Happy Days (1974) s02e09 Episode Script
Big Money
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Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪
Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days ♪
Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪
The weekend comes, my cycle hums ♪
Ready to race to you ♪
These days are ours ♪
Happy and free ♪Oh, happy days ♪
These days are ours ♪
Share them with me ♪Oh, baby ♪
Good-bye, gray sky, hello, blue ♪
There's nothing can hold me when I hold you ♪
It feels so right, it can't be wrong ♪
Rocking and rolling all week long ♪
Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪
Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days ♪
Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪
Saturday, what a day ♪
Groovin' all week with you ♪
These days are ours ♪
Share them with me ♪
Oh, happy days ♪
These days are ours ♪
Happy and free ♪Oh, baby ♪
Good-bye, gray sky, hello, blue ♪
There's nothing can hold me when I hold you ♪
It feels so right, it can't be wrong ♪
Rocking and rolling all week long ♪
These happy days are yours and mine ♪
These happy days are yours and mine, Happy Days! ♪
Hello, everyone.
Welcome to the show that made Milwaukee famous.
Today, someone from our studio audience
will be given the opportunity to win the jackpot of $5,000.
Will today be the lucky day?
Well, we'll soon see because, once again, it's time for
Big Money!
Welcome, everybody.
I'm Jack Whippett, the guy with the green,
the man with the moola.
And this is the show with a heart, Big Money.
We'll meet our current champion right after this message.
$5,000!
Boy, I'd like a shot like that.
Who wouldn't?
You guys haven't got a chance.
I'm gonna be the next contestant.
Yeah, well, rotsa ruck, Ralphie.
The whole audience filled out cards.
Yeah, but I'll be picked.
Before I handed mine in, I bent the corner.
Yeah, well, I bent mine, too.
Me, too. Everybody bends the corner.
They do? That's not fair.
And now back to Big Money!
And we start off our show with Mr. Roger Schneider.
As you may recall, at the end of last week's show,
Mr. Schneider had reached
the $3,200 plateau.
What suspense!
Can hear me, Mr. Schneider?
Are you ready to try for the $3,200 question?
All right, listen carefully.
For $3,200 in cash
can you name the five major Hawaiian Islands?
Time's almost up.
- Hawaii I think
- uh
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Schneider
The correct answer is Hawaii, Maui,
Kauai, Oahu and Molokai.
But you're not going home empty-handed.
No, sir, because here's our Betty with a gift.
A year's supply of Plasti-Groom Hair Creme.
Plasti-Groom now contains chlorophyll.
So don't just look groomed
look Plasti-Groomed!
But I already spent the money.
And now it's time to pick our next lucky contestant
from the cards filled out by tonight's studio audience.
Who will be the next person to try for the Big Money?
This is it.
I should have worn my Ivy League suit.
And our next lucky contestant is
Richard J. Cunningham.
Hey, Richie!
Fink! You bent your card.
And welcome to our show.
Right now, if you follow our Betty to the isolation booth,
we'll make it even more wonderful as we play Big Money.
Can you hear me, Richard? Yes.
Okay. Will you look at our Big Money category board
and pick your Big Money category?
Well, I'll pick number seven.
Lucky number seven is Baseball!
Okay, let's hope you hit
a grand slam $5,000 homer.
All right. Your first question,
for 20 dollars
How many bases are there on a baseball diamond?
That's a snap.
It's too easy. It's a trick question.
Uh three bases and home plate.
That is correct! You just won $20!
All right!
Okay, Richard, you are up to 320 Big Money Dollars.
Now, for $400
Uh-oh, the old clock on the wall says we've run out of time.
Richard, can you come back next week?
Yeah, sure!
You got it, Rich!
That's wonderful, just wonderful.
And until then, this is Jack Whippett
reminding you that your dreams can come true
on Big Money!
Good-bye, everybody.
$5,000 what are you going to do
with all that money?
Well, I'm gonna put most of it in the bank for college.
Mm-hmm. I'm gonna keep some of it for dates.
Mom, how would you like to have that clothes dryer
that you've always wanted?
Oh, Richard, that's so thoughtful of you.
And Dad, how would you like to have your own set
of custom golf clubs?
Oh, Richard, I wouldn't expect you to use your
Oh, I'd love 'em; I'd really love 'em.
They're yours.
Listen, don't you think you better
get upstairs and start cramming?
I got a big golf date on Saturday.
Right.
You know, I'd like one of those English bikes
with hand brakes
and basket on a rack on the back,
and electric horn.
That's a little expensive.
Okay, forget the horn.
You can have the horn.
I'll get you a bike with all the trimmings.
Oh, you're the most generous brother in the whole world!
Joanie, he's not gonna have anything to be generous with
unless he gets upstairs to study.
Okay, I'll hug you again after I get the bike.
Okay.
Oh, Daddy.
She wants two bikes.
Psst!
Psst!
Hey, Fonz.
Meet me in the john.
What?!
He wants you to meet him in the john.
Hey
I ain't invitin' the whole joint, huh?
Somebody in there I want you to talk to, right?
Hey, Fonz, I was drinking that!
Oh yeah, but I don't think it's gonna hurt my comb any.
Who could I talk to in there
that I couldn't talk to out here?
A plumber, huh?
You better hurry up, Rich.
The Fonz doesn't like to be kept waitin', you know.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Oh, listen, guys, keep an eye on my sundae for me, okay?
Oh, sure, Rich.
Hey, Fonz, you wanted to talk to me about
Hey, yeah, my friend wants to meet you.
Now, this is Quincy the Quill,
sometimes known as Quincy Jensen.
Oh, it's very nice meeting you
Hey, hey, hey, can't you see the man is working?
I'm sorry.
All right, he's done.
Come here, Quincy.
Get in there.
What do you think?
All I see is a dot.
Precisely.
Except that dot is the smallest dirty poem
ever written on a bathroom wall.
Thank you.
It doesn't rhyme.
It doesn't rhyme?!
Who cares?! It doesn't rhyme!
Fonzie?
Yeah.
Is that why Quincy wanted to meet me,
so he could show me his poem?
No.
Quincy thinks he can help you beat that quiz game.
For 10 percent of the take.
Well, listen, I
I don't think that I need this kind of help.
Sure you do.
You give him two cuffs and he'll give you
the entire baseball almanac.
Complete with index and cross references.
Hmm?
No, no, I think I'll do pretty well on my own.
All right, five percent.
Hey, I told you he wouldn't do it.
He's not that kind of guy.
Yeah, well, I have to split.
I got another client
who's taking the police exam.
Thanks, Quincy.
Yeah. It's a shame.
I see it. I see it.
Listen, I'm sorry, Fonzie, but I just couldn't do it.
Hey, no sweat. I couldn't do it either.
All I wear is T-shirts.
"And she don't have anymore."
It doesn't rhyme.
Dad.
What was Tinkers to Evers to Chance?
Oh, Dad.
Richie, you're dripping all over my new shoes!
Now, come on, what was Tinkers to Evers to Chance?
Dad, don't I even get a chance to take a shower?
The show is less than a week away.
Now, you can take a shower after you win.
Tinkers to Evers to Chance
famous double play combination.
Only sometimes it was Evers to Tinkers,
sometimes it was Chance to Evers to Tinkers,
and sometimes it was Chance to Tinkers to Evers.
Get a grip, Rich, come on!
Ralphie, give him another one. Okay.
Who had the most major league strikeouts in 1952?
Come on I don't know.
Sleep. I need sleep.
Come on, Rich, the show's tomorrow.
Yeah, we got five books to get through come on.
I know all about baseball.
Now I want to know all about sleep.
Don't let me interrupt. Just some refreshments.
Come on, get some food. Come on, energy.
It'll be good for you. Come on.
Oh! Ah, thanks, Mom.
Uh-uh-uh-uh!
Now, first, what was Lou Gehrig's lifetime RBI total?
Oh, Richard, Mom's just joking.
Joe DiMaggio.
Correct! You have just won $3,200!
Now, Richie, you've just reached the final plateau.
Are you willing to risk all the money you've won
to go for the Big Money?
I'll go for the Big Money.
Did you hear that, folks?
Richie is going for the Big Money!
Did you hear that? That's my son!
Oh, he doesn't care, Howard.
I'm his mother.
Well, the old clock says we're running a little late, folks.
But Richie here'll be back again to prove
that your dreams can come true with Big Money!
See ya next week!
Man, oh, man!
Only one question away from the Big Money!
Ah, and this must be the family.
Yeah, this is my dad.
I'm his father.
How do you do, Mr. Whippett.
Whatever you do, you gotta come back next week.
Oh, I won't forget, Mr. Whippett.
There's something about an all-American
redhead that TV viewers like.
And the freckles Keep the freckles.
Oh, well, I take them wherever I go.
And when you get home, take a look at this.
Oh, sure.
You've got a wonderful family.
Oh, well, thank you.
It's nice to meet you.
Thanks a lot! See you next week.
What do you say, Rich, why don't we all go down
to Arnold's for a celebration blast?
Yeah, yeah! Would you like to come?
Oh, no, no, you boys go and have your blast.
Your father and I'll be fine.
Okay, well, I'll be back in a while.
So long, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Big Money! Yay!
I wanted to go.
Richie!
Come on, come on.
Let him through.
Come on!
He's fragile! Come on!
Don't be rowdy here.
There you go, Rich.
Excuse me, excuse me.
I'll get you the usual, Richie.
Okay.
Out of his way, girls! Give him room!
Boy, they all saw the show.
Of course. You're a star now, Rich.
Is that your contract?
No, I don't know what it is.
What's wrong?
It's all about baseball.
What'd they do?
Give you the questions?
No, the answers.
Well, they're not really questions
and they're not really answers either.
Yeah,
they're more like questions and answers.
This is gonna be a breeze.
It's gotta be a mistake.
I did fine on the show tonight without any help.
Why would Mr. Whippett want me to cheat?
It's only cheating if you take the answers.
They were given to you.
What's wrong with that?
I gotta go.
I'll see you later.
I don't know what's bugging him.
I mean, the show's called Big Money, not Big Dummy.
Well, then, these answers are the answers?
What's in a name?
I don't think that I should go on the show
if I already know the answers.
Ah I see your problem.
You just don't understand the purpose of Big Money.
It's a standard giveaway show.
You give away your time, we give away prizes,
and for the giveaway questions, we give away the answers.
It's called entertainment.
You do this for all the contestants?
No just for the ones the audience likes.
Remember last month What was her name?
Miss Furman, the 90-year-old escapee from Hungary?
Oh, yeah, I, I liked her.
Right, and she won.
What about that mambo-dancing minister?
He got the organ he always wanted.
You mean, the minister knew the answers, too?
I-Is this station policy?
Well, not exactly,
but what they don't know won't hurt 'em,
will it?
Richard, Richard, everybody does it.
Even President Eisenhower
doesn't go on television unprepared.
It just looks that way.
I guess there's a lot I don't know about showbiz.
Ah it's not all glamour, kid.
Now, I want you to think about
how we're all counting on you.
I want you to think about
how you represent the American Dream.
Mr. Whippett says they do it for all the contestants.
It's called entertainment.
I am very disillusioned.
About what?
About what? About what?
I thought that show was on the up-and-up.
I believed in that show.
That show took the Fonz for a ride.
What are you so sore about?
I mean, you're the one who brought Quincy by here.
That's a whole different story.
See, I'm helping a pal the best way I know how
and they're cheating everybody
whether you want it or not.
What do you think I should do about it?
I am really ticked off.
I mean, you can't trust anybody anymore.
You think I should use those answers?
You know what a drag this is?
This puts a skid on my whole day.
Maybe I shouldn't have told you.
I gotta be alone.
Wait a minute.
Fonzie, uh, what about my car?
See, I, I need it tonight.
Hey, you don't worry about your car.
I'll come back to that after I get this out of my system.
Boy, I wish the man would finish fixing our TV set.
Well, he promised to get our picture tube back
in seven to ten days.
Yeah, but I'm not gonna last that long.
I'll go stir crazy.
Do what you did before we had television.
I sat around wishing I had a TV.
Hi, everybody.
Hi. Hello, dear.
Here's the bike I want on page 1,475.
Oh, and Mom's, Mom's dryer's on page 847.
And I got measured today for the new golf clubs.
Good.
Hey, wait a minute, Rich.
Look, I got these baseball statistics
from some of my customers.
A few of them are so obscure
I don't believe they ever happened.
Well, Dad, I I don't feel like
being quizzed right now, okay?
Richard, I hope you're not coming down with something.
Oh, no, I'm fine.
I'm just a little tired.
I'll be up in my room.
Okay.
Howard, do you think all this excitement
is wearing Richard out?
Oh, I think he's just a little nervous, Marion.
Hey, did you know that there's six ways for a batter
to get to first base without getting a base hit?
Oh, that isn't fair.
Hi.
Oh, hi, Dad.
Your mother told me to give you that.
Why?
Well, I guess she couldn't think of anything else.
She says, "If it's the flu, it'll help,
and if it's not, it won't hurt."
Dad I know all the answers.
Oh, well, that's, that's good, Richard.
When I was your age, I thought I knew 'em, too.
I've been meaning to talk to you about it,
but I didn't know how to bring it up.
I still don't know how to bring it up,
but I gotta bring it up.
Well, why don't you bring it up, Richard?
Yeah.
Dad, Mr. Whippett gave this to me.
No matter how I look at it, it's cheating.
Wait, let me get this straight.
These are the answers to the Big Money questions?
Yeah, they, they even tell you
which one's gonna be the $5,000 question.
Where does it say that?
Don't you see the one that's underlined in red ink
and it-it's got 5,000 next to it and a star?
Oh, yeah.
Wee Willie Keeler, Dazzy Vance, Rabbit Maranville.
All members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
They're practically giving me the $5,000.
What do you think I should do, Dad?
Well, did Mr. Whippett say why he gave you this?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, he gave me this long talk
about entertainment.
He said they do it for all the contestants.
They do?
You know that little old lady from Hungary?
She knew the answers.
The old woman with the mustache?
And, and the minister who knew all about ballroom dancing
Oh and he said he owed it all to prayer.
Mr. Whippett answered all his prayers.
Gee, Richie, it just doesn't seem right to me.
And yet they all seem to go along with it, huh?
Yeah.
I don't know what to do, Dad.
Well, I-I think that, uh, uh
Well, how do you feel about it?
Well, I know you'd like
to have that set of custom golf clubs.
Oh, well, sure I would,
but I wouldn't ask you to do this for me.
Yeah, but I know that Mom would like to have that dryer
and Joanie'd like to have the bike
and I-I'd like to have the $5,000.
I don't blame you for that.
A-And like Mr. Whippett says,
others do do it a-and it is entertainment.
He made it sound like I'd be a sucker if I didn't do it.
Yeah.
So what do you think I should do, Dad?
Well, I don't know, Richard.
I, uh, I think it's up to you.
I think you've got to make the decision.
Thanks, Dad.
Eh, don't mention it.
Any time.
Hi, everybody, and welcome back to Big Money,
the show where little people win big money.
Today is a big dollar day
because Richie Cunningham is back
and ready to go for it all: The jackpot $5,000.
All right, Richie,
you're only one question away from the Big Money.
Are you ready?
Yes, sir, I studied.
All right, Richie, for $5,000, Richie.
Listen closely to the following names:
Wee Willie Keeler, Dazzy Vance,
and Rabbit Maranville.
For $5,000, what do these baseball players have in common?
I don't know.
That is what?
I'm sorry, Mr. Whippett, I don't know the answer.
I, I guess I lose.
Well, I'm sorry, too, Richie.
I don't understand it,
but I guess you lose the Big Money.
But you do win something almost as nice.
A year's supply of Plasti-Sheen Toothpaste!
Plasti-Sheen now contains chlorophyll,
so cover the yellow with the green of Plasti-Sheen!
And now it's time to select a brand-new contestant.
Mr. Quincy Jensen!
Well, hi, Mr. Jensen, welcome to our show.
Tell us, what do you do for a living?
Well, I write a little.
You think Whippett'll keep cheating, Dad?
Well, the station manager was yelling at him as we left,
and I distinctly heard the word "fired."
I hope they let Richie keep his toothpaste.
Would anybody like a cup of tea or cocoa?
I do.
Yeah, I'll have some, too.
Why don't you go on in?
I want to talk to Richard for a minute.
Oh, all right, dear.
What bugs me is, is I made this noble gesture,
this, this big sacrifice, and what good does it do?
The show goes on and I'm out 5,000 bucks.
Richard, I understand how you feel,
but I don't want you to think
that the whole world is rotten.
People aren't all bad.
They're just weak.
I know.
Including me.
I feel terrible.
I-I got so excited about you winning
and me getting those golf clubs that
well, I just got caught up in the whole thing
and I couldn't think straight.
I should have said right off, "No, it's a bad thing,"
but I didn't.
That's all right, Dad.
I mean, if I were Ozzie Nelson,
the minute I heard the word "cheating,"
I would have said, "No, don't do it"
without a second's hesitation.
But I didn't do it.
I hedged.
I was wrong.
I'm just human, I guess.
You know, Ozzie never hedges.
Ozzie doesn't have to.
He probably already has new golf clubs.
These happy days are yours and mine ♪
These happy days are yours and mine ♪
These happy days. ♪
Hello, sunshine, good-bye, rain ♪
She's wearing my school ring on her chain ♪
She's my steady, I'm her man ♪
I'm gonna love her all I can ♪
This day is ours ♪
Won't you be mine? ♪
Oh, happy days ♪
This day is ours ♪
Oh, please be mine ♪
Oh, happy days ♪
These happy days are yours and mine ♪
These happy days are yours and mine, Happy Days! ♪
Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪
Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days ♪
Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪
The weekend comes, my cycle hums ♪
Ready to race to you ♪
These days are ours ♪
Happy and free ♪Oh, happy days ♪
These days are ours ♪
Share them with me ♪Oh, baby ♪
Good-bye, gray sky, hello, blue ♪
There's nothing can hold me when I hold you ♪
It feels so right, it can't be wrong ♪
Rocking and rolling all week long ♪
Sunday, Monday, happy days ♪
Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days ♪
Thursday, Friday, happy days ♪
Saturday, what a day ♪
Groovin' all week with you ♪
These days are ours ♪
Share them with me ♪
Oh, happy days ♪
These days are ours ♪
Happy and free ♪Oh, baby ♪
Good-bye, gray sky, hello, blue ♪
There's nothing can hold me when I hold you ♪
It feels so right, it can't be wrong ♪
Rocking and rolling all week long ♪
These happy days are yours and mine ♪
These happy days are yours and mine, Happy Days! ♪
Hello, everyone.
Welcome to the show that made Milwaukee famous.
Today, someone from our studio audience
will be given the opportunity to win the jackpot of $5,000.
Will today be the lucky day?
Well, we'll soon see because, once again, it's time for
Big Money!
Welcome, everybody.
I'm Jack Whippett, the guy with the green,
the man with the moola.
And this is the show with a heart, Big Money.
We'll meet our current champion right after this message.
$5,000!
Boy, I'd like a shot like that.
Who wouldn't?
You guys haven't got a chance.
I'm gonna be the next contestant.
Yeah, well, rotsa ruck, Ralphie.
The whole audience filled out cards.
Yeah, but I'll be picked.
Before I handed mine in, I bent the corner.
Yeah, well, I bent mine, too.
Me, too. Everybody bends the corner.
They do? That's not fair.
And now back to Big Money!
And we start off our show with Mr. Roger Schneider.
As you may recall, at the end of last week's show,
Mr. Schneider had reached
the $3,200 plateau.
What suspense!
Can hear me, Mr. Schneider?
Are you ready to try for the $3,200 question?
All right, listen carefully.
For $3,200 in cash
can you name the five major Hawaiian Islands?
Time's almost up.
- Hawaii I think
- uh
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Schneider
The correct answer is Hawaii, Maui,
Kauai, Oahu and Molokai.
But you're not going home empty-handed.
No, sir, because here's our Betty with a gift.
A year's supply of Plasti-Groom Hair Creme.
Plasti-Groom now contains chlorophyll.
So don't just look groomed
look Plasti-Groomed!
But I already spent the money.
And now it's time to pick our next lucky contestant
from the cards filled out by tonight's studio audience.
Who will be the next person to try for the Big Money?
This is it.
I should have worn my Ivy League suit.
And our next lucky contestant is
Richard J. Cunningham.
Hey, Richie!
Fink! You bent your card.
And welcome to our show.
Right now, if you follow our Betty to the isolation booth,
we'll make it even more wonderful as we play Big Money.
Can you hear me, Richard? Yes.
Okay. Will you look at our Big Money category board
and pick your Big Money category?
Well, I'll pick number seven.
Lucky number seven is Baseball!
Okay, let's hope you hit
a grand slam $5,000 homer.
All right. Your first question,
for 20 dollars
How many bases are there on a baseball diamond?
That's a snap.
It's too easy. It's a trick question.
Uh three bases and home plate.
That is correct! You just won $20!
All right!
Okay, Richard, you are up to 320 Big Money Dollars.
Now, for $400
Uh-oh, the old clock on the wall says we've run out of time.
Richard, can you come back next week?
Yeah, sure!
You got it, Rich!
That's wonderful, just wonderful.
And until then, this is Jack Whippett
reminding you that your dreams can come true
on Big Money!
Good-bye, everybody.
$5,000 what are you going to do
with all that money?
Well, I'm gonna put most of it in the bank for college.
Mm-hmm. I'm gonna keep some of it for dates.
Mom, how would you like to have that clothes dryer
that you've always wanted?
Oh, Richard, that's so thoughtful of you.
And Dad, how would you like to have your own set
of custom golf clubs?
Oh, Richard, I wouldn't expect you to use your
Oh, I'd love 'em; I'd really love 'em.
They're yours.
Listen, don't you think you better
get upstairs and start cramming?
I got a big golf date on Saturday.
Right.
You know, I'd like one of those English bikes
with hand brakes
and basket on a rack on the back,
and electric horn.
That's a little expensive.
Okay, forget the horn.
You can have the horn.
I'll get you a bike with all the trimmings.
Oh, you're the most generous brother in the whole world!
Joanie, he's not gonna have anything to be generous with
unless he gets upstairs to study.
Okay, I'll hug you again after I get the bike.
Okay.
Oh, Daddy.
She wants two bikes.
Psst!
Psst!
Hey, Fonz.
Meet me in the john.
What?!
He wants you to meet him in the john.
Hey
I ain't invitin' the whole joint, huh?
Somebody in there I want you to talk to, right?
Hey, Fonz, I was drinking that!
Oh yeah, but I don't think it's gonna hurt my comb any.
Who could I talk to in there
that I couldn't talk to out here?
A plumber, huh?
You better hurry up, Rich.
The Fonz doesn't like to be kept waitin', you know.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Oh, listen, guys, keep an eye on my sundae for me, okay?
Oh, sure, Rich.
Hey, Fonz, you wanted to talk to me about
Hey, yeah, my friend wants to meet you.
Now, this is Quincy the Quill,
sometimes known as Quincy Jensen.
Oh, it's very nice meeting you
Hey, hey, hey, can't you see the man is working?
I'm sorry.
All right, he's done.
Come here, Quincy.
Get in there.
What do you think?
All I see is a dot.
Precisely.
Except that dot is the smallest dirty poem
ever written on a bathroom wall.
Thank you.
It doesn't rhyme.
It doesn't rhyme?!
Who cares?! It doesn't rhyme!
Fonzie?
Yeah.
Is that why Quincy wanted to meet me,
so he could show me his poem?
No.
Quincy thinks he can help you beat that quiz game.
For 10 percent of the take.
Well, listen, I
I don't think that I need this kind of help.
Sure you do.
You give him two cuffs and he'll give you
the entire baseball almanac.
Complete with index and cross references.
Hmm?
No, no, I think I'll do pretty well on my own.
All right, five percent.
Hey, I told you he wouldn't do it.
He's not that kind of guy.
Yeah, well, I have to split.
I got another client
who's taking the police exam.
Thanks, Quincy.
Yeah. It's a shame.
I see it. I see it.
Listen, I'm sorry, Fonzie, but I just couldn't do it.
Hey, no sweat. I couldn't do it either.
All I wear is T-shirts.
"And she don't have anymore."
It doesn't rhyme.
Dad.
What was Tinkers to Evers to Chance?
Oh, Dad.
Richie, you're dripping all over my new shoes!
Now, come on, what was Tinkers to Evers to Chance?
Dad, don't I even get a chance to take a shower?
The show is less than a week away.
Now, you can take a shower after you win.
Tinkers to Evers to Chance
famous double play combination.
Only sometimes it was Evers to Tinkers,
sometimes it was Chance to Evers to Tinkers,
and sometimes it was Chance to Tinkers to Evers.
Get a grip, Rich, come on!
Ralphie, give him another one. Okay.
Who had the most major league strikeouts in 1952?
Come on I don't know.
Sleep. I need sleep.
Come on, Rich, the show's tomorrow.
Yeah, we got five books to get through come on.
I know all about baseball.
Now I want to know all about sleep.
Don't let me interrupt. Just some refreshments.
Come on, get some food. Come on, energy.
It'll be good for you. Come on.
Oh! Ah, thanks, Mom.
Uh-uh-uh-uh!
Now, first, what was Lou Gehrig's lifetime RBI total?
Oh, Richard, Mom's just joking.
Joe DiMaggio.
Correct! You have just won $3,200!
Now, Richie, you've just reached the final plateau.
Are you willing to risk all the money you've won
to go for the Big Money?
I'll go for the Big Money.
Did you hear that, folks?
Richie is going for the Big Money!
Did you hear that? That's my son!
Oh, he doesn't care, Howard.
I'm his mother.
Well, the old clock says we're running a little late, folks.
But Richie here'll be back again to prove
that your dreams can come true with Big Money!
See ya next week!
Man, oh, man!
Only one question away from the Big Money!
Ah, and this must be the family.
Yeah, this is my dad.
I'm his father.
How do you do, Mr. Whippett.
Whatever you do, you gotta come back next week.
Oh, I won't forget, Mr. Whippett.
There's something about an all-American
redhead that TV viewers like.
And the freckles Keep the freckles.
Oh, well, I take them wherever I go.
And when you get home, take a look at this.
Oh, sure.
You've got a wonderful family.
Oh, well, thank you.
It's nice to meet you.
Thanks a lot! See you next week.
What do you say, Rich, why don't we all go down
to Arnold's for a celebration blast?
Yeah, yeah! Would you like to come?
Oh, no, no, you boys go and have your blast.
Your father and I'll be fine.
Okay, well, I'll be back in a while.
So long, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Big Money! Yay!
I wanted to go.
Richie!
Come on, come on.
Let him through.
Come on!
He's fragile! Come on!
Don't be rowdy here.
There you go, Rich.
Excuse me, excuse me.
I'll get you the usual, Richie.
Okay.
Out of his way, girls! Give him room!
Boy, they all saw the show.
Of course. You're a star now, Rich.
Is that your contract?
No, I don't know what it is.
What's wrong?
It's all about baseball.
What'd they do?
Give you the questions?
No, the answers.
Well, they're not really questions
and they're not really answers either.
Yeah,
they're more like questions and answers.
This is gonna be a breeze.
It's gotta be a mistake.
I did fine on the show tonight without any help.
Why would Mr. Whippett want me to cheat?
It's only cheating if you take the answers.
They were given to you.
What's wrong with that?
I gotta go.
I'll see you later.
I don't know what's bugging him.
I mean, the show's called Big Money, not Big Dummy.
Well, then, these answers are the answers?
What's in a name?
I don't think that I should go on the show
if I already know the answers.
Ah I see your problem.
You just don't understand the purpose of Big Money.
It's a standard giveaway show.
You give away your time, we give away prizes,
and for the giveaway questions, we give away the answers.
It's called entertainment.
You do this for all the contestants?
No just for the ones the audience likes.
Remember last month What was her name?
Miss Furman, the 90-year-old escapee from Hungary?
Oh, yeah, I, I liked her.
Right, and she won.
What about that mambo-dancing minister?
He got the organ he always wanted.
You mean, the minister knew the answers, too?
I-Is this station policy?
Well, not exactly,
but what they don't know won't hurt 'em,
will it?
Richard, Richard, everybody does it.
Even President Eisenhower
doesn't go on television unprepared.
It just looks that way.
I guess there's a lot I don't know about showbiz.
Ah it's not all glamour, kid.
Now, I want you to think about
how we're all counting on you.
I want you to think about
how you represent the American Dream.
Mr. Whippett says they do it for all the contestants.
It's called entertainment.
I am very disillusioned.
About what?
About what? About what?
I thought that show was on the up-and-up.
I believed in that show.
That show took the Fonz for a ride.
What are you so sore about?
I mean, you're the one who brought Quincy by here.
That's a whole different story.
See, I'm helping a pal the best way I know how
and they're cheating everybody
whether you want it or not.
What do you think I should do about it?
I am really ticked off.
I mean, you can't trust anybody anymore.
You think I should use those answers?
You know what a drag this is?
This puts a skid on my whole day.
Maybe I shouldn't have told you.
I gotta be alone.
Wait a minute.
Fonzie, uh, what about my car?
See, I, I need it tonight.
Hey, you don't worry about your car.
I'll come back to that after I get this out of my system.
Boy, I wish the man would finish fixing our TV set.
Well, he promised to get our picture tube back
in seven to ten days.
Yeah, but I'm not gonna last that long.
I'll go stir crazy.
Do what you did before we had television.
I sat around wishing I had a TV.
Hi, everybody.
Hi. Hello, dear.
Here's the bike I want on page 1,475.
Oh, and Mom's, Mom's dryer's on page 847.
And I got measured today for the new golf clubs.
Good.
Hey, wait a minute, Rich.
Look, I got these baseball statistics
from some of my customers.
A few of them are so obscure
I don't believe they ever happened.
Well, Dad, I I don't feel like
being quizzed right now, okay?
Richard, I hope you're not coming down with something.
Oh, no, I'm fine.
I'm just a little tired.
I'll be up in my room.
Okay.
Howard, do you think all this excitement
is wearing Richard out?
Oh, I think he's just a little nervous, Marion.
Hey, did you know that there's six ways for a batter
to get to first base without getting a base hit?
Oh, that isn't fair.
Hi.
Oh, hi, Dad.
Your mother told me to give you that.
Why?
Well, I guess she couldn't think of anything else.
She says, "If it's the flu, it'll help,
and if it's not, it won't hurt."
Dad I know all the answers.
Oh, well, that's, that's good, Richard.
When I was your age, I thought I knew 'em, too.
I've been meaning to talk to you about it,
but I didn't know how to bring it up.
I still don't know how to bring it up,
but I gotta bring it up.
Well, why don't you bring it up, Richard?
Yeah.
Dad, Mr. Whippett gave this to me.
No matter how I look at it, it's cheating.
Wait, let me get this straight.
These are the answers to the Big Money questions?
Yeah, they, they even tell you
which one's gonna be the $5,000 question.
Where does it say that?
Don't you see the one that's underlined in red ink
and it-it's got 5,000 next to it and a star?
Oh, yeah.
Wee Willie Keeler, Dazzy Vance, Rabbit Maranville.
All members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
They're practically giving me the $5,000.
What do you think I should do, Dad?
Well, did Mr. Whippett say why he gave you this?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, he gave me this long talk
about entertainment.
He said they do it for all the contestants.
They do?
You know that little old lady from Hungary?
She knew the answers.
The old woman with the mustache?
And, and the minister who knew all about ballroom dancing
Oh and he said he owed it all to prayer.
Mr. Whippett answered all his prayers.
Gee, Richie, it just doesn't seem right to me.
And yet they all seem to go along with it, huh?
Yeah.
I don't know what to do, Dad.
Well, I-I think that, uh, uh
Well, how do you feel about it?
Well, I know you'd like
to have that set of custom golf clubs.
Oh, well, sure I would,
but I wouldn't ask you to do this for me.
Yeah, but I know that Mom would like to have that dryer
and Joanie'd like to have the bike
and I-I'd like to have the $5,000.
I don't blame you for that.
A-And like Mr. Whippett says,
others do do it a-and it is entertainment.
He made it sound like I'd be a sucker if I didn't do it.
Yeah.
So what do you think I should do, Dad?
Well, I don't know, Richard.
I, uh, I think it's up to you.
I think you've got to make the decision.
Thanks, Dad.
Eh, don't mention it.
Any time.
Hi, everybody, and welcome back to Big Money,
the show where little people win big money.
Today is a big dollar day
because Richie Cunningham is back
and ready to go for it all: The jackpot $5,000.
All right, Richie,
you're only one question away from the Big Money.
Are you ready?
Yes, sir, I studied.
All right, Richie, for $5,000, Richie.
Listen closely to the following names:
Wee Willie Keeler, Dazzy Vance,
and Rabbit Maranville.
For $5,000, what do these baseball players have in common?
I don't know.
That is what?
I'm sorry, Mr. Whippett, I don't know the answer.
I, I guess I lose.
Well, I'm sorry, too, Richie.
I don't understand it,
but I guess you lose the Big Money.
But you do win something almost as nice.
A year's supply of Plasti-Sheen Toothpaste!
Plasti-Sheen now contains chlorophyll,
so cover the yellow with the green of Plasti-Sheen!
And now it's time to select a brand-new contestant.
Mr. Quincy Jensen!
Well, hi, Mr. Jensen, welcome to our show.
Tell us, what do you do for a living?
Well, I write a little.
You think Whippett'll keep cheating, Dad?
Well, the station manager was yelling at him as we left,
and I distinctly heard the word "fired."
I hope they let Richie keep his toothpaste.
Would anybody like a cup of tea or cocoa?
I do.
Yeah, I'll have some, too.
Why don't you go on in?
I want to talk to Richard for a minute.
Oh, all right, dear.
What bugs me is, is I made this noble gesture,
this, this big sacrifice, and what good does it do?
The show goes on and I'm out 5,000 bucks.
Richard, I understand how you feel,
but I don't want you to think
that the whole world is rotten.
People aren't all bad.
They're just weak.
I know.
Including me.
I feel terrible.
I-I got so excited about you winning
and me getting those golf clubs that
well, I just got caught up in the whole thing
and I couldn't think straight.
I should have said right off, "No, it's a bad thing,"
but I didn't.
That's all right, Dad.
I mean, if I were Ozzie Nelson,
the minute I heard the word "cheating,"
I would have said, "No, don't do it"
without a second's hesitation.
But I didn't do it.
I hedged.
I was wrong.
I'm just human, I guess.
You know, Ozzie never hedges.
Ozzie doesn't have to.
He probably already has new golf clubs.
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