1. Now, Wilbur, I'll show
you something special.
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2. There you go, Wilbur.
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3. Gee, thanks, Mr. Munster.
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4. Well, Eddie, I, uh, can't sit
around here tying knots all day.
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5. The car has a flat, and I
promised Grandpa I'd hold it up...
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7. Good-bye, Wilbur. Good-bye, sir.
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8. Boy, Eddie, you got the neatest
father in the whole neighborhood.
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9. Jerry, look. If we can sign
up this guy, Herman Munster,
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10. we'll have the greatest gimmick in
wrestling since the Swedish Angel.
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11. Yeah. Why, he ties
knots in steel bars.
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12. A-A-And lifts
automobiles off the ground.
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13. Mm-hmm. No, his kid goes
to school with my Wilbur.
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14. No, I haven't met him
yet, but believe me,
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have the people falling in the aisles.
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16. Oh. This Chinese tea always acts up
when we put it in the Russian samovar.
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17. That certainly was a very nice
dinner you served tonight, Lily.
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crawling out of the bowl.
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Grandpa. They always come back.
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you read this article?
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want to send their children to college...
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when the time comes.
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25. Oh, that shouldn't
worry us now, Herman.
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26. Eddie won't be ready for
college for a long time yet.
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27. No, but it says we
should start planning now.
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28. Set a little bit
aside every year.
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we always buried a
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backyard for a rainy day.
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31. You know, Eddie
should go to college.
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was a college man.
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Heidelberg University, dear?
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school for six years...
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36. in several different jars.
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37. Yes, Lily, your husband
was a man of parts.
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38. You know, we've got
to send Eddie to college,
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39. even if it means I have
to borrow the money.
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40. Telephone. What?
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41. The telephone in the hall? It's about
to ring. Why wait till the last minute?
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42. Oh. Thank you, Grandpa.
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43. Hello?
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44. Mr. Ramsey? Wilbur's father.
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45. Mr. Munster, I have a
proposition to make you.
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46. Really? A proposition?
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47. I hope that's not another salesman on
the phone, trying to sell cemetery plots.
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48. We have enough trouble
making the payments on
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thinking of resort property.
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50. Well, I could, uh, use the $200 or
$300 extra a week, but wrestling?
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51. My goodness.
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and friends think?
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53. If it's your friends and family you're
worried about, nobody has to know.
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54. We'll put a hood over your head
and bill you as The Masked Marvel.
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55. It'll be a great gimmick.
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56. The Masked Marvel? Uh, you
mean, nobody could see my face?
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57. Well, I sure could
use the money.
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59. Uh, listen, Mr. Ramsey. Just
give me a few days to get in shape,
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61. Mum's the word, now. Bye.
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62. He ties knots in steel bars
and needs to get in shape?
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63. Our problems are solved.
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64. When you grow up, you're
gonna go to college after all.
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65. Oh, isn't that wonderful. Now maybe you'll
grow up to be half the man your father is.
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daddy's big, smart, successful son.
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67. Gee, Dad, do it
again. Will ya? Huh?
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with that pounding again.
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69. I wish he'd tell us what he's
doing down there in the lab.
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70. He's been spending most of his
time down there now for three days.
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71. He won't even let me in. He says
he's just in training for his new job.
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72. I wonder what he meant
when he said it's night work.
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73. There's only one decent
kind of night work I know of,
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since I left the Old Country.
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75. Ah, for the good old days
on the graveyard shift.
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77. Hmph! Igor, will you go away?
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79. It's not Igor, Herman. It's me.
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80. I just had to fly down here
to see what you're up to.
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81. Grandpa, don't you know
that curiosity killed the bat?
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brought him back.
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83. Oh, wrestling.
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84. Now, this is the night work you've
been coming down here training for.
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85. Grandpa, I didn't
want anyone to know.
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week if I'll appear as The Masked Marvel.
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90. Oh, on the contrary,
I'm sure I will.
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91. But why you? Of all people,
lowering the Munster dignity.
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92. Because I want my
son to go to college.
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93. I misjudged you,
Herman. But don't worry.
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your secret. Shh.
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95. Thank you, Grandpa. Thank you.
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96. Uh, but now I gotta be sure I'm in
shape. I'm due in the arena tonight.
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97. I guess I'd better quit.
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98. I don't wanna overtrain.
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99. And now, ladies and gentlemen,
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evening on our all-star wrestling card,
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101. presenting on my
left, at 270 pounds,
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102. standing 6 foot 4,
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103. our local champion,
Tarzan McGirk.
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104. And as his opponent tonight,
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105. Tarzan takes on a newcomer,
weighing 387 pounds,
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107. 7 foot 3, a mystery mangler...
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108. The Masked Marvel!
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109. Your referee for the main event
this evening will be Tiger Joe Marsh.
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110. Uh, how do you do?
Pleased to meet you.
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111. - Huh?
- Back to your corners.
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112. All right, here we go. Tarzan
McGirk, The Masked Marvel.
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113. Okay, wrestle!
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114. Grandpa, do we have
to watch wrestling?
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115. Well, I just thought wrestling
might be nice for a change.
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116. Yeah, leave it on.
Wrestling's my favorite show.
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117. They begin to circle one another
as each looks for an opening.
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118. Uh-oh, Tarzan McGirk
clamps on his famous headlock.
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119. Yes, there's
action here tonight.
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120. Hey, that Tarzan guy's neat.
He always plays the good guy.
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121. But that other fellow with
the mask, he's so much bigger.
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122. Working hard at it.
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123. Oh, oh! The sleeping
giant has come to life!
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124. Look at that big bully.
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125. Come on, Tarzan.
Don't let him do that.
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126. The Masked Marvel is really mad.
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127. He has completely
dominated the match.
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128. Here we go.
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129. And just look at him
go at Tarzan McGirk!
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130. No! No! Come on! No! Boo! Boo!
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131. McGirk goes down again!
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132. He's such a
brute. I can't watch.
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133. What's he doing?
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134. The back vault! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen,
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Marvel is really mad.
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136. Oh, oh. Doesn't look as
though he has a chance.
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137. The Masked Marvel
is really something.
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138. This is the match of the century. I'm
certainly glad that Masked Marvel...
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140. They shouldn't let a big
bully like that in the ring.
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141. McGirk won. I
can't understand it.
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142. I do, Grandpa.
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was supposed to win.
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144. But that Masked Marvel's
so dumb, he forgot
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145. he was the bad guy
and let that good guy win.
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146. Oh, well, I'm not feeling so well.
I think I'll take a ride in the car.
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147. Yeah, and on the way home,
I'll pick up Herman from work.
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148. Grandpa, couldn't you just give us a little
hint about what kind of work he's in?
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149. I-I'm sorry, Lily. I can't.
But I can tell you this though.
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150. That boy is sure
starting at the bottom.
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151. I can't understand it, Herman.
I saw the match on television.
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152. I haven't seen such a dive since I was
forced down by a vulture over Transylvania.
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153. Grandpa, I just
couldn't help myself.
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154. Every time I got Tarzan McGirk
down on the mat, he talked to me.
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155. Talked to you? Yeah.
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156. Well, I didn't have
the heart to beat him.
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157. Do you know that he's
supporting four children?
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158. And that his wife's
sister is living with them?
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159. And that he has to send
his sick grandmother
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medical expenses?
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161. What kind of medical
expenses? Oh, it's pathetic.
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162. She's too poor
to afford a doctor,
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163. so every week she buys nine
dollars' worth of moldy bread...
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165. Oh, boy! And for this
you threw the fight!
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166. I didn't throw the fight.
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167. I-I just couldn't be mean to McGirk
after he told me all his troubles.
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168. He's really a very
nice man. His troubles?
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169. What about your troubles?
Eddie's education is at stake.
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170. You've gotta climb into that ring,
son, not as Herman Munster...
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171. but as every proud father
fighting for his little boy.
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172. This is not just a wrestling
match. This is a shining crusade.
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173. A contest on the
battlefield of life...
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174. that will leave you a
stronger and nobler person.
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175. Really?
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176. Of course. The next bum comes along,
get in there and kick him in the teeth!
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177. Boy, you should have
been here last night, Pop.
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178. We watched
wrestling on television.
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179. Yes, Herman, they had some big
awful bully called The Masked Marvel.
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180. Yeah, he was clobbering
some guy smaller than him,
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181. but then The Masked Marvel turned
chicken and rolled over on his back.
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182. I've never seen anything
like it, Uncle Herman.
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183. Yeah, Pop, you should have been
here to see that big dope coward.
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184. Yeah, yeah, I should
have been here.
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185. Well, how could he be here? He
was away working on his new job.
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186. That's right. I can't be in
two places at once... anymore.
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187. Herman, I've been looking up
colleges for Eddie, for when he grows up,
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188. and I wanna go
over them with you.
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189. Please, Lily. Let's just see how the new
job works out before we decide on a school.
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190. Herman's right.
One thing at a time.
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191. You know the old saying: No sense
in putting the hearse before the horse.
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192. I tell ya... if I lose this match, my
son has to drop out of med school.
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193. Uh, good heavens, man!
Why didn't you tell me?
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194. Break it up! I said break it up!
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195. But if they repossess
my sister's banjo,
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the Boston Symphony.
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197. Really? I-I had no idea.
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198. But I've gotta get my kid
brother the plane fare to Africa.
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199. Albert Schweitzer needs him.
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200. Hey, boss, when you gonna
dump this Munster guy?
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201. He's lost eight matches in a row. Even
the crowd's getting tired of booing him.
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202. Look, Jerry, I've got one more
gimmick that might appeal to the fans.
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203. Beginning tonight, I'm
offering $50 a minute...
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204. to any cluck from
the audience...
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205. for as long as he can stay in
the ring with The Masked Marvel.
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206. Uh, what is it I'm supposed
to do again, Mr. Hansen?
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207. Strangler, you saw
the sign outside.
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208. Fifty bucks a minute for any amateur
who stays in the ring with this guy.
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209. Well, tonight, you walk up like
any schnook from the audience...
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210. and toss him around
for about 25 minutes.
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211. Yeah, but, uh,
this guy's pretty big.
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212. What if I can't handle him?
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213. Well, how did you
handle the other guys...
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214. Uh, Iron Man Mallory, Benny
Sampson and Charlie the Choker?
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in their drinking water.
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216. Okay. So tonight I do the same
thing to The Masked Marvel.
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217. I'm gonna dump this whole bottle in
the water cooler in his dressing room.
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218. He'll be so groggy, your biggest problem
will be keeping him awake during the match.
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219. You're sure a smart
fella, Mr. Hansen.
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220. But ain't this just a
little bit dishonest?
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221. Fifty dollars a minute.
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224. Oh, Eddie, you're not going to
turn on wrestling again tonight.
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225. I don't think I can watch that
Masked Marvel one more time.
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226. He's nothing but a bully and a
coward, and he loses all the time.
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227. I know, but the paper
says it's amateur night.
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228. I just wanna watch
this one match.
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229. Who knows? The big
dope might win this time.
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230. Ladies and gentlemen,
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from the audience,
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The Masked Marvel...
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234. Boy, this is gonna
be good tonight.
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back in time to see it.
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236. The Masked Marvel and the challenger
from the audience. Wait a minute, Eddie.
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237. Isn't that Grandpa there?
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238. Well, it is! I didn't know Grandpa
was this interested in wrestling.
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239. It looks like the battle of
titans here tonight, folks.
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240. This is really a match, folks.
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241. Wow! He may be an amateur,
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242. but if he ever manages to sit on that
Masked Marvel, the match will be over.
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243. Wow, that John
Smith is murdering him.
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244. Look at that big oaf. He's
not even fighting back.
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245. Come on, Herman.
Don't let him do that.
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246. Stay with it, Strangler.
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248. Now, Herman, what kind of a
sob story did this guy tell you?
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249. You're letting him kill you.
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250. Who's letting him? I
can hardly see him.
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251. I'm so sleepy, I
can barely stand up.
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252. That... That smarts!
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253. Marilyn, doesn't that
sound like Herman?
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254. Yes, it does, Aunt Lily.
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255. Hey, that is Daddy.
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256. Heavens to betsy.
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257. This... This must be the
night work he's been doing.
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258. Come on, Pop. Clobber 'im!
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259. Come on, Uncle Herman.
Don't let him do that to you.
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260. Come on. Don't let him do that!
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262. Come on, Murphy!
Give it to him, Strangler.
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263. The pills are working.
We got it made!
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264. Murphy? Strangler?
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265. You mean that's Strangler Murphy,
who was suspended in Chicago...
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chains into the ring?
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267. No. It just spilled out.
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that's who it is.
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269. So, you brought
a ringer in, huh?
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270. That's Strangler
Murphy! He's no amateur.
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271. It's a frame-up!
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272. Uh-oh, what's Grandpa gonna do?
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273. I don't know, but
he better do it quick.
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274. You wanna play games? I'll
show you how to play games.
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275. Abracadabra, acey-deucy,
alakazam and Bela Lugosi!
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276. Boss, we gotta stop the
fight. Are you kidding?
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277. No, no, no. There's a fire broke
out in the storage room out back.
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278. Al and the boys are
trying to put it out.
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279. Look. This is the best
attraction we ever had.
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280. Tell 'em to close the fire door. That
oughta hold it back till the fight's over.
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282. Bombs away, Herman!
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283. Hey, Munster!
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out in back. Really?
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285. Yeah, yeah. You gotta make an
announcement to clear the arena.
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you must leave.
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for you, Mr. Ramsey?
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Meadow Brook Stadium,
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294. "a newcomer to the wrestling
game, Herman Munster,
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295. "persuaded a capacity crowd to
clear the building in five seconds flat,
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296. "thus preventing a panic, when a
small fire was discovered backstage.
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has awarded Mr. Munster...
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Safety Award for his heroic action."
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299. Oh, that's wonderful,
Uncle Herman!
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300. You must have done
some quick thinking, dear.
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too much about it.
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groggy at the time.
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303. I guess in the emergency,
I just said the right thing.
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that other wrestler, Pop.
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guy in the whole world.
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Uh, but, Eddie,
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is going in our vault...
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your college fund.
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314. Oh, don't worry, Herman.
Have your hotcakes.
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breakfast is over.
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