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'''Penthouse - The Man From Hollywood'''
'''Penthouse - The Man From Hollywood'''


After a brief phone call to his boss to be let off for the night, Ted ends up making one last stop. Chester Rush is a famous director (played by [[Quentin Tarantino]]) holding a private party with some of his buddies from the business. After seeing an old episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV)|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' where a man [[Yubitsume|bets his little finger]] he can start a lighter ten times in a row, they decide to replicate it. Ted is asked to be the hatchet man.
After a brief phone call to his boss to be let off for the night, Ted ends up making one last stop. Chester Rush is a famous director (played by [[Quentin Tarantino]]) holding a private party with some of his buddies from the business. After seeing an old episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' where a man [[Yubitsume|bets his little finger]] he can start a lighter ten times in a row, they decide to replicate it. Ted is asked to be the hatchet man.


Written and directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]].
Written and directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]].
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* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Especially in The Man From Hollywood. But hey, it ''is'' directed by Tarantino.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Especially in The Man From Hollywood. But hey, it ''is'' directed by Tarantino.
* [[Crying Wolf]]: The reason Ted doesn't believe the kids when they call him to report an actual emergency.
* [[Crying Wolf]]: The reason Ted doesn't believe the kids when they call him to report an actual emergency.
* [[Depending On the Writer]]: Ted's characterization changes quite a bit between segments.
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Ted's characterization changes quite a bit between segments.
* [[Enfant Terrible]]: The two kids in The Misbehavers.
* [[Enfant Terrible]]: The two kids in The Misbehavers.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Kathy Griffin]] has one scene as Betty, the woman who was supposed to be assisting Ted, while Marisa Tomei plays her crack-smoking friend.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Kathy Griffin]] has one scene as Betty, the woman who was supposed to be assisting Ted, while Marisa Tomei plays her crack-smoking friend.
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* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Unknowingly sleeping inches above a decaying corpse.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Unknowingly sleeping inches above a decaying corpse.
* [[Oner]]: A several minute long shot opens The Man From Hollywood.
* [[Oner]]: A several minute long shot opens The Man From Hollywood.
* [[Sex As Rite-Of-Passage]]: One of the rare female examples in The Missing Ingredient.
* [[Sex as Rite-Of-Passage]]: One of the rare female examples in The Missing Ingredient.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The aforementioned episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV)|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', which in turn was an adaptation of a [[Roald Dahl]] story.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The aforementioned episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', which in turn was an adaptation of a [[Roald Dahl]] story.
* [[Signature Style]]: Each short is meant to communicate their writer/director's talents. Odds are very good one is not watching the film for the first two directors, though.
* [[Signature Style]]: Each short is meant to communicate their writer/director's talents. Odds are very good one is not watching the film for the first two directors, though.
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Bruce Willis (Creator)]] refused money (and creditation) for his role in "The Man From Hollywood" as a Thank You to Tarantino for casting him in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Bruce Willis (Creator)]] refused money (and creditation) for his role in "The Man From Hollywood" as a Thank You to Tarantino for casting him in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Ted when describing the events of the night to Betty. See the [[Humiliation Conga]] example.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Ted when describing the events of the night to Betty. See the [[Humiliation Conga]] example.
* [[Understatement]]: At the end of The Misbehavers, the father asks if his children misbehaved as all hell breaks loose in the room.
* [[Understatement]]: At the end of The Misbehavers, the father asks if his children misbehaved as all hell breaks loose in the room.
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: When investigating a smell coming from Room 309, the little girl removes the mattress to discover the "putrid rotting corpse of a dead whore." Ted then does his best [[The Exorcist (Film)|Regan Macneil]] impression.
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: When investigating a smell coming from Room 309, the little girl removes the mattress to discover the "putrid rotting corpse of a dead whore." Ted then does his best [[The Exorcist|Regan Macneil]] impression.
* [[Where Everybody Knows Your Flame]]: The party on the fifth floor appears to be like one of these.
* [[Where Everybody Knows Your Flame]]: The party on the fifth floor appears to be like one of these.


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