Bob Odenkirk On The Art Of The Pitch

If you somehow need a justification for investing the five-and-a-half minutes of company time you could be spending trying to convince that the reservations desk at Osteria Mozza that your boss has placed a bomb under your chair that he'll detonate if you can't get him a table on six hours' notice, think of the above short as more of an instructional film on the art of the pitch than a comedy video.

As anyone who's ever been through the experience can tell you, anticipating the responses of the theoretical development exec sitting across the desk from you by imagining him as a richer, better tanned, and profoundly brain-damaged version of yourself is a helpful thought-exercise that can help you quickly close a deal.