1 00:00:03,069 --> 00:00:05,071 [HONKING] 2 00:00:29,095 --> 00:00:30,597 Excuse me. 3 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:32,098 Can I get in? 4 00:00:32,098 --> 00:00:33,600 [GUNSHOTS] 5 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:35,602 [SIGHS] 6 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:37,604 You've gotta start driving with more attitude. 7 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:39,606 Attitude? I've got attitude to spare. 8 00:00:39,606 --> 00:00:42,108 "Please don't hurt me" is not attitude. 9 00:00:42,108 --> 00:00:43,610 It's an invitation to get capped. 10 00:00:43,610 --> 00:00:45,111 Why don't you use 11 00:00:45,111 --> 00:00:46,613 the watchamacallit? 12 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:49,616 That's only for use in dire emergencies, like when 13 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:52,118 I'm rushing my future wife to the hospital to give birth. 14 00:00:52,118 --> 00:00:54,120 So, in other words, never. 15 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,123 Why are we all forced to go to work at the same time? 16 00:00:57,123 --> 00:01:00,126 Who arbitrarily decided that 8:00 a.m. was a good time 17 00:01:00,126 --> 00:01:01,628 for everyone to go to work? 18 00:01:01,628 --> 00:01:04,130 There would be no rush hour if there was no rush. 19 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:05,632 You have no understanding of human nature. 20 00:01:05,632 --> 00:01:07,634 If people weren't forced to come to work 21 00:01:07,634 --> 00:01:10,136 at a certain time, they wouldn't come at all. 22 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:11,638 You have no faith in humanity. 23 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:13,139 People are basically good. 24 00:01:13,139 --> 00:01:16,142 No, no! Help! Help me! 25 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:18,144 What should we do? 26 00:01:18,144 --> 00:01:19,145 Close the windows. 27 00:01:19,145 --> 00:01:20,647 I'll turn on the radio. 28 00:01:20,647 --> 00:01:22,148 Just don't change any of my presets. 29 00:01:22,148 --> 00:01:23,650 Oh, heaven forbid. 30 00:01:23,650 --> 00:01:26,653 MAN 1: All music, all the time. 31 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:28,655 MAN 2: More music and much less talk. 32 00:01:28,655 --> 00:01:31,658 WOMAN: We're the all-music station, except for right now 33 00:01:31,658 --> 00:01:33,660 which is a fluke more than anything. 34 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:35,161 [SIGHS] This is a nightmare. 35 00:01:35,161 --> 00:01:38,164 MAN 3: And in business news... 36 00:01:38,164 --> 00:01:39,165 Ah, finally. 37 00:01:39,165 --> 00:01:41,167 Stocks are way up again today 38 00:01:41,167 --> 00:01:43,169 as every idiot with a telephone 39 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:45,672 is dumping his lunch money into the market. 40 00:01:45,672 --> 00:01:48,174 That's outrageous. Idiots shouldn't have money. 41 00:01:48,174 --> 00:01:49,175 They won't have it long. 42 00:01:49,175 --> 00:01:51,678 The only people who make money in the stock market 43 00:01:51,678 --> 00:01:54,180 are the ones who manipulate the stock prices behind the scenes. 44 00:01:54,180 --> 00:01:56,182 Or the ones who write books about investing. 45 00:01:56,182 --> 00:01:57,183 They're the worst. 46 00:01:57,183 --> 00:02:01,187 [HUMMING] 47 00:02:01,187 --> 00:02:03,189 Great. 48 00:02:03,189 --> 00:02:05,692 Now traffic is completely stopped. 49 00:02:40,226 --> 00:02:41,728 DILBERT: This is insane. 50 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:43,730 You know, this would be a perfect time 51 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:45,231 to field test this thing. 52 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:50,236 Okay, but just once 53 00:02:50,236 --> 00:02:53,239 to see if it works. 54 00:02:53,239 --> 00:02:54,240 On my mark-- 55 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,744 Three, two, one. 56 00:03:08,755 --> 00:03:10,256 DOGBERT: Nice shooting. 57 00:03:10,256 --> 00:03:12,258 Somehow, I just don't feel right about that. 58 00:03:12,258 --> 00:03:14,260 Just drive. 59 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:16,763 I've got a book to write. 60 00:03:16,763 --> 00:03:18,765 [EXPLOSION] 61 00:03:23,770 --> 00:03:26,272 [music] 62 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:13,820 [ELECTRICITY CRACKLING] 63 00:04:25,331 --> 00:04:27,333 Wally, I... hold it. 64 00:04:27,333 --> 00:04:28,334 Oh, hello, Dilbert. 65 00:04:28,334 --> 00:04:30,336 "Hello, Dilbert" nothing-- were you just reading a book? 66 00:04:30,336 --> 00:04:32,338 Are you bonkers? What makes you think that? 67 00:04:32,338 --> 00:04:33,339 My own eyes. 68 00:04:33,339 --> 00:04:34,841 Hardly a reliable source. 69 00:04:34,841 --> 00:04:36,843 I just saw you. You did not. 70 00:04:36,843 --> 00:04:38,845 Then what is this? Oh. That. 71 00:04:38,845 --> 00:04:41,347 That is not a book; it's a way of life. 72 00:04:41,347 --> 00:04:45,351 Get Rich or Get Out of My Way, INVESTING DOGBERT STYLE. 73 00:04:45,351 --> 00:04:46,853 It's full of investment tips 74 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:48,354 that no one ever thought of before. 75 00:04:48,354 --> 00:04:49,856 I've done the first exercise 76 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:51,858 and already I'm a millionaire on paper. 77 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:52,859 What was the exercise? 78 00:04:52,859 --> 00:04:54,861 You write down on a piece of paper 79 00:04:54,861 --> 00:04:56,362 "I, Wally, am a millionaire." 80 00:04:56,362 --> 00:04:59,365 Millionaire has two L's, like your name 81 00:04:59,365 --> 00:05:01,868 Which, oddly enough, you also spelled wrong. 82 00:05:01,868 --> 00:05:05,371 Uh, that's my nickname-- Wally with one L. 83 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:06,372 Who calls you that? 84 00:05:06,372 --> 00:05:08,374 Most people-- they just don't realize it. 85 00:05:08,374 --> 00:05:09,876 And now you're going to apply 86 00:05:09,876 --> 00:05:12,879 your special brand of genius to the stock market? 87 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:14,380 The time to strike is nigh. 88 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:15,882 Are you in? 89 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:16,883 Did you say "nigh"? 90 00:05:16,883 --> 00:05:18,384 It's a word. 91 00:05:18,384 --> 00:05:20,386 How about if I just watch in stunned silence 92 00:05:20,386 --> 00:05:21,387 for the first round? 93 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:25,391 Welcome to Dogbert's more than full price brokers 94 00:05:25,391 --> 00:05:26,893 where your dreams 95 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:28,895 turn into large transaction fees overnight. 96 00:05:32,398 --> 00:05:33,399 Okay, let's see. 97 00:05:33,399 --> 00:05:35,401 "Invest in the company where you work 98 00:05:35,401 --> 00:05:37,403 "only if you have actual knowledge 99 00:05:37,403 --> 00:05:40,406 of what's going on inside the company." 100 00:05:40,406 --> 00:05:42,408 Insider trading is illegal. 101 00:05:42,408 --> 00:05:43,910 You could go to jail. 102 00:05:43,910 --> 00:05:44,911 Wally, I'll need to review 103 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:46,913 the RFP for the BGA Project 104 00:05:46,913 --> 00:05:48,414 before the IOC meeting. 105 00:05:48,414 --> 00:05:50,917 Well, that has "alibi" written all over it. 106 00:05:50,917 --> 00:05:52,418 Are you in? 107 00:05:52,418 --> 00:05:53,419 Okay, I'm in. 108 00:05:53,419 --> 00:05:54,921 Excellent. 109 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:56,422 Now, uh, what's the name of the company 110 00:05:56,422 --> 00:05:57,924 We work for? 111 00:05:57,924 --> 00:05:58,925 This week? Hmm. 112 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:00,927 We were called Path-Way Electronics. 113 00:06:00,927 --> 00:06:04,430 Then we merged with E-Tech Management. 114 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:07,433 Now I guess we're Path-E-Tech Management. 115 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:09,435 All right, turn on the financial channel 116 00:06:09,435 --> 00:06:12,438 and get ready to score. 117 00:06:12,438 --> 00:06:15,942 As I said, weakness in the Japanese Yen, the Swiss Franc 118 00:06:15,942 --> 00:06:19,445 and the Russian, uh... Snot-Rag, are all bad news 119 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:21,948 for poorly managed multinational companies. 120 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:24,450 We're a poorly managed multinational company. 121 00:06:24,450 --> 00:06:26,953 As soon as he said that, our stock went down. 122 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:28,955 Join me in ten minutes when I explain 123 00:06:28,955 --> 00:06:31,457 why poorly managed multinational companies 124 00:06:31,457 --> 00:06:32,458 are a great bargain. 125 00:06:32,458 --> 00:06:33,459 We're back up. 126 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:34,961 I'm seeing a pattern here. 127 00:06:34,961 --> 00:06:36,963 The stock plummets on bad news 128 00:06:36,963 --> 00:06:38,965 which, ironically, is the best time to buy 129 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:41,467 and the stock soars on good news 130 00:06:41,467 --> 00:06:43,469 which is obviously the time to sell. 131 00:06:43,469 --> 00:06:44,971 It's go time. 132 00:06:44,971 --> 00:06:47,473 Major lawsuits over product liability... 133 00:06:47,473 --> 00:06:48,474 Buy. Buy. 134 00:06:48,474 --> 00:06:49,475 The company announced 135 00:06:49,475 --> 00:06:50,476 layoffs to cut costs. 136 00:06:50,476 --> 00:06:51,978 Sell. Sell. 137 00:06:51,978 --> 00:06:53,479 Alleged accounting irregularities. 138 00:06:53,479 --> 00:06:54,480 Buy. Buy. 139 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,982 Double or nothing. 140 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:57,483 New product announced 141 00:06:57,483 --> 00:06:59,986 that will compete in the vaporware arena. 142 00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:00,987 Sell! Sell! 143 00:07:00,987 --> 00:07:02,488 [CHEERING] 144 00:07:02,488 --> 00:07:04,490 Oh, that was exciting. 145 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:05,992 Well, back to work. 146 00:07:05,992 --> 00:07:06,993 Back to work? 147 00:07:06,993 --> 00:07:08,494 We're on a hot streak. 148 00:07:08,494 --> 00:07:11,497 Yes, and, if we keep going, we'll be on a cold streak. 149 00:07:11,497 --> 00:07:12,498 Let's leave it at that. 150 00:07:12,498 --> 00:07:14,000 Wuss. 151 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,001 You can't get out now. 152 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:16,502 You're in too deep. 153 00:07:16,502 --> 00:07:18,004 There's no turning back. 154 00:07:18,004 --> 00:07:19,505 It's all in the book. 155 00:07:19,505 --> 00:07:21,007 That book is worthless. 156 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:22,508 We're going to be ruined. 157 00:07:22,508 --> 00:07:24,510 And now investment guru Dogbert. 158 00:07:24,510 --> 00:07:26,512 Shh! Quiet. It's him. 159 00:07:26,512 --> 00:07:29,015 Hello. The Chinese have a word for crisis. 160 00:07:29,015 --> 00:07:30,516 It's made up of two characters-- 161 00:07:30,516 --> 00:07:32,018 Danger and Opportunity. 162 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:35,021 Although this has nothing to do with anything 163 00:07:35,021 --> 00:07:36,522 I enjoy mentioning it. 164 00:07:36,522 --> 00:07:38,024 What should we do now? 165 00:07:38,024 --> 00:07:40,026 Now? Now is definitely the time to buy. 166 00:07:40,026 --> 00:07:43,029 I thought you were supposed to buy when the stock is low. 167 00:07:43,029 --> 00:07:45,031 Have I ever lied to you? ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES. 168 00:07:45,031 --> 00:07:46,532 You don't have to throw it in my face. 169 00:07:46,532 --> 00:07:47,533 Sorry. 170 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:49,535 I'll take care of the stock price. 171 00:07:49,535 --> 00:07:52,038 Excuse me a minute. 172 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:05,551 You were caught in a jungle voodoo orgy 173 00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:08,054 with the cast of Deep Space Nine? 174 00:08:08,054 --> 00:08:09,055 No! 175 00:08:09,055 --> 00:08:11,557 Well... yes. 176 00:08:11,557 --> 00:08:13,559 Samuel, serve the poison. 177 00:08:13,559 --> 00:08:15,061 Must I? 178 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:16,062 Yes. 179 00:08:19,565 --> 00:08:21,567 Wow. He really earns his commissions. 180 00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:23,069 The stock is so cheap now, we can buy 181 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:25,071 a controlling interest in our own company. 182 00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:26,572 Let's do it. 183 00:08:26,572 --> 00:08:27,573 Wait. I... 184 00:08:27,573 --> 00:08:28,574 What? 185 00:08:28,574 --> 00:08:30,076 Are we ready for the responsibility 186 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:32,578 That comes with owing the company? 187 00:08:32,578 --> 00:08:33,579 Uh, I'll say no. 188 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:35,081 This is serious. 189 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:37,083 We will inherit a moral obligation-- 190 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:38,584 to the other stockholders, yes 191 00:08:38,584 --> 00:08:41,087 but more importantly, to society at large. 192 00:08:41,087 --> 00:08:43,089 Who died and made you the Dalai Lama? 193 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:44,590 All I'm saying is... 194 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:46,592 Mahatma, we're not trying to change the world here. 195 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:48,594 We're trying to make quick cash in the market 196 00:08:48,594 --> 00:08:51,097 and considering it's 11:30 and we started at 9:00, 197 00:08:51,097 --> 00:08:52,598 I'd say we're doing pretty good. 198 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:54,100 But we could change things, 199 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:55,601 change them for the better. 200 00:08:55,601 --> 00:08:58,604 I've always felt if I had an opportunity to run things 201 00:08:58,604 --> 00:09:00,606 I would be a kind and benevolent boss. 202 00:09:00,606 --> 00:09:03,109 Employees would be free to come and go as they please, 203 00:09:03,109 --> 00:09:05,611 to choose hours that fit their lifestyles. 204 00:09:05,611 --> 00:09:07,613 In a word: flex-time. 205 00:09:07,613 --> 00:09:10,116 Yeah, yeah, yeah, flex-time, shmex-time. 206 00:09:10,116 --> 00:09:11,117 Great idea. I love it. 207 00:09:11,117 --> 00:09:13,119 Can we just execute the buy already? 208 00:09:13,119 --> 00:09:14,620 Wally, look at me and tell me 209 00:09:14,620 --> 00:09:16,622 we're going to do the right thing. 210 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,624 I will tell you we're doing the right thing 211 00:09:18,624 --> 00:09:20,126 but I will not look at you. 212 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:22,128 Wally... You do whatever you want. 213 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:24,130 Me? I'm cashing out. You plan to retire? 214 00:09:24,130 --> 00:09:26,632 Retire? From what? 215 00:09:26,632 --> 00:09:28,634 I don't do anything now except surf the net. 216 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:30,136 Why should I pay for that? 217 00:09:30,136 --> 00:09:32,138 Besides, I really like the coffee here. 218 00:09:32,138 --> 00:09:34,640 Fellas-- tick, tick, tick. 219 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,142 Carpe diem, DILBERT. 220 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:37,643 Seize the day. What? 221 00:09:37,643 --> 00:09:38,644 Carpe diem. 222 00:09:38,644 --> 00:09:39,645 I think that's a fish. 223 00:09:39,645 --> 00:09:40,646 Boys. 224 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:42,648 Okay. Okay. 225 00:09:42,648 --> 00:09:45,651 Good. You two now own 51% of the company. 226 00:09:45,651 --> 00:09:47,653 Yeah, but the stock's not worth anything. 227 00:09:47,653 --> 00:09:48,654 I'll be right back. 228 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:52,658 Hello. I'm Dogbert. 229 00:09:52,658 --> 00:09:56,162 And welcome to SHAMS, SCAMS, AND FLIM FLAMS IN REVIEW. 230 00:09:56,162 --> 00:09:59,165 Today our round table of financial experts include 231 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:01,667 Vlad Corfu, financial planner 232 00:10:01,667 --> 00:10:04,170 for the firm of Dreman, Hal and Corfu. 233 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:05,671 Welcome. 234 00:10:05,671 --> 00:10:08,174 My next guest is a pension fund manager 235 00:10:08,174 --> 00:10:09,675 for Pogrom Investments, 236 00:10:09,675 --> 00:10:11,677 Traylor Barone. 237 00:10:11,677 --> 00:10:13,679 Our next guest runs her own investment firm 238 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,181 Hey, It's Me Investments-- 239 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:17,183 Esther Bester. 240 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:19,185 And my final guest is a bear from the circus 241 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:21,687 Formerly from the woods; do you have a name? 242 00:10:21,687 --> 00:10:23,189 They call me Brownie. 243 00:10:23,189 --> 00:10:24,690 Okay, let's talk about the market. 244 00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:25,691 What market? 245 00:10:25,691 --> 00:10:27,193 The stock market. 246 00:10:27,193 --> 00:10:28,694 Ohh. Ohh. 247 00:10:28,694 --> 00:10:29,695 You had me worried there. 248 00:10:29,695 --> 00:10:31,697 I thought you meant the white slave market... 249 00:10:31,697 --> 00:10:33,199 of which I know nothing. 250 00:10:33,199 --> 00:10:35,201 Does anybody care that I'm a bear? 251 00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:36,202 I'm not thrilled. 252 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:38,204 If we could, people, lets talk about 253 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:40,706 The swirling rumors surrounding a supposed takeover 254 00:10:40,706 --> 00:10:42,208 of Path-E-Tech Management, Inc. 255 00:10:42,208 --> 00:10:44,210 Has anybody heard that rumor? 256 00:10:44,210 --> 00:10:45,711 I heard a rumor that everyone 257 00:10:45,711 --> 00:10:47,713 in that company's gay or at least bisexual. 258 00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:50,216 I heard they kidnap little children and drink their blood 259 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:51,717 from little plastic cups that they make 260 00:10:51,717 --> 00:10:53,219 from detergent bottles. 261 00:10:53,219 --> 00:10:55,221 Anybody hear anything about the takeover? 262 00:10:55,221 --> 00:10:56,722 Why are you looking at me? 263 00:10:56,722 --> 00:10:57,723 I'm a bear. 264 00:10:57,723 --> 00:10:58,724 He's just looking. 265 00:10:58,724 --> 00:11:00,726 I swear to God, I'll come over there 266 00:11:00,726 --> 00:11:02,228 and one swipe with my claw 267 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:04,730 and you will not have a face, my friend, okay? 268 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:06,732 I have a poison dart gun; you won't know what hit you. 269 00:11:06,732 --> 00:11:08,234 You won't be able to reload it 270 00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:09,735 fast enough before I rip you in half. 271 00:11:09,735 --> 00:11:12,238 If I go down, I'll take the rest of you with me. 272 00:11:12,238 --> 00:11:13,239 Okay, that's it. 273 00:11:13,239 --> 00:11:14,240 What about the takeover rumors? 274 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,241 That's what? 275 00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:17,243 I don't need this. Yeah? 276 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:19,245 Do you need a hideous scar across your entire body? 277 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:21,247 Listen, I'm the owner of Hey, It's Me Investments. 278 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:22,748 You keep messing with me 279 00:11:22,748 --> 00:11:24,750 and it's going to be called Hey, It Was You. 280 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:26,252 You hear me? You hear me? 281 00:11:26,252 --> 00:11:27,753 Okay. You take that back. 282 00:11:31,257 --> 00:11:33,759 I believe we have a consensus. 283 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:36,262 Follow Dogbert's advice. 284 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:38,264 Follow Dogbert's advice. 285 00:11:38,264 --> 00:11:40,266 BOTH: music Follow, follow, Follow, follow music 286 00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:41,767 music Follow Dogbert's advice music 287 00:11:41,767 --> 00:11:44,770 music We're... off To spend the money... music 288 00:11:44,770 --> 00:11:45,771 Alice, we have 289 00:11:45,771 --> 00:11:47,773 a controlling interest in the company. 290 00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:49,275 We're both billionaires. 291 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:51,277 You'll be corrupted like the rest. 292 00:11:51,277 --> 00:11:52,778 Money is the root of all evil. 293 00:11:52,778 --> 00:11:54,780 It eats you from the inside out 294 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:57,783 until you die a slow and lonely death. 295 00:11:57,783 --> 00:11:59,785 I'll give you a billion dollars in stock 296 00:11:59,785 --> 00:12:01,287 if you'll shut up. 297 00:12:01,287 --> 00:12:02,788 Deal. 298 00:12:02,788 --> 00:12:04,790 music La, la, la, la, la, la music 299 00:12:04,790 --> 00:12:06,792 music La-la-la-la-la-la music 300 00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:08,294 Whatever you two did 301 00:12:08,294 --> 00:12:10,296 it boosted the stock to record highs. 302 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:12,798 You've made the rich richer and given the shaft 303 00:12:12,798 --> 00:12:15,301 to the small investors who bailed out too soon. 304 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:16,802 Very evil. Good work. 305 00:12:16,802 --> 00:12:17,803 Thanks. 306 00:12:17,803 --> 00:12:19,305 Evil? 307 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:21,307 Oh, by the way, there's a board meeting in half an hour. 308 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:22,308 As the company's major stockholders 309 00:12:22,308 --> 00:12:23,309 it might be a good idea 310 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,311 to make an appearance for appearance sake. 311 00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:27,313 Will there be food? Food? 312 00:12:27,313 --> 00:12:29,815 Do the finest doughnuts in the building 313 00:12:29,815 --> 00:12:30,816 sound like food to you? 314 00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:32,318 Ambrosia from the gods. 315 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:34,320 Dilbert, we've arrived. 316 00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:45,831 Hey, Dilbert, do I have anything here? 317 00:12:45,831 --> 00:12:48,334 That's the only spot you don't have anything. 318 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:50,836 Don't you want to earn these people's respect? 319 00:12:50,836 --> 00:12:51,837 We are THESE PEOPLE 320 00:12:51,837 --> 00:12:54,340 so we only have to earn our own respect. 321 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:55,841 Do you respect me? 322 00:12:55,841 --> 00:12:57,343 No. Do you respect yourself? 323 00:12:57,343 --> 00:12:58,344 No. 324 00:12:58,344 --> 00:12:59,845 Do you respect me? 325 00:12:59,845 --> 00:13:00,846 Are you kidding? 326 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:02,348 Do you respect yourself? 327 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:03,349 Not really. 328 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,350 All right. 329 00:13:04,350 --> 00:13:06,352 Let's just be quiet. 330 00:13:06,352 --> 00:13:08,854 Gentlemen, gentlemen, let's get things started. 331 00:13:08,854 --> 00:13:11,857 I know we all want to get back to more pressing matters. 332 00:13:11,857 --> 00:13:13,359 Now, the first item on the agenda 333 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:15,361 is to welcome our newest board members 334 00:13:15,361 --> 00:13:17,863 and, as of this morning actual majority owners 335 00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:19,865 of the company, Dilbert and Wally. 336 00:13:19,865 --> 00:13:22,368 I just wanted to say... whoa! 337 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:23,869 Nice chip, Harry. 338 00:13:23,869 --> 00:13:25,371 Thanks, Roy. Mind if I play through? 339 00:13:25,371 --> 00:13:26,372 Go right ahead. 340 00:13:43,389 --> 00:13:45,891 I just wanted to say it's an honor 341 00:13:45,891 --> 00:13:50,896 to stand among such an esteemed and august, uh, group 342 00:13:50,896 --> 00:13:52,398 and I hope Wally and I... 343 00:13:52,398 --> 00:13:53,899 Hey, what's your handicap? 344 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:55,901 He doesn't know when to shut up. 345 00:13:55,901 --> 00:13:58,404 [ALL LAUGHING] 346 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:00,906 You two are going to fit right in here 347 00:14:00,906 --> 00:14:03,409 and I'm referring, of course, only to Wally. 348 00:14:03,409 --> 00:14:04,910 Next order of business-- 349 00:14:04,910 --> 00:14:06,912 Read back the minutes of the last meeting. 350 00:14:06,912 --> 00:14:08,414 We gave each other stock options, 351 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:10,916 discussed ways to ignore the needs of others 352 00:14:10,916 --> 00:14:12,918 and Hamilton had a racial joke. 353 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:13,919 Thank you, Bill. 354 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:15,421 Now on to a more pressing matter. 355 00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:18,924 Gentlemen, and I say gentlemen, because there ain't no damn way 356 00:14:18,924 --> 00:14:21,427 a woman's going to sit on this board while I'm alive... 357 00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:23,929 [GASPS] 358 00:14:23,929 --> 00:14:25,431 What he was going to say was 359 00:14:25,431 --> 00:14:27,933 apparently, despite our best efforts 360 00:14:27,933 --> 00:14:31,437 the company is not losing money fast enough. 361 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:32,938 Excuse me. Did you just say 362 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:34,940 the company wasn't losing MONEY FAST ENOUGH? 363 00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:36,442 Jeez, Wally, can't you reign this guy in? 364 00:14:36,442 --> 00:14:38,444 He's like a loose cannon. 365 00:14:38,444 --> 00:14:40,946 Dilbert, will you stop embarrassing yourself? 366 00:14:40,946 --> 00:14:42,448 If you read Dogbert's book 367 00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:43,949 you'd know that a fast-growing company 368 00:14:43,949 --> 00:14:45,951 always loses money while it's expanding. 369 00:14:45,951 --> 00:14:47,453 We're not a fast-growing company. 370 00:14:47,453 --> 00:14:49,955 And we never will be if we don't lose more money. 371 00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:51,457 So, uh... 372 00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:54,460 Suggestions on how we can lose money faster? 373 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:55,961 Uh, what if we just, uh, well... 374 00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:56,962 Gave it to me? 375 00:14:56,962 --> 00:14:59,465 [ALL LAUGHING] 376 00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:00,966 Oh, Wally, you're a card. 377 00:15:00,966 --> 00:15:02,468 This guy kills me. 378 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:03,969 Next order of business: 379 00:15:03,969 --> 00:15:05,971 We have to select a new CEO. 380 00:15:05,971 --> 00:15:08,974 As tradition dictates, whosoever can remove 381 00:15:08,974 --> 00:15:11,477 this nine iron from the golf bag 382 00:15:11,477 --> 00:15:14,480 will be proclaimed chief executive officer. 383 00:15:17,483 --> 00:15:20,486 ALL: Ooh... 384 00:15:20,486 --> 00:15:23,489 Wow. First guy who tried... 385 00:15:23,489 --> 00:15:24,490 just like the other times. 386 00:15:24,490 --> 00:15:27,493 [MUFFLED SPEECH] 387 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:28,994 Can I just say one thing? 388 00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:30,996 Yes, but put his gag on first. 389 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:33,499 [MUFFLED MUTTERING] 390 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:35,000 Can I just say one thing? 391 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,001 Is it about golf? 392 00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:37,002 Not really. 393 00:15:37,002 --> 00:15:39,004 Not even peripherally? 394 00:15:39,004 --> 00:15:40,506 No. Could you at least 395 00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:41,507 hold a golf club 396 00:15:41,507 --> 00:15:42,508 while you talk? 397 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:43,509 I guess so. 398 00:15:43,509 --> 00:15:46,011 Hand him a wedge, Raul. 399 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:49,014 When I became a major stockholder of this firm 400 00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:52,518 I felt it was my duty to improve employee morale. 401 00:15:52,518 --> 00:15:55,020 Anyway, I searched my soul, although I realize 402 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,522 science doesn't accept its existence 403 00:15:56,522 --> 00:15:57,523 [SNORING] 404 00:15:57,523 --> 00:16:00,025 and I decided the best way to help the employees 405 00:16:00,025 --> 00:16:02,027 would be to introduce flex-time. 406 00:16:02,027 --> 00:16:03,529 All in favor, say... 407 00:16:03,529 --> 00:16:04,530 [MAKES SNORING SOUND] 408 00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:08,033 [ALL SNORING] 409 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:11,036 Uh, the resolution passes unanimously. 410 00:16:11,036 --> 00:16:12,037 From now on 411 00:16:12,037 --> 00:16:14,039 all employees can make their own schedules. 412 00:16:14,039 --> 00:16:16,041 You were a little too quick to agree. 413 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:19,044 I have my reasons. 414 00:16:19,044 --> 00:16:22,047 "Chapter Eight: Screwing it Up." 415 00:16:22,047 --> 00:16:24,049 Flex-time. 416 00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:26,051 You mean we can come and go as we please. 417 00:16:26,051 --> 00:16:27,052 That's right. 418 00:16:27,052 --> 00:16:29,054 From now on, you're all masters of your own... 419 00:16:29,054 --> 00:16:31,056 Whoa! Aah! 420 00:16:37,062 --> 00:16:39,565 I hope someone turned off the coffeemakers. 421 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,069 Ooh, this turned out even better than I expected. 422 00:16:44,069 --> 00:16:45,571 You compassionate bastard. 423 00:16:45,571 --> 00:16:47,573 You've ruined me. 424 00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:49,575 Ow! 425 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:51,577 Fore! 426 00:16:55,581 --> 00:16:58,584 They say no one ever faced death 427 00:16:58,584 --> 00:17:02,588 wishing they'd spent more time at the office. 428 00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:04,089 Guess I'm the first. 429 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:05,591 [SCREAMS] 430 00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,092 [GRUNTS] 431 00:17:07,092 --> 00:17:08,093 Mother of mercy. 432 00:17:08,093 --> 00:17:10,095 Take me home, St. Peter. 433 00:17:10,095 --> 00:17:13,098 Why hast thou forsaken me? 434 00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:15,601 Because you were an atheist until you hit the ground. 435 00:17:17,603 --> 00:17:21,607 Mental note: next time, find religion first. 436 00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:25,110 Welcome back. 437 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:28,113 We were talking about rumors of the takeover of the company 438 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:30,616 and the sudden and precipitous plunge in share price 439 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:32,618 following Dilbert's flex-time announcement. 440 00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:34,620 Traylor, I believe you had a few points. 441 00:17:37,122 --> 00:17:38,624 Vlad, do you have anything to add? 442 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:39,625 [WINCING] 443 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:40,626 It's burning. 444 00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:42,628 It's burning so bad. 445 00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:44,630 Not everyone would agree. 446 00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:46,632 Esther, apparently you've spoken to officials 447 00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:48,133 at the security exchange commission. 448 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,635 What do you see on the horizon? 449 00:17:49,635 --> 00:17:52,137 [WHEEZING GASPS] 450 00:17:52,137 --> 00:17:54,139 No. I don't believe faces grow back... 451 00:17:54,139 --> 00:17:55,641 but thanks. 452 00:17:55,641 --> 00:17:57,142 And finally, Brownie the Bear is dead. 453 00:17:57,142 --> 00:18:00,145 I want to thank Animal Control for their quick action. 454 00:18:00,145 --> 00:18:02,648 Now, I have a stockholder's meeting to attend. 455 00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:10,656 Fortunately for me, I am a long-term investor. 456 00:18:13,158 --> 00:18:14,159 Mr. Chairman 457 00:18:14,159 --> 00:18:16,161 how can you explain the moves you've made 458 00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:18,163 that seem to be deliberate attempts 459 00:18:18,163 --> 00:18:20,165 to destroy Path-E-Tech Management Incorporated 460 00:18:20,165 --> 00:18:21,667 and send the stock plummeting? 461 00:18:21,667 --> 00:18:23,669 I don't have to answer to you. 462 00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:25,170 Of course, you do. 463 00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:26,171 We're the shareholders. 464 00:18:26,171 --> 00:18:28,173 Still, you should have sold hours ago. 465 00:18:28,173 --> 00:18:30,676 It's all in my book on sale in the lobby. 466 00:18:30,676 --> 00:18:32,177 Buy a copy as they kick you out. 467 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:38,684 I've owned a share of this company 468 00:18:38,684 --> 00:18:40,185 since my dear blessed father, 469 00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:43,188 rest his soul in the sweet bosom of the Lord, 470 00:18:43,188 --> 00:18:46,191 passed it on to me on his deathbed. 471 00:18:46,191 --> 00:18:47,693 You only own one share of stock? 472 00:18:47,693 --> 00:18:49,695 Don't interrupt me! 473 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:51,697 I would like to know why the company 474 00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:54,199 stopped making those lovely biscuits 475 00:18:54,199 --> 00:18:56,702 with the pink sugar icing in the middle. 476 00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:58,704 Well, I never cared for them myself, 477 00:18:58,704 --> 00:19:02,708 but they were my dear sweet father's favorite bedtime treat. 478 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:04,710 Every night he'd pour himself 479 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:06,211 a gigantic tumbler of Scotch 480 00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:08,213 and eat 20 or 30 of those biscuits 481 00:19:08,213 --> 00:19:10,215 until he collapsed on the kitchen floor 482 00:19:10,215 --> 00:19:11,717 screaming for his insulin. 483 00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:14,219 And then mother would put it in a tissue box 484 00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:15,721 and bury it in the backyard. 485 00:19:15,721 --> 00:19:17,723 Okay, we're just about out of time here. 486 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:19,224 I'm not finished, you filthy little piece of--! 487 00:19:19,224 --> 00:19:20,225 Security! 488 00:19:20,225 --> 00:19:21,727 Code: Grandma Overload. 489 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:25,230 By the way, as of this moment 490 00:19:25,230 --> 00:19:28,233 the stock is worth about six-tenths of a cent. 491 00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:31,236 Anybody who wants to get out before being totally bankrupt 492 00:19:31,236 --> 00:19:33,739 I'm offering three-tenths of a cent per share. 493 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:37,242 [CLAMORING] 494 00:19:37,242 --> 00:19:38,744 Wally, what shall we do? 495 00:19:38,744 --> 00:19:40,245 Wally? 496 00:19:40,245 --> 00:19:42,247 You boys really screwed up a good thing. 497 00:19:42,247 --> 00:19:44,750 Now that my filthy riches are gone 498 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,251 I'm just filthy! 499 00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:47,753 Nobody wants that. Nobody! 500 00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:48,754 [SOBBING] 501 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:50,255 Wally, where have you been? 502 00:19:50,255 --> 00:19:52,257 I had to transact some business. 503 00:19:52,257 --> 00:19:54,259 Wow. That was exciting. 504 00:19:54,259 --> 00:19:55,761 That buying frenzy sent the stock 505 00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:57,763 back up to a new all-time high. 506 00:19:57,763 --> 00:20:00,265 Buying frenzy? I thought it was a selling frenzy. 507 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:01,767 You're one frenzy behind. 508 00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:03,769 Hey... we didn't sell. 509 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,771 We're still the majority shareholders 510 00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:07,272 and we're billionaires again. 511 00:20:07,272 --> 00:20:09,274 We're hanging in there, right, Wally, old buddy? 512 00:20:09,274 --> 00:20:10,776 I... sold everything 513 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:12,277 while the old lady was bellyaching. 514 00:20:12,277 --> 00:20:13,278 Wally! 515 00:20:13,278 --> 00:20:14,780 It was in the book. 516 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:15,781 That's right. 517 00:20:15,781 --> 00:20:17,282 It's all in the last chapter-- 518 00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:19,284 "Congratulations. You're broke." 519 00:20:19,284 --> 00:20:21,286 Well, I'm glad I didn't sell. 520 00:20:21,286 --> 00:20:22,287 Actually, you did. 521 00:20:22,287 --> 00:20:23,789 You ought to change the password 522 00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:25,290 on your brokerage account. 523 00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:26,792 This sort of thing wouldn't happen. 524 00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:28,293 [SHRIEKS] 525 00:20:28,293 --> 00:20:30,295 If everyone sold their stock 526 00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:32,297 I wonder who bought it all? 527 00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,306 DILBERT: Wow. There's no traffic. 528 00:20:41,306 --> 00:20:43,809 DOGBERT: Yeah. That flex-time really works. 529 00:20:43,809 --> 00:20:46,311 So, now you own the company, what are you going to do? 530 00:20:46,311 --> 00:20:47,312 I guess you haven't heard. 531 00:20:47,312 --> 00:20:48,814 What? 532 00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:50,315 [ROCK BLARING] 533 00:20:50,315 --> 00:20:51,316 KROK! 534 00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:55,320 Music that makes you deaf! 535 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,822 K-OW! 536 00:20:56,822 --> 00:21:00,325 We're so distorted, you can't even tell what I'm saying! 537 00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:01,827 KDOA! 538 00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:04,830 [SCREAMING] 539 00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:06,331 I changed the presets. 540 00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:07,332 I can see that. 541 00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:08,834 [LIGHT ORCHESTRAL FANFARE] 542 00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:09,835 Ah. Here we go. 543 00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:11,336 And in business news, it's official: 544 00:21:11,336 --> 00:21:13,839 Entrepreneur investment guru Dogbert has sold 545 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:16,341 his controlling interest in Dogbert Incorporated 546 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:17,843 for $100 billion. 547 00:21:17,843 --> 00:21:19,845 [CHUCKLES] Not quite that much. 548 00:21:19,845 --> 00:21:22,347 There's no word on what the new company will be named. 549 00:21:22,347 --> 00:21:23,849 Hey, look. 550 00:21:37,362 --> 00:21:38,864 On my mark. 551 00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:50,876 You haven't seen the last of me, buddy! 552 00:21:50,876 --> 00:21:52,377 DILBERT: Now, reset my radio. 553 00:21:52,377 --> 00:21:54,880 I will hunt you down! I will not rest... 554 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,383 until I see you suffer for what you've done to me! 555 00:22:01,386 --> 00:22:03,889 [music]