Quiz Show Page #6

lt was a totally humiliating experience.

All my friends knew that l loved Marty.

lt's one of my favorite films.

l-l-l saw it three times.

lt's about a boy in the Bronx--

Mr. Enright

will see you now.

Have a seat, Herb.

Thanks for comin' up.

l feel we have some unfinished

business we need to hash out.

l have some unfinished

business with you too.

This whole thing with the grand jury

and the things you said,

well, they hurt me.

l can't tell you how--

Well, they hurt me deeply.

- l told the truth.

- There you go again.

You promised me, Dan.

Y-You promised that you'd help me out.

Don't you think that l want to help you

more than l already have ?

- But the point is,

you've made it impossible.

- Look, you want me to apologize ?

- l want you to sign this statement.

- l apologize.

- What kind of statement ?

- lt clears me and the show

of any wrongdoing.

- What about the panel show ?

- See ? That's a perfect example.

l told you l'd do what l could,

and l did. l put your name on a list.

You put me on a list ?

That's it ?

NBC owns our company.

Everything goes through them.

NBC bought your company for

two million bucks. What about me ?

People watched me on that show. Look.

Look. Look at this.

- Oh, Herb, don't start--

- ''He has become a friend

in over 50 million homes,

whose weekly visits the whole family

eagerly anticipates.''

- l was a friend, too,

in 50 million homes.

- Look, what can l tell you, Herb ?

- Life is unfair.

- Life is unfair to me.

Life's not unfair

to Charles Van Doren.

Remember how he snubbed me

after the show ?

- There'll be other shows.

- What other shows ?

l need the money, Dan.

Wha-- What ?

How could you need the money ?

lt's gone. l mean it's invested.

lt's tied up. lt's--

- Well, can't you talk to your broker ?

- He's not a broker.

He's more of a bookmaker.

lt's seed money.

He's setting up in Florida right now.

He says it's the next growth area.

You gave your money

to a bookie who skipped town ?

l-l want what l have coming, Dan.

l have to get back on television.

-Herb, l'm gonna--

-Show me this list. Where's this list ?

[ Sighs ]

l submitted a list of 45 names.

They rejected three.

You were one of them.

That big uncircumcised putz is

on the cover of Time magazine,

and l can't even make

the top 42 for a panel show.

Look, maybe you could warm up

the audience before the show.

- l could throw you 50 bucks a week.

- Fifty bucks a week ?

That should be me

on the cover of Time.

- Sh*t, Herb, just sign the statement.

- Charles Van Doren.

He wouldn't know the answer to

a doorbell if you didn't give it to him.

Sign the statement,

and get on with your life !

Sign the statement, Herb. Sign

the statement. Who cares if it's true ?

- l'm giving you a chance.

- You promised me !

You get me that panel show,

or l'm gonna bring you down

with me, ya lousy, lyin' prick !

- You and Charles Van f***in' Doren !

- No, you're not.

l'll just tell everyone that it's

a fraud. That'll warm 'em up.

- ''The fix is in,

this week on Twenty-One.''

- When's my next appointment ?

The cover of Time ? His mug shot

will be on the cover of Time !

What the hell

happened ?

[ Sighs ]

Oy.

Why am l the only one

workin' this mornin' ?

- You got here earlier, Mooie.

- ''Demonstrators stoned Vice

President Nixon's motorcade...

as it proceeded

through Caracas.''

- Gee, Dick, what's the New York

Times say ? Same thing ?

- Generally.

Most people who live in Washington

settle for the Washington papers.

[ Goodwin ] Well, the Times

is the paper of record.

- Ahh.

- Ooh.

Dick hopes someday to be confused

with an important person.

''Although the crowd was cordoned off

at a distance of a hundred yards,

an unidentified Venezuelan struck Nixon

in the head with a thrown onion.''

- Ow !

- The Senators should sign this guy.

Did you guys know there was a grand jury

in New York on the quiz shows ?

Jim Lemon can't even hit

the cutoff man. This guy throws

a 300-foot strike with an onion.

- Have they come up with anything ?

- They sealed the presentment.

- That's a no.

- Why do you say that ?

A presentment's

a statement of findings.

lf there were anything in it,

they'd want to release it

to the public, right ?

lf the purpose is to make findings

public, then why keep it a secret ?

[ Goodwin ] Why seal the presentment ?

lt's illogical.

- lt's a local matter.

- lt's television.

Whoa. TV.

lt's under our jurisdiction,

right ? l mean, we have

oversight over all the agencies.

- lt includes the F.C.C.

- You're gonna investigate

a dead investigation ?

We're gonna put television

on trial. Television.

Everybody in the country'll

know about it.

- What do you have ?

- There's somethin' there.

Mr. Chairman,

l'll find it.

The networks,

pharmaceutical industry ?

Cosmetics ?

[ Chuckling ]

That's big game, son.

You don't go huntin' in your underwear.

Sir, l smell somethin'. At least give

me a chance to see what l can dig up.

Let me go up to New York.

[ Lishman ] Ya know, this isn't

some junket for you to stay in

a hotel and see a Broadway show.

l'm givin' you exactly one week to

find something. You get that ?

Unseal a presentment.

l don't know.

l don't know how you go about that.

l've never--

Oh, here you go.

Look at this.

Hasn't been a presentment under seal

in the State of New York since 1869.

That explains it.

- 1869 ?

- Yeah.

Counselor, l've reviewed in detail

the material submitted in your request.

A man's reputation

is coin of the realm to him.

l sealed this presentment...

to protect the reputations

of those unfairly implicated...

by a certain mentally

unstable finger-pointer.

That interest, along with

important issues of federalism,

dictate that l reject your committee's

request at this time.

[ Phone Ringing ]

Mr. Enright's office.

Mr. Enright ?

lt's Judge Schweitzer.

- Yes ?

- Hi. Miss Mitchell ?

- Uh-huh.

- My name is Richard Goodwin.

l'm with the Congressional Subcommittee

on Legislative Oversight.

We've been investigating

the quiz shows recently.

- Uh, l was wondering if l could

ask you a quick question.

- Oh ! l've got people.

- Could l just have

a moment of your time ?

- No.

l was curious how many

episodes you appeared on.

- Not very many. No.

- How--

- Three weeks.

- Did anyone ever ask you

not to talk to anyone ?

[ Announcer ] The Today Show

with Dave Garroway...

and Dave's regular co-host,

Mr. J. Fred Muggs.

Dave's guests this morning are:

the Aga Khan,

Lyle Goodhue, inventor

of the aerosol spray can...

and quiz champion

Charles Van Doren.

Take a look at that.

Look at that. You see that ?

- Yes. Uh-huh.

- [ Chattering ]

Well, you have that conversation,

and l'm gonna begin the show.

l'll see you, Mr. Muggs.

Good morning.

- And good morning, Charlie.

- Good morning, Dave.

- How are you this morning ?

- l'm fine, thank you.

l see we have a, uh, an unusually

large crowd outside there this morning.

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