LOST IN TV HELL. EPISODE 1 I'm trying to call Phoenix, misdial and get Fiji. So I ask the guy for instant credit. He says you can't get instant credit. I said I always did when I had AT&T. He says, "You're not dealing with AT&T. Well I am now. I am now. I am now. So this branch manager guy calls me up from one of these other long-distance carriers, right? And he says he heard about my problems with the Phoenix-Fiji thing and that he was very very sorry and would I please reconsider using his company? He says he'll cut the basic rate in half, give me free pay-cable for a month and even set up a date for me with his nubile young daughter. I say, "Wow, AT&T never gave me so much." He says, "You're not. . . So a little while later the guy from AT&T calls and says he heard about my "defection from the flock." He says his kid's gotta eat too and then he starts bawling into the phone--blubbering just like a woman. So as much as I want to nail this one guy's daughter, I say sure, hook me back up. No sooner does the AT&T guy hang up but the other guy calls me back and this time he's crying. And he brings his daughter to the phone and she's crying too. And then he faxes me this naked picture of her, but like, the good parts are all covered up. And she's something real sweet, too, something like I ain't seen in a while. I say I'm still not sure and so I hear him start fiddling with something and his daughter starts screaming, "No daddy, don't kneel on the tatami mats, don't part your robe, don't. . ." I hear the guy say, "You be my second, daughter; fetch the katana." "No daddy, please daddy. . ." So now this guy is going to commit ritual suicide, and like it's gonna be on my head or something, when the call waiting goes off. So I yank the phone out of the wall, and fashion it into a noose when there's a knock at the door . . .