A sketch of The Fountains, the luxury, Spanish-style compound in which Joe’s mother and Freddy, Joe’s adoptive father, live. Anecdotal stories concerning Freddy’s never-ending frugality and the suffering it causes Joe’s mother; Freddy’s gaffes, like eating a fortune cookie with the fortune still in it; the progressive brain shrinkage of Freddy’s admired friend, Conrad; Joe runs a marathon for Freddy’s life, and Freddy checks into the hospital.