Guys, I'm pretty sure this whole Jacob Wohl/Jack Burkman scheme is actually.....

[Tommy_Carcetti]

....a real life Coen Brothers movie played out in reality.

I mean, think about it. You've got all the hallmarks of a Coen Brothers movie here. Think "Burn After Reading" mixed with "The Big Lebowski" mixed with various elements of some of their other movies.

Basically, you've got a couple of amateur crooks whose inept and poorly planned criminal scheme absolutely spirals out of their control as they desperately attempt to hold it all together.

They create a patently fake PI firm, "Surefire Intelligence", that is so transparently a fictitious entity with fictitious employees. It's about as real as the Soggy Bottom Boys, except with far less musical talent.

I mean, their main Private Investigator's name was "Donald Treehorn."

Donald Treehorn treats objects like women, man.

Now they bring in this other woman, Carolyne Cass, into their mess. And she's this fringe 34 year old self-described "fashion designer" from LA who probably owes money all over town--I mean, she's gotta feed the monkey, man.

And they try to bring her to the press conference, but she's fleeing the interview. She's fleeing the interview!

My only request: They have to recruit Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz for a role.

Perhaps as Surefire Intelligence lead researcher "Simon Frick."

[vlyons]

1. made for William H. Macy

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. "I *am* cooperating here!" nt

[MineralMan]

3. It has the feeling of an elaborate prank, but isn't.

The two people involved are just so stupid that they couldn't even pull the thing off. The "lawyer" one couldn't even show up a their "press conference" with his fly zipped. The other one is even more stupid.

The young woman involved got smart just in time. Smart enough, at least, to realize that she could get in big trouble over such a dumbass farce.

I give the entire effort a D- grade.

[Roland99]

5. Trying to one-up James O'Queef

Which really shouldn’t take much but these idiots couldn’t tie their own shoes if they had Velcro straps!

[Wounded Bear]

7. Yeah, probably shouldn't try to punk a Federal special prosecutor...

[MineralMan]

10. Yeah...federal law enforcement people don't have

great senses of humor. As someone who has pulled off some decently large pranks, I always knew better than to target people who could put me in jail.

Those guys couldn't engineer a proper prank, so they tried to do something "for real."

An unzipped fly at a press conference? Sheesh!

[brush]

9. And the idiots didn't take the clue when she bailed that maybe that press conference wasn't...

a great idea.

[MineralMan]

12. Yes. I was amazed that they still tried to hold

that press conference. Dumb and Dumber Redux.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. And They Held It From . . .

. . .a "conference room at a Holiday Inn"

Yeah sure. That thing was shot in a basement room just a little bigger than a closet.

[Garrett78]

36. They aren't professional scam artists but they did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

42. I think the desk folk at the Holiday Inn wanted to keep them as far away from guests as possible.

I'm surprised they didn't hold it in the sauna at the gym.

[dlk]

4. Hilarious Observation

[peekaloo]

6. LOL!

I love you!

I've thought the same thing since Trump's emergence, a Coen Bros movie come to life.

Rather sad that Jon Polito is no longer around as he too would be a perfect casting choice.

And then there's Trump screaming "Mah Hair" a la Clooney in 'OBWAT'.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Da Fino, the Brother Shamus for Surefire Intelligence.

But contrary to belief, not an Irish monk.

[unblock]

8. i was thinking sasha baron cohen, but yeah.

[Adrahil]

11. These assholes are used to getting away with anything.

And the way things have been going... maybe they will.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Little Jason strikes me as something like a younger version of Steve Buscemi in "Fargo."

But these guys are such numpties that they're likely to fall into their own wood chipper.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Jack Burkman to Jacob Wohl on the drive to the Holiday Inn:

"Where is pancakes house?"

[gratuitous]

26. My mind immediately went to the wood chipper scene

"Ya do know there's more to life than a little bit of money?"

[Bradshaw3]

15. This plot really tied the tRump administration together

And they peed on our democracy. They peed on our democracy. Shut the fuck up Donnie!

[mr_lebowski]

16. I'm Mr_Lebowski, and I Approve This Message!!!

Oh, oh!

If we're picking cast members for the movie ... I always vote for Peter Stormare ... dude's awesome in everything.

[Initech]

18. Actually I think it sounds more like a Wes Anderson movie.

I'd use "The Grand Budapest Hotel":

Elaborate scheme to take down a powerful entity? Check.

Quirky characters with crazy names and weird occupations? Check.

Two-tone color scheme? Check.

Does it go horribly wrong? Absolutely!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. I actually thought of Wes Anderson too.

Maybe Alexander Payne.

Basically any director who has a good grasp on the absurd.

[Initech]

22. The only thing is there's no deaths or graveyards involved.

In order for it to be a real Wes Anderson movie there would need to be some sort of funeral or cemetery involved. But it does meet all the rest of the requirements.

[dixiegrrrrl]

34. Be patient.....

[FSogol]

20. It is more like a live action Beavis and Butthead show:

Beavis: heh, heh, let's remove Mueller.
Butthead; Uh, hey, baby.” “Damn we're smooth.”
Beavis: we'll use that picture of the one girl we know.
Butthead: you said "girl", heh, heh
Beavis: we can use Mom's phone number, uh, heh
Butthead: Did you know when you eat rump roast you’re eating a cow’s butt?
Beavis: I am the great hedge fund manager, cornholio!
Butthead: your zipper is open again, heh, heh

[ProfessorGAC]

32. Well, It Made My Laugh!

Good one, Sogol!

[PunkinPi]

41. You said "corn"...

Link to tweet

(For those who don't know, "corncob" means, someone who has been brutally owned, yet insists that they are victorious in the online discourse despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Via the Urban Dictionary)

[Docreed2003]

23. Donald Treehorn has to be a bullshit name, right??

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Maybe. Maybe not.

[Docreed2003]

25. Bwahahahahahahahhaha!!!!

[mucifer]

27. I just hope they go to prison for obstructing justice

[mercuryblues]

28. Every good movie

needs a rich investor. Who funded their comedy of errors?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. Maybe one of their lesser films, but I think "Hail Ceasar!" might provide some answers.

[Raster]

29. I keep looking around for Sacha Baron Cohen.

[Marcuse]

33. Has Mel Brooks retired?

[NewJeffCT]

38. pretty much has, yes

He still does the occasional speaking engagement - he was at the Bushnell in Hartford, CT about 2 years ago where he had a Q&A with the audience about his life & career.

[Tiggeroshii]

35. No. Its an episode of arrested development!!

How did you not recognize jason bateman??

[tclambert]

37. Forget it, Donnie, you're outta your element.

[geardaddy]

39. Yep, I'd like to see it end this way.

[SWBTATTReg]

40. Idiots. What can one say? Somehow, I wouldn't be terribly shocked if rump had anything to ...

do w/ these guys (or at least rump's son), especially viewed in the light of how stupid this whole thing was.

[grantcart]

43. The open fly during the presser was the tip off lololol