Geritol. America's #1 tonic. Geritol, the fast-acting, high-potentcy tonic, that helps you...
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Announcer:
Geritol. America's #1 tonic. Geritol, the fast-acting, high-potentcy tonic, that helps you feel... stronger... fast... presents the exciting quiz program..."Twenty-One." Brought to you by NBC, The National Broadcasting Company, broadcasting nationally coast to coast, from New York to Los Angeles, from Seattle to St. Petersburg... via a vast network of affiliates crisscrossing the country. Coming up next, "Twenty-One," starring master of ceremonies Jack Barry!
[music cues build dramatically]
Announcer:
Two players racing to score 21 points... each in a soundproof television studio, not knowing the other one's score... with $500 riding on each point... as they both play..."Twenty-One!"
[lively theme music plays]
Announcer:
And here's your host... Jack Barry!
[the audience applauds as Jack runs on to the stage and stands behind his podium]
Jack Barry:
[looking at us]
Good evening. I'm Jack Barry. Due to a series of ties, Herbert Stempel, our 29-year-old ex-G.I. college student, must play at $3,000 a point, which means that in a few brief minutes, he can either win as much as $100,000 - the most money won on television to date - or lose everything he's won in the last eight weeks.
[as Jack continues to speak, Herbert and his opponent wait to be introduced]
Stempel's opponent:
You nervous?
Herbie Stemple:
[chuckles as he clean's his glasses]
It's only money.
Jack Barry:
Isolated in their soundproof studios, neither player is aware of the other's score. I've been assured by our friends at the encyclopedia... that they've concocted some real brain-breakers this week, so we'll find out in the next 30 minutes... if the unstumpable Herbert Stempel can be stumped. Could I have the questions, please?
[a drumroll plays as the questions are handed to Jack by a stagehand]
Jack Barry:
Thank you, gentlemen. Remember the questions on "Twenty-One" are secured each week in a Manhattan bank vault 'til just before show time. So right now, let's meet Herbert Stempel and his challenger as Geritol, America's #1 tonic, presents "Twenty-One."
[a fanfare plays and the audience applauds as Herbert and his opponent make their entrances]
Transcript
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Geritol America's 1 tonic
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Geritol the fast acting high potency tonic
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that helps you feel stronger fast
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presents the exciting quiz program
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Twenty One
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Brought to you by NBC the National Broadcasting Company
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broadcasting nationally coast to coast
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from New York to Los Angeles
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from Seattle to St Petersburg
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via a vast network of affiliates crisscrossing the country
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Coming up next Twenty One
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starring master of ceremonies Jack Barry
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 193
Timestamp in movie: 00h 05m 48s
Uploaded: 03 April, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.
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Actors
00:11 I know you're lying
00:32 I'm sorry Charlie I'm an old man
00:37 They gave me the answers
00:10 What's eatin' you You know why they call them...
00:06 Twenty One is rigged and I can prove it
00:07 You know what the problem with you bums is
00:14 I'm happy that you've made the statement
00:22 I have stood on the shoulders of life
00:06 At first they asked me questions they already knew I knew...
00:20 You don't have to be a genius to connect the dots
00:06 Cheating on a quiz show That's like plagiarizing a...
00:07 But mine own It was mine Your name is mine
00:06 And I'll send you a little helpful reminder okay
00:08 Well Dick if you look round the table and you can't...
00:08 We're not exactly hardened criminals here
00:18 Dad I can't simply just tell 'em the truth
00:10 I thought we were gonna get television
00:10 Watch Herb Stempel be fed to the Columbia Lions
00:04 You wanna be worshiped Go to India and moo
00:10 How much do they pay instructors up at Columbia