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Hilton
feels cheated that his company laid him off without even a goodbye
party, but Ruthie tells him he's being childish. Hilton lands a
job interview on Long Island, but when he tries to pick up his car
at the repair shop, he encounters severe language barriers and the
news that the car is beyond help. He grudgingly takes a senior citizens
shuttle van to the interview, but it breaks down and he's stranded
for hours. Hilton, with Pauline as his assistant, works on a magic
act for a children's charity event as he continues to obsess about
the party he isn't going to get. Later, on his way to another rehearsal
at the children's center, which Ruthie has urged him to attend,
he begins imagining that a surprise party is about to happen, but
it doesn't. And when his company sends him a tacky pocket calendar,
that's the final blow, but Ruthie presents him with a watch inscribed
to her husband, "who worked like a dog for his family for thirty
years".
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