And now, The Rise Of Troy, Part One. Troy interviews that Assorama and Kwame were "awestruck" by Simmons, and were coming up totally dry. Back in the office, he cranks it up. "That's what we come up with, Russell, but we had the idea..." Simmons, his attention grabbed by this guy calling him by his first name, I think, looks at Troy hard, saying, "Try again?" Hee. Everyone laughs, and Troy grins. Russell incredulously asks where Troy is from. "I'm from Idaho, but originally, I'm from Montana," Troy says, stretching his hick accent until it twangs lovably. "You're not self-conscious about your accent, are you?" Simmons asks him. "You gonna make fun of me with my accent?" Troy grins shyly. Kwame interviews that Simmons looked at Troy "as if he was from Mars." He allows, though, that this helped "break the ice" with Simmons. Troy, fortunately, can back up his charm with at least something of an idea. He asks if Russell would be "willing to honor one person for one night and make them the center of attention." Now this, Simmons likes. He'll spend some time with the person and so forth. "Yeah, just make 'em feel as good as you can," Troy says. Kwame interviews that Troy is "a great closer," and adds that "his country demeanor helped close the deal." With that, they are dismissed. Troy certainly did bail Assorama out on that one, because she was tanking, big-time. He also managed to be gracious to Simmons when Simmons was kind of a dick to Kwame, in my opinion.