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Am actually looking for the OTHER clip where she screams out 'Buddy Kane is King!' as she defiles herself at open house but this, in this particular instance, works better.

Portrayal of estate agents in movies(and TV)


Real estate agents/brokers- otherwise known as realtors

American Beauty- because apparently, if you're defiling yourself with a realtor, there are different ways to call his name.

House of Sand and Fog surprisingly had no estate agent involvement. The characters sort of destroyed themslves and each other with scant outside help.

Anywhere but here- Divorced mom Adele(Susan Sarandon) is approached by an estate agent whose favourite pastimes include driving around, looking at the houses around Beverly Hills with her daugher(Natalie Portman), is approached by a realtor when she overheard their conversation in a bar. Realtor later becomes her friend.

The Sweetest Thing- Christina Walters(Cameron Diaz) has a thing for real estate agent Peter Donahue. There's a bench in front of the church officiating Donahue's wedding that reads- 'Everything I touch turns to SOLD'.- which I thought was cool for an instant.

The architect-real estate agent pairing in Indecent Proposal- Woody Harrelson as architect husband, Demi Moore as real estate agent selling expensive Beverly Hills homes. Cliched '80s story line has lao ah pek Robert Redford hounding Demi Moore at her estate agency and turning up at (very questionable) open houses.

Was it Scary Movie 3 that- in an Amityville Horror-inspired moment had an estate agent flush down a JuOn creature down the bath in his attempts to sell the house?

Have not watched Evan Almighty but Realty Times , Eve Adams is a syrupy sweet, caffeine-fueled agent who skips to work and sells Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) and family their monster home, sight-unseen, located in the exclusive Prestige Crest, and in the path of destruction.

Another movie fealturing a realtor according to Realty Times is : You Kill Me- with a far more entertaining realtor caricature- Dave(Bill Pullman- isn't he the guy in Ghostbusters?) farms for listings in the mortuary. Methinks scanning the obituary would have done the trick but in Hollywood nothing beats a visit to your neighbourhood mortuary.

On TV:-

Edie Britt of Desperate Housewives - the only one with a semblance of a job, occasionally works as a realtor.

Help Me Help You- an episode where nympho Darlene Hunt, in a bid to advertise her real estate business, takes out an ad on the New York City bus that runs:'I'm Darlene, and I can move your unit'.

Carrie engaged the services of a realtor when she had to find an alternative to her rent-control apartment. The latter sniffed at the discordance between her limited budget and expectations.

Numerous appearances by estate agents on The Apprentice. Notable ones were: Kendra Todd, Season 3 Winner.

Jennifer Crisafulli- ex-Douglas Elliman, fired both on and off the air for her anti-Semitic remarks.