Arli$$ (TV Series) The Real Thing (1997) User Reviews

After Seeing It Once 21 Years Ago, I Still Think About This Episode

[dlxmarks · 8/10 · 23 September 2018]

The episode has not been included in any 'Arli$$' DVD collection I've seen but hopefully it will be available on HBO Go. It had a great convoluted plot, brilliant characters like a tech billionaire whose collection of Disney memorabilia includes a frozen Walt Disney, and some sharp satire of sports. Some of the details might be wrong because I saw this once in 1997 but my favorite scene involved an assistant MLB coach who had possession of the 500th home run ball that the team's star player just hit. He asks for what sounds like an outrageous sum for it and everyone looks scandalized. Then the coach reminds them that the player gets more than that for every single game he plays. That was cutting and it's truer now than ever.