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Coming up next, Twenty-One,
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starring master of ceremonies
Jack Barry !
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Two players
racing to score 21 points,
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each in a soundproof
television studio,
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not knowing
the other one's score,
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- with $500 riding on each point...
- Damn it !
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as they both play...
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Twenty-One !
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And here's your host,
Jack Barry !
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[ Applause ]
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Good evening.
l'm Jack Barry.
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Due to a series of ties,
Herbert Stempel, our 29-year-old
ex-G.l. college student,
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must play at
$3,000 a point,
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which means that
in a few brief minutes,
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he can either win as much as
$100,000, the most money
won on television to date,
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or lose everything he's won
in the last eight weeks.
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- You nervous ?
- [ Chuckling ]
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lt's only money.
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lsolated in their
soundproof studios,
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neither player is aware
of the other's score.
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l've been assured by our friends
at the encyclopedia...
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that they've concocted
some real brain-breakers this week,
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so we'll find out
in the next 30 minutes...
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if the unstumpable
Herbert Stempel can be stumped.
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- Could l have the questions, please ?
- [ Drumroll ]
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Thank you, gentlemen. Remember,
the questions on Twenty-One
are secured each week...
:07:18
in a Manhattan bank vault
'til just before show time.
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So right now, let's meet Herbert Stempel
and his challenger as Geritol,
:07:25
American's #1 tonic,
presents Twenty-One.
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[ Fanfare ]
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Welcome back to the show,
gentlemen.
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Mr. Peloubet, a very cordial
welcome to you, sir.
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How are you, Herb ?
How's everything in Queens ?
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- Fine, Mr. Barry.
- lt's a nervous strain
in the family, l bet.
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- How's your wife holding out ?
- She's fine, thank you. Thank
you, Mr. Barry, for asking.
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As you know, Herb, the questions
are graded for difficulty by
the Encyclopedia Britannica--
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l might add that my wife
no longer suffers from tired blood,
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now that l've got her
on Geritol.
:07:56
That's fine. Graded
on a scale from one--
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l personally vouch that
it's a fine product.