There’s a single business card left behind. On the back, in shaky handwriting:
"Try it."
MIKE Showbiz (real name: Michael Ziplowski), a 67-year-old former king of the late-night infomercial. In the 90s, he sold the "Showbiz-Zip 5000"—a zipper for stage curtains that promised to be "smoother than a jazz sax, faster than a tabloid breakup." He made millions, lost them, and now runs a rundown repair shop in Burbank called Mike’s Last Chance Zips . MIKE Showbiz- Zip
A famous but fading pop star, Jax Legend (24, reliant on autotune and pyrotechnics), is launching his "comeback" arena tour. Three hours before opening night, the massive custom hydraulic curtain system fails. The only person in the world who still understands the original, analog "Showbiz-Zip" mechanism is MIKE Showbiz. There’s a single business card left behind