:25:00
That'd be the story of my life.
But why now ? What did l do ?
:25:03
Look at the big picture. lt's not like
television is gonna go away, you know.
:25:07
- l mean, think about the future.
- You mean like a panel show ?
:25:10
Uh, check. Look, l'm gonna do
what l can do, Herb.
:25:14
But meanwhile, maybe you could use
somebody to talk to.
:25:16
l'm gonna give you the name
of my analyst. Just send me the bills.
:25:20
- You know, l could be terrific
on one of those panel shows.
- Here you go, sir.
:25:23
Witty, off-the-cuff.
A Bill Cullen sort of thing.
:25:26
Now the last category
is movies.
:25:28
We're gonna ask you what won the Academy
Award for Best Picture in 1955.
:25:31
You don't know it.
Your answer On The Waterfront.
:25:35
Oh, no. Oh, no.
Don't-- Don't do that.
:25:38
Not Marty.
l saw Marty three times.
:25:41
The Best Picture from two years ago
and l don't know it ?
:25:44
Someone of your intellect,
and it's such a simple question.
:25:46
- Don't you see the drama of that ?
- Drama ?
:25:49
Herb, don't do this
to yourself.
:25:51
Please, let me lose on a physics
question, not Marty, Dan.
:25:56
Don't do this to me.
lt's too humiliating.
:25:58
For 70 grand, Herb,
you can afford to be humiliated.
:26:14
- Who was the captain of the Mayflower ?
- Christopher Jones.
:26:17
- What year ?
- 1620.
:26:19
Here's Mr. Moto !
:26:21
[ Sports Announcer ] And we'll return
to Mr. Moto after this.
:26:23
[ Announcer ] Will Herbert Stempel
become the first man...
:26:25
to win over $100,000
on television ?
:26:28
No, Herbert Stempel is not
going to win over $100,000.
:26:31
Herbert Stempel
is going to take a dive !
:26:33
Dad, the quiz is tomorrow.
lf you're gonna talk to the TV--
:26:36
- All right, big shot. So who bought
Manhattan lsland from the lndians ?
- Peter Minuit.
:26:39
- What year ?
- 1626.
:26:41
- How much ?
- Twenty-four dollars.
:26:44
[ Announcer ] ...this week
on Twenty-One.
:26:46
- Now back to our program.
- This week on Twenty-One,
:26:48
watch Herb Stempel be fed
to the Columbia Lions.
:26:51
Watch Charles Van Doren eat his first
kosher meal on Twenty-One.
:26:55
What are you doing ?
Why aren't you dressed ?
:26:59
The child has to learn. The
child has to learn the depths
that humanity can sink to.