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1:35:00
- That's what l'm going to accomplish !
- l'm sick of all this.

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The subcommittee calls
Herbert Stempel.

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[ Goodwin ] So, in other words,
you kept on winning.

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- Yes, sir, that is correct.
- At any time during
this championship run,

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were you ever assisted
in any way ?

1:35:26
[ Stempel ] l was given
the questions and answers in advance.

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Generally, l would receive the questions
and answers on Friday.

1:35:32
Then we'd have sort of
a rehearsal on Monday.

1:35:34
- This is from the very beginning ?
- Yes.

1:35:37
Dan Enright came to see me
in my kitchen and he said,

1:35:41
''How'd you like to make $25,000 ?''
And l said, ''Who wouldn't ?''

1:35:45
What do you mean
by rehearsal ?

1:35:47
Well, for example, he told me how to
breathe heavily into the microphone...

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and sigh such as this.
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- [ Heavy Sighing ]
- [ People Laughing ]

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He taught me how to stutter
and say in a plaintive voice,

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''l will take, uh, n-nine--
uh, nine points.''

1:36:04
- lt was all choreographed.
- How to bite my lip.
How to mop my brow.

1:36:09
He told me specifically
not to smear my brow, but rather
to pat for optimum effect.

1:36:13
Of course, l'm shvitzing the
whole time because they turned
off the air conditioning.

1:36:16
- Excuse me ?
- [ People Laughing ]

1:36:20
- That's funny.
- [ Goodwin ] Mr. Chairman.

1:36:24
With your permission, we might
at this point, view a portion
of the program, Twenty-One.

1:36:29
Whenever you're ready.
1:36:39
Herb Stempel, with your $69,500
still at stake--

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although now at $2,500 a point--
the category is...

1:36:47
newspapers.
1:36:49
How many points
you wanna try for ?

1:36:52
- There ! There's the lip biting.
- [ People Laughing ]

1:36:55
[ Chairman ] Yes, we see.
1:36:57
Finally, l was told to
open my eyes...


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