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Jimmy and Bobbie Barrett

Bobbie Barrett (Melinda McGraw) is the wife and manager of comedian Jimmy Barrett (born Jimmy Bernstein, and Jewish) (Patrick Fischler), an insult comic (reminiscent of Don Rickles) whom the firm uses in their advertisements for Utz Potato Chips. After Jimmy insults the wife of Utz's owner about her weight, Don has to intercede and ends up meeting Bobbie, who shrugs off her husband's behavior. On the way to get Jimmy to apologize to the Schillings, Bobbie seduces Don, though he initially resists as he is determined to remain faithful to his marriage vows, despite his previous infidelities. When Bobbie later tries to get more money from Don (in a bathroom of the restaurant where they and Schillings are meeting for the apology) in exchange for her husband's pay-or-play contract, Don grabs her hair with one hand and puts the other up her skirt, then threatens to ruin Jimmy. Bobbie appears to enjoy the attention, and then quickly makes her husband apologize. Later, she comes to Don with a TV pitch called, "Grin and Barrett", a Candid Camera-type show, featuring her husband using his insult comic skills as the host. Don helps her arrange things and they continue to see each other on the side until the two are in a car accident that requires a cover story. The two resume their affair after a brief hiatus following the accident, but the affair ends when Bobbie reveals to Don that she and other women with whom Don has had affairs have been talking about his prowess as a lover. Upset to learn that he has a "reputation" and annoyed at his inability to control Bobbie, Don leaves Bobbie during the middle of a sexual encounter while she is tied up. Later, during a party where Don, Bobbie, and their spouses are in attendance, Jimmy reveals to Betty that Don and Bobbie have had an affair. Betty is humiliated and kicks Don out of their home for a time. Though Betty may have suspected affairs in the past, Don's affair with Bobbie appears to be the only one Betty actually knows about. Don later encounters Jimmy in an underground casino, where he delivers a solid punch to Jimmy's face and knocks him off his feet, which Jimmy later disparages as "nothing".