The Lesser-Known Actor

Josh said, "Lord Fred is played by Ron Livingston. Who the heck is he?"

The clerk replied, "Did you ever see Office Space?"

"Yeah. So was he the guy who played Peter?"

"Right. He also played Captain Nixon in 'Band of Brothers.'"

Josh said, "I did not see that one. But this does look interesting. I would like to take it, but I am right now in a bit of an embarrassing situation."

The clerk said, "You don't have a flat screen yet. Actually that is not a problem. For an extra ten, I can set you up in the viewing theater. It is a room that we have where you can enjoy a 84" flat screen with a state-of-the-art sound system. It is like being in a movie house, but even better."

Josh fumbled at his wallet ... and it was stuffed with notes. It contained six hundreds, a fifty, and a big bunch of twenties, all new. He took out a twenty and gave it to the clerk, and received some small bills and coins in change. Although he was lost, he would at least have something to do for at least the next 142 minutes, the running time of the movie listed on the box.

The clerk took him into the store theater. The room was panelled with monkeypod. Josh sank into an oddly shaped chair. It was a fat wooden cylinder with one arc that was open to the large television. The seat was foam padding that was at least a foot thick, covered by a red cloth. Josh smiled as leaned back against some red padding on the back wall. He noticed a large glass tumbler of cola and a bar of chocolate on a shallow shelf on the right inside wall of the cylinder. There was a little slip of paper that read, "Compliments of the store. We hope that you enjoy your film." He did not know that movie rental places had rooms like this, but this was a very good deal.

1. He opened the box. It was a two DVD set.

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