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Ten Minutes Earlier
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Flashing back ten minutes, two businessmen sit down at a red-velvet restaurant for a long-awaited face-to-face lunch. Their conversation loops through repeated recommendations of the shrimp scampi, a waiter's odd question about whether the meal is for business or pleasure, and an unsolicited pitch for a condo in the valley, until one man abruptly excuses himself to use the restroom and the other is left grinning at the table.
The funny people
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Highly quotable.
The manager would like to know if this is a business or pleasure lunch.
The shrimp's pretty famous here, but the service isn't that great.
Excuse me, I have to go number two.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Tim Heidecker
Writer
Eric Wareheim
Writer
Tim Heidecker
Director
Jonathan Krisel
Director
Eric Wareheim
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Aired in the season 3 episode "Jazz" (segment listed as "10 Minutes Earlier"). IMDb credits both diners as "Man Having Shrimp".
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:06
Man Having Shrimp
I've been looking forward to this. I'm tired of all the e-mails.
- 00:09
Man Having Shrimp
It's good to see you face-to-face.
- 00:10
Man Having Shrimp
I wanted to meet you face-to-face.
- 00:11
Man Having Shrimp
What do you recommend here?
- 00:13
Man Having Shrimp
Well, like I said, the scampi is pretty good.
- 00:17
Waiter
Excuse me. The manager would like to know if this is a business or pleasure lunch.
- 00:23
Man Having Shrimp
That's a big pleasure.
- 00:24
Man Having Shrimp
Pleasure.
- 00:25
Waiter
Don't worry.
- 00:26
Man Having Shrimp
Pleasure.
- 00:27
Man Having Shrimp
Well, Well, business also.
- 00:29
Waiter
I'll be right back.
- 00:29
Man Having Shrimp
Thank you. Appreciate it.
- 00:31
Man Having Shrimp
Wow, the shrimp's pretty famous here, but the service isn't that great.
- 00:34
Man Having Shrimp
Great.
- 00:34
Man Having Shrimp
He's been here forever, like I said.
- 00:36
Man Having Shrimp
Has he?
- 00:36
Man Having Shrimp
Yeah, like I said.
- 00:37
Man Having Shrimp
Has he?
- 00:37
Man Having Shrimp
Yeah.
- 00:37
Man Having Shrimp
Uh, look, if you're not settled yet, you know, we got a really, really nice condo out in the valley and...
- 00:42
Man Having Shrimp
You have enough room for my boys?
- 00:44
Man Having Shrimp
Well, sure.
- 00:45
Man Having Shrimp
How about basketball court?
- 00:47
Man Having Shrimp
Uh, you'd have to go to the high school in the corner.
- 00:48
Man Having Shrimp
Excuse me, I have to go number two.
- 00:51
Man Having Shrimp
Okay.
- 00:51
Man Having Shrimp
Mention my name, you'll get a good seat, you know.
- 01:02
Great job.
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