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Evil Boss
The setup
The premise
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A job applicant meets Mr. Tarkanian, whose calm interview manner repeatedly gives way to threats and attacks on the employees who interrupt him. When Scott challenges the boss with a trident and a net, the confrontation turns deadly. Tarkanian returns to discussing the job as though nothing unusual has happened, leaving the applicant to weigh the benefits of working there against the chaos he has witnessed.
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I have been lifting weights and doing cocaine all day.
You just murdered one of your employees with a trident.
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SNL Transcripts lists this sketch under the alternate title Angry Boss.
Script
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- 00:03
Mr. Tarkanian
And we offer full benefits and three weeks paid vacation.
- 00:06
Curt
Oh, three weeks. Wow.
- 00:08
Mr. Tarkanian
Yeah. I'm not going to lie to you, Kurt. You're very high on our list. And we want you to work here very much. So what do you think?
- 00:16
Curt
I think I want the job.
- 00:19
Mr. Tarkanian
Fantastic. Oh, excellent. Great. So we'll give you a passkey and assign you a desk and a parking space.
- 00:26
Employee
Excuse me, Mr. Tarkanian.
- 00:28
Mr. Tarkanian
Why are you interrupting me?
- 00:30
Employee
Well, I just thought that you...
- 00:31
Mr. Tarkanian
You thought? You thought? You do not interrupt me when I am busy. Do you understand me? I don't know what you to pull this amateur bull crap, all right? I am a professional. Do you hear me? Do you understand me?
- 00:44
Employee
Yes, Mr. Charkanian.
- 00:50
Mr. Tarkanian
So you should probably go to personnel and get started on your paperwork.
- 00:55
Curt
What was that about them?
- 00:57
Mr. Tarkanian
Oh, oh, I'm sorry you had to see that. She can be a real bitch. hey your timing is perfect we're having the company barbecue next month I hope you like barbecue
- 01:07
Curt
I enjoy barbecue quite a bit actually
- 01:09
Mr. Tarkanian
good
- 01:11
Employee
here you go mr. Tarkin Ian the new copies finished
- 01:13
Mr. Tarkanian
okay you know what I don't know if I would have done this you do not hand in crap like this this looks like you took a crap or a dump in the printer you are scum I should fire I'll fire you and burn down your friggin' house! I am this close to raping you! I'm sorry. Office politics. Sometimes I think this place is like Ally McBeal.
- 01:51
Curt
Is this how you deal with your employees? I'm not sure I want to work in this kind of environment.
- 02:00
Mr. Tarkanian
Hold on a second, hold on a second.
- 02:01
Employee
A car accident? Oh my god, is he okay?
- 02:04
Mr. Tarkanian
Hey! Hey! Not on my watch! Okay, no personal phone calls all right I should smack you in the mouth use the company time to talk to your disgusting whore friends no you do not do this you do not
- 02:19
Mr. Tarkanian
hey just uh just taking care of some some business uh you want to go out for a beer and celebrate
- 02:34
Curt
I don't think I don't think I want to work here
- 02:36
Mr. Tarkanian
really what's wrong hey hey
- 02:40
Employee
what is it mr. Tarkanian
- 02:42
Mr. Tarkanian
oh thank you that's exactly the response I'm looking for get up you crazy black man I will make you drink my piss anyone in this office take a run at me I'm actually gonna murder you
- 03:19
Mr. Tarkanian
sorry to keep you waiting uh let's get you logged onto your computer
- 04:11
Curt
you are a terrible terrible terrible man
- 04:14
Mr. Tarkanian
well I'm a stickler and uh we take a lot of pride around here it's not easy running the best well the fourth best in-flight magazine in the business
- 04:26
Curt
I really don't think I want to work here thank you
- 04:29
Mr. Tarkanian
well that's a real shame that article you wrote for Continental about Peter Fox favorite restaurants in San Francisco really turned some heads around here
- 04:35
Curt
you just murdered one of your employees with a trident
- 04:38
Mr. Tarkanian
you know what just work here okay take some time to weigh the pros and cons pros here be working for a slightly above in-flight magazine for 22 for a year cons me kicking you till there's blood in your stool and then grabbing your wife's boobies while you're tied up with a racquetball shoved in your mouth. Now balance it out.
- 05:05
Curt
I just don't think I want to work here.
- 05:08
Mr. Tarkanian
Fair enough, yeah. Ordinarily I'd whip your nuts with a car antenna for that kind of attitude. But you thought about it and you don't want to work here.
- 05:16
Mr. Tarkanian
Hey! You get back here!
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