Quiz Show Page #4

- This beats the subway,

huh, Mr. Stempel ?

- You said it.

- Hey, Dave !

- Hey, Herbie !

[ Cheering ]

You were the greatest

tonight, Herbie !

Great, huh, big guy ?

- [ Woman ] Hey, the

audience really loves you !

- Herbie, you remember me when !

Herbie !

l remember you when !

- Hi, Ellen.

- Hey, Herbie, what color was she ?

You looked so good

on TV tonight, Herbie !

- You should have gone for 11

on the movies, Herbie.

- You should win $100,000.

Hey, you were really

cookin' tonight, Stempel.

- Of course l watched it.

- You didn't go to the show ?

The genius is home.

The rich genius is home.

- l watched it on television

like everybody else.

- Would you tell him that--

You were great tonight, Herb.

Come on. l wanna dance.

Dance with me.

- Looking for the light

- Would you ask him for me,

please, right now ?

- Of a new love

- Mother wants to know why you

only went for 8 on the movies.

Because my real expertise is

pain-in-the-ass in-laws. Now

would you get off the phone ?

- l'm not gonna start with this.

- Tell him that everybody

is watching that show.

Steve Allen is gettin' a busy signal

because my mother-in-law won't shut up.

- Look, Ma, l got-- l gotta go.

- You're upset, and l don't

want to have to deal with it.

- All right. Good-bye.

- Call me before you go to bed.

That's all l'm sayin'.

What are you doin' ? My father

paid good money for this suit.

- He wore it to his own funeral.

- You make it sound like

it was the suit that killed him.

You wanna know why Enright makes

me wear that suit ? Because

it makes me look like a schmuck.

Yeah, well, stop actin'

like a schmuck then.

You don't get it, do you ? l go out

on the street, and everybody knows me.

Me. Herb Stempel. And they love me for

the same reason they used to hate me.

Because l'm the guy

who knows everything.

You should worship the ground l walk on,

what my family's done for you.

You wanna be worshipped ?

Go to lndia and moo.

Without my family, you'd be

on that show in your underwear.

Things are gonna change

around here, boy.

What does that mean,

everything's gonna change ?

You think l should

get my teeth capped ?

What's gonna change, Herbert ?

Everything's gonna change.

For us.

Hey, what the hell

were you thinking ?

Toby, that box

is the biggest thing...

since Gutenberg

invented the printing press,

and l'm the biggest thing on it.

We don't need your mother

and her money anymore.

Don't you wanna tell her where

to get off after 28 years ?

Now would you please...

dance with me ?

Dancing in the dark

Until the tune ends

We're dancing in the dark

And it soon ends

We're waltzing

ln the wonder

of why we're here--

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