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Come on, guys, let's play.

We can't. We shot one guy.

Hey, maybe that little kid wants to play.

You know him.

What difference does it make? We need him to make a team.

Hey, kid, you want to play?

Me? Sure.

He's too little.

Okay, you guys take Jeff.

You're on our team. What's your name?

Bobby. Okay, now these are the rules. No tackling, just two -hand touch.

Okay.

Now we'll use the hipper -dipper lateral, okay? Bob, you go out for the

Drink.

The Spartans?

He's my uncle.

Time out.

Hey, Mr. Granger, could I please have your autograph?

Me too.

You can tie it on the back of my sweatshirt. I'll tell Mr. French not to

it. It'll be a pleasure.

How's Bobby doing in the game?

Oh, he's doing really good. He really tries.

Mr. Granger, would you throw us a few passes?

If it's all right for a pro to play with kids.

Just one. I'm taking Bobby out to dinner.

Oh, gee, only one?

Well, Bobby's staying with me a few days while his mother has a new baby. We

really have to go.

Bobby can play with us any time.

Okay, everybody out.

Nice catch.

So long, kids.

Goodbye.

Boy, Ken Granger for real.

Wait till Uncle Bill sees my sweatshirt.

Don't touch it.

Jody?

Yes, Mr. Granger?

We were wondering if you'd like to have dinner with us tonight.

Me?

Well, sure.

We just live down the street a couple of blocks, that big corner building.

The doorman will call my apartment.

Tell your dad I'll have you home by 8 .30.

Gee, thanks.

And it's my Uncle Bill.

And I'll go home and ask permission.

King Granger advertises it on TV.

He says it's refreshing after a tough, hard game.

Have you had a tough, hard game?

No.

Then what are you putting it on for?

It makes us football pairs smell better.

I told you it was straight.

I have to wait for Uncle Bill to come home?

He combed his hair four times.

I am fully aware that Mr. King Granger is an extraordinary football player, but

that does not constitute a formal introduction.

It's different with football players.

Hi, everybody!

Oh, it's only you.

Well, that's a fine greeting.

Boy, somebody sure smells good.

It's working already, Jody.

Hey, look at you.

What's the big occasion?

I'm invited over to Ken Granger's for dinner.

You know Ken Granger?

He's absolutely adorable.

I thought girls weren't supposed to know about football.

Who knows about football?

I'm talking about adorable.

Uncle Bill has a business meeting and gets stuck at his office.

Or he has a phone call and has to fly to Chicago.

Or Acapulco.

Acapulco. Or even Europe.

Then I could miss having dinner with Ken Granger.

Uncle Bill!

You've been my serving lotion.

He has been invited to Ken Granger's for dinner.

Mr. French won't let him go without your permission.

I was going to tell you. Where did you meet Ken Granger?

His nephew was playing football in the park with us.

Ah, good evening, sir.

What is this about dinner invitation?

Oh, I thought it best to secure your approval first, sir.

Well, I don't see why not, seeing who it is.

There you are, Jody. Hand him plenty of time.

Thanks, Uncle Bill.

Mr. Granger lives over at the Park Majestic, and he said he'd bring me back

about 8 .30.

You tell him never mind. I'll come and pick you up myself.

Oh, I'll do that if you wish, sir. No, I would like to meet Ken Ranger, okay?

Ken, do you think maybe I could make a pro team?

Jody's real good.

Well, all you've got to do is put on a little weight.

Yeah, about 150 pounds.

And then the other team better watch out, because I'll go down the field

smearing everybody.

I'll win every game.

Jody, winning football games is great, but it's important how you win.

But you gotta be tough.

Well, sure, but I know plenty of guys that thought they were too big for the

rules and they wound up on the scrap pile.

I don't want to wind up on the scrap pile.

Good.

Uncle Ken, if timeout's over, do you think you could show Jody and me about

tackling?

Okay.

Press your shoulders into my legs and grab hold.

And keep pushing. When I say go, now go.

Hi.

Oh, you're not going to score against them?

No, I'm lucky I don't have to play them Sunday.

I'm Jody's uncle, Phil Davis.

I'm glad to know you, Mr. Davis. Uncle Bill, Ken's been teaching us a lot of

real pro plays.

Did he show you the quarterback sneakies against the Rams in L .A. two weeks

ago? Oh, you saw the game on TV?

No, I was out there. I stayed over for the game.

Hey, get your coat. We gotta go.

Thanks for a real neat time, Ken.

Oh, wait a minute, Judy. Before you go... Did

you really see him play?

Sure I did.

at it, Uncle Bill.

And look what it says.

To my teammate, Jody Davis, from Ken Granger.

That's real nice.

I envy you, Jody.

You can come in my room anytime and look at it, Uncle Bill. Thank you.

We're going to the athletic club Sunday for a swim and a workout.

Can Jody come along?

Sure. Would you like that?

Would I?

Thank you. That'll mean a lot to him.

Well, sometimes I don't know what's more important to a pro athlete, the money

or the kids.

Thank you.

Good night.

Bye.

I almost forgot.

Goodbye, Bobby. Bye.

King Granger's the best quarterback that ever lived.

Well, he's right up there with Waterfield and Ball and Luckman. Yep.

Who are they?

They're the all -time greats. Man, it's getting late. Come on.

Okay, let me just put this one more piece.

There.

You don't know what a great guy King Granger is. He didn't talk to us like we

were kids.

He talked to us like we were on the Spartans. And he told us that we had to

honest and decent.

Or we'd wind up on the scrap heap.

No, I wouldn't worry about that. I don't think that'll happen to you.

You're not mad, Uncle Bill.

Why should I be mad?

Well, I've been talking so much about Ken.

But I still like you a lot more.

That's good.

I bet you're one of the best all -time pro engineers.

Yeah, there's plenty of room for me and Ken, too.

Good night now. Go to sleep.

Good night, Uncle.

Well, he's acting like the happiest kid in the world. Well, hero worship does

seem to be a basic part of childhood, sir. Yeah, yeah, whether it's astronauts

or football players, I guess.

You know, sir, it must be a tremendous responsibility on the part of the heroes

to live up to the dreams of other people.

Well, sir, if you need anything else, I shall be in my room reading. Okay, good

night.

By the way, sir, in the newspapers tonight, there's a detailed account of

international chess tournament, sir.

Yes, sir, Alfred Pelham, Farrelly Trance, Alex Kosikov, sir.

Good night, sir. We all have our idols, after all.

Look, Buffy.

Swollen. I need the number 24.

That's Kin's number. I think you spelled it upside down.

I do.

Jody, you look positively lumpy.

Towels, Mr. French.

Well, towels belong on towel racks.

I know, but I didn't have any real shoulder pads.

And whose number, may I ask, is that 24 upside down?

Ken Granger.

Well, now, there seems to be some writing on the back of your sweatshirt.

we'll have to put that in the wash.

You can't, Mr. French, or you'll erase Ken's autograph.

Jody, I don't believe that I can wash half a sweatshirt.

Can you try?

Very well.

Right now, I'm setting the dinner table.

You mean the training table, Mr. French.

Very well, very well.

Hey, Jody, Ken's on television!

Oh, boy, probably an interview.

he mean by happier?

Rumor has it, ladies and gentlemen, that the Spartan star quarterback is under

investigation by the football commissioner for betting on the games.

The story goes that Ken is betting on his own team to win.

But even that's offside in professional football.

We spoke with Ken this morning as he left the commissioner's office.

But for once, he wasn't calling the plays.

Ken, would you care to tell us what you and the commissioner talked about?

I'd like to, but I can't.

We hear there may be an investigation.

The commissioner told me not to make any public statements.

You know, some of your fans might be thinking where there's smoke, there's

I'm sorry. I had nothing to say.

So there it is.

If true, it could spell suspension and possibly the end to a very brilliant

football career.

All we can say is no comment.

Now a few parting shots from the world of golf.

Does he mean Ken Granger's a crook?

Don't call him a crook. It's just a mistake.

And nothing is settled. It's just an investigation.

Well, they shouldn't have an investigation about a nice guy like Ken.

I've been waiting for you, Uncle Bill. Jody.

Did you hear all those things they're saying about Ken?

Oh, yeah, I heard.

It's not true. I just know it isn't. Well, the football commissioner's going

make an investigation. They'll find out if it's true or not.

But there's nothing to investigate.

Well, I think Ken might have been placing bets with some gamblers.

He can't do that. See, nobody in pro football can make a bet, even if he's

to bet on his own team to win.

Ken wouldn't do anything like that.

Well, let's hope not, because if he did, he won't be playing football anymore.

Not for a long time, anyway.

I just don't believe it about Ken. I just don't.

Well, the commissioner's not going to decide anything until he's got all the

facts.

Ken wouldn't lie to kids. He's not that kind of a guy.

You heard him say how kids are real important to him.

Yep, I heard him.

Well, it's almost time for dinner.

Jody.

Yeah?

Nothing.

I'm not going to believe it because it isn't true.

Hi, Jody. Hi, Bobby.

Why aren't you playing?

The guys won't let me in the game.

On account of my uncle.

They say he's a crook.

It's not true.

They're just saying it because they don't know Ken.

Come on, Bobby.

Hello,

Jody. Ken, all those things they're saying about you, would you tell the

that they're not true?

I wish I could, but I can't.

You mean you can't talk?

Like on TV when you said you couldn't talk?

Jody, I've just come from the commissioner's office.

They've suspended me for the rest of the season.

You mean it's true?

Would you like to have dinner with us tonight?

No, thanks.

I got a lot of homework.

Still see you Sunday then, huh?

I don't think so, sir.

I've got an awful lot of homework.

Judy, please.

No. See you later, Bobby.

I'm sorry.

It was easy to fool me, because I'm just a kid.

How did he fool Uncle Bill?

Yeah.

Yeah, send him in.

Hi, Ken.

Too busy to talk?

No, I'm busy sitting.

Oh.

Rough, huh?

Rough.

Well, I'm sorry.

Well, don't be. I was stupid. I have it coming.

But... Well... What?

Jody.

He doesn't believe any of it. He thinks it's a movie and it's all gonna come out

right in the end.

Not anymore.

You tell him.

Yeah, I... I thought it was best coming from me.

At least he'll know I was honest with him.

Sure.

Jody broke our date for Sunday.

I was gonna try to get through to him.

Uh -huh.

Must be something I could still do.

Well, I don't know.

I can try to run some interference for you.

Well, there's never been a quarterback worth anything who didn't have somebody

running interference for him.

Jake.

Hi, where are you going?

Hi. Buffy and I were about to leave for a visit to the ice cream parlor, sir.

Okay. Where's Jody? He's not going with you?

No. We tried to persuade him, but he insisted on doing his lesson, sir.

He's got a lot on his mind, I guess.

Yes, I'm aware of that, sir.

Warm up.

Bye.

Doing your schoolwork on Friday?

Nothing else to do.

Why don't you get in shape for football?

I'm waiting for baseball.

Listen.

Ken Granger came to my office this afternoon.

Oh, him.

Yeah.

Now, you know he's got a lot of trouble, but he's worried about you.

About me?

He thinks he let you down. Of course, he let a lot of people down, but mostly

himself.

But he shouldn't have broken the rules.

No. He shouldn't.

He did wrong, and he got punished for it, too.

I don't want you to think that's okay.

But you've been talking about what a good friend he is.

Now, did you really like him, or did just knowing him make you feel big?

Both, I guess.

But he was a hero. He shouldn't have done anything like that.

I know, but heroes...

are just human beings. I don't care how many fans cheer them on Sunday or how

many times they get their picture in the paper.

They're just people, see?

But you wouldn't do that.

I hope I wouldn't.

But you're going to find out, I hope, as you get a little older, that people

aren't always going to behave just the way you want them to.

He's in trouble, and he's supposed to be your friend.

The question is, what kind of friend are you?

Maybe you're just the kind of friend that's loyal when everything's going

and great.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have just received official word from the football

commissioner's office that on Friday he had notified Ken Granger, the Spartan

star quarterback, that he had been found guilty of betting on his own team and

suspended for one year.

Games to be played across the country today, starting here on the East Coast.

I suppose you were looking for Bobby.

He went home yesterday.

His mother had a baby girl.

That's too bad.

Bobby wanted a baby brother.

I know.

Her name's Lisa.

That's a good name for a sister.

Well, I'm glad you dropped by, Jody.

You know why I really came by?

Not really.

Well, I wanted to ask you for another autograph picture.

The old one got kind of torn up.

Okay.

Um, could you sign it the way you did before? To my teammate Jody Davis from

Granger? Right.

Hi, Uncle Bill. Hi.

I'm helping Ken work out so he can keep in shape until he's ready to play again.

Good for you.

Well, Jody's a tough coach, but he's one heck of a friend.

Want to play football with us, Uncle Bill?

No, my arm would fall off if I threw that.

I'll tough coach you, too, to keep you in shape.

Get out there and catch one.

I think we're sure. The kid's a pro.

Yeah, he's a good friend, too.