However, when the elevator inexplicably ascended and Jack couldn't cut its power, he was crushed and impaled on the roof of the elevator shaft by spikes ("Man down, Ethan," Phelps said)...After all, I've got brains and, thank heavens, I've still got looks.Nobody takes me for over 32.30 even.Oh Sammy, darling, I'm begging for life.No, I'm not.I'm demanding it.Foreshadowing what will happen, he agrees to "enjoy life now if it kills me - and it probably will." It is revealed hat Sam was offered $100,000, after the sale, to be head of the production of UMC's cars, but he turned it down.That's nowhere.I mean, you gotta get yourself some kind of management.Greasy-haired Ratso suggests a pimp - a connection o help set him up and introduce him to "social register types" - rich lady clients:You need my friend O'Daniel.She threw Shrek out of her tent ("Go make yourself useful").Shrek was heartbroken when his gift basket ended up in the trash and he was called a "clueless lover boy.