As the audience still laughs (thinking it's still a part of his act), Rupert responds by saying: 'Tomorrow, you'll know I wasn't kidding and you'll all think I'm crazy. Rupert then closes his act by confessing to the audience that he kidnapped Langford to break into show business. In his act, he describes his troubled upbringing while simultaneously laughing at his circumstances.

Meanwhile, Rupert's act is well received by the studio audience. He slaps Masha to subdue her and flees downtown, where he angrily sees Rupert's full stand-up routine on a series of television display sets. Langford convinces her to untie him under the guise of seduction, at which time he seizes the gun, only to find it is a toy gun loaded with faulty pellets. Between the taping of the show and the broadcast, Masha has her 'dream date' with Langford, who is taped to a chair in her parents' Manhattan townhouse. The network's bosses, lawyers and the FBI agree to his demands, with the understanding that Langford will be released once the show airs. As ransom, Rupert demands that he be given the opening spot on that evening's episode of Langford's show (guest hosted by Tony Randall) and that the show be broadcast in normal fashion. Bitterly vowing to work '50 times harder', Rupert finally leaves.Įxhausted with rejection, Rupert hatches a kidnapping plot with the help of Masha, a fellow stalker similarly obsessed with Langford.

Rupert continues brushing off Jerry's dismissals and Rita's urging until Jerry finally retorts that he had only told Rupert he could call him so Jerry would get rid of him.

When Langford returns home to find Rupert and Rita settling in, he angrily tells them to leave. Hoping to impress, Rupert invites a date, Rita, to accompany him when he arrives uninvited at Langford's country home. Along the way, Rupert indulges in elaborate and obsessive fantasies in which he and Langford are colleagues and friends. He attempts to book a spot on Langford's show, but is continually rebuffed by his staff, particularly Cathy Long, and finally by Langford himself. After meeting Jerry Langford, a successful comedian and talk-show host, Rupert believes his 'big break' has finally come. Rupert Pupkin is a delusional and aspiring stand-up comedian trying to launch his career.

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