teri, but the performance is derailed when his stalker, Martha, heckles him from the crowd. The scene escalates from awkward comedic failure to a public confrontation as Donny tries to regain control by exposing Martha's behavior to the audience.
DONNY: Leave those doors unlocked--!
DONNY: That’s not-- a joke, it’s just-- I’m not after your daughters. That makes me sound like a-- a--
DONNY: -- I’m not a pervert--
DONNY: I’ve always found that phrase a little funny, actually-- “lock up your daughters”--
DONNY: -- like, they run around locking
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