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It's time for... It's Apple Pie!

Sorry, Mr.

Apple Pie himself, America's number one
game show host, the man with all the

questions, Dennis Blake!

Also starring America's number one clock
watcher, the woman with America's

favorite...

Next week, we'll be coming to you live
from Atlanta, Georgia.

And now, here they are!

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

I'm Justin Peretti. So here is tonight's
first question.

In England's War of the Roses, what
color were the roses?

Walter, it's you.

Red and white.

Red and white is correct for $800.

Moving right on.

What was French Revolutionary leader
Jean -Paul Marat doing?

When he was murdered.

Walter? Taking a bath.

Taking a bath is also correct for
another $800.

Change of face question. Who, after Joe
DiMaggio, had the longest hitting streak

in baseball?

Ted Williams.

Look at that. Look at that. I stumped
him. I got it. One second. It was Pete

Rose.

Oh, I'm sorry. We're out of time. No
baseball fans here today. Pete Rose was

correct answer.

And here's tonight's... You think she's
coming to Atlanta?

Yeah, the whole show is. The tour's the
country. They'll be here for two weeks

starting next Tuesday.

There are two and a half angels
mentioned by name in the Bible. Who is

angel?

Lucifer. Lucifer.

Lucifer is correct for another $800.

How'd you know that?

I don't know. I just know.

Which means that, once again, Carrie is
going to lead you to the winner's circle

where you will try to answer tonight's
final countdown question. Carrie?

She does that very well, too, doesn't
she?

Remember that for each full second
remaining on the clock, you will receive

,000. Are you ready?

I'm ready.

All right, then, let's get right at
tonight's final question on It's About

Ben.

Whose face is pictured on the $100 ,000
bill?

Trick question.

There is no bill.

Woodrow Wilson.

Woodrow Wilson?

Woodrow Wilson is absolutely correct.

There's such a bill, it just not
circulated. $8 ,000.

which gives you a grand total of $86
,000.

It also means that you're going to be
back tomorrow night to swear off against

two new contestants.

I'll bet she is just a nice, down -to
-earth, all -American girl. And we want

you back, too. That's it for tonight,
folks. Put the apple pie in the oven,

I'm coming home.

There, Marjorie Wood, talent
coordinator.

Said she could get me as many tickets to
the show as I want.

Let's go, won't you?

Yeah, probably. She can get you
backstage to meet Carrie Summers.

And Marge could probably get you on the
show.

No, no, thanks.

On national TV, I'd probably choke.

Come on, let's get back to work.

Hey, Carrie Summers is your real name?

these from the Chamber of Commerce.

Oh, not more apples.

Everybody in the country thinks that
apples are my thing. What can I say?

Dig in.

Oh, sorry.

I didn't mean to interrupt.

You didn't interrupt, Dennis. I was
waiting for you.

People, I just flew in from Chicago and
Globe Syndication is not happy.

Seems the number crunchers have detected
a disturbing pattern in the ratings in

a dozen or so of the major markets. They
are slowly but surely slipping.

They told me to do whatever it takes to
nip this in the bud.

Marge, sweetheart, thousands of people
want to be It's About Time contestants,

am I right?

Babe, tens of thousands, hundreds of
thousands.

In fact, whenever we have interviews,
there's a line going all the way around

the building, am I right?

Yes. Well, with all those people to
choose from, how come our contestants

look like they crawled out of the
basement of the public library?

How come a few good -looking blondes
can't make the cut from time to time?

come on, Larry. This is a game show, not
a beauty pageant. From now on, I want

at least one serving of cheesecake and
or beefcake per show. You got me, babe?

Yeah, I got you, Larry.

Norman.

Norman, Norman, Norman.

My brother.

My dear baby brother.

Close -ups of people thinking are like
watching paint dry.

Don't think of yourself as a game show
director.

Imagine you're doing music videos, huh?

Crazy angles, quick cuts, smash pans,
big zooms. Keep it going. Boom, boom,

boom. You're the MTV generation, kiddo.
Make it work for you, huh?

Whatever you say, Larry.

Yeah.

Carrie, love of my life.

Lower necklines and the higher hemlines.

Bingo.

And last but not least, Dennis, our
erstwhile host.

What does erstwhile mean? It means I'm
replacing you, babe, with him, Lance

McCormick. He's young, he's hip, he's
you 15 years ago.

Atlanta's your last gig, babe, sorry.

Try not to take it personally.

Okay, people, that's it.

I'll see you Friday at the next taping.

Everything okay?

You know what Larry did to you today was
really awful.

I'm trying to talk him into
reconsidering.

But I'm not getting too far.

Can I see him?

Larry?

Dennis is here.

Good luck.

Thanks anyway. You're a good friend.

Hi.

Can we talk for a minute?

I'm going to go for a walk.

What?

I just got offered a job as a host on a
new talk show in L

.A.

That's great.

Well, I wanted to talk to you about it
first before I took it, because I know

you've got a new show in the hopper. Who
told you that?

Norm, I guess.

Well, I figured you'd need a familiar
face to help get this thing off the

ground, and if I took the job, I could
be tied up for years.

And we go back a long way, so I figured
that I would give you a first crack at

moi.

I don't need you, Dennis.

How can you do this to me?

I have worked for you for 12 years.

How can you just throw me to the wolves
like this?

I'm a businessman, Dennis.

You used to be good for business.

Now you're not.

I thought we were friends.

I don't do friends.

And now for the final question in our
$100 round.

Camera three, start a slow zoom in on
Dennis.

That's it. Camera one, magic zoom on
contestants.

It's you,

Walter. The sandwich.

The sandwich is correct.

All right, contestants, here is the
final question in this round. Right

Scientists have divided the natural
world into how many...

Walter, for $700.

Three.

Yes, three is correct.

Now, Walter, you've done it again.

For the 22nd day in a row, you have
become our daily winner, which means

you will be in our final countdown one
more time.

Jack, will you escort Walter to the
winner's circle, please?

and set up the final countdown area.

Standard operating procedure, folks. We
always do a little restaging before the

final countdown.

However, thanks to the miracle of
editing, you never see that on your

Hold on, people. Please stay in your
seats. We'll have this fixed in a

Charlie? Charlie!

What the hell's going on out there?

Charlie?

Hey, people, look, I don't know what
happened, but it looks like we're back

business.

Charlie, we'll roll tape as soon as you
give me the word. All right, everybody,

stand by. All right, please.

All right, Walter, here we go. Your
final countdown question for the night

Experiments with liquid helium by the
Dutch physicist Ohnes produced a

breakthrough in what area of modern
medicine?

Cryogenics.

Cryogenics.

ran for $98 ,000.

That's all the time we have, folks. So
tune in tomorrow to find out just how

Walter here can go.

That's your cue, Mom.

Get the apple pie in the oven, because
I'm coming home.

Conrad McMaster.

How are you?

Come here.

Let me look at you.

You look good.

Well... You haven't exactly turned into
a fat, ugly slob yourself. Thank you.

Oh, you must be Ben Matlock. Yeah. Hi,
I'm Marjorie Wood. Nice to meet you. Hi.

So, Conrad's your investigator.

Yeah, he always was pretty nosy.

Hey, would it be okay for Ben to meet
Carrie Summers?

Oh, that's not really necessary.

Yeah, we're going to check. Bob.

Ben. What are you doing here? I haven't
even arrested anybody yet. Oh, wait.

This game. See the show.

Anybody recognize this?

Boy, it's... It's mine.

My apple peeler.

Well, we found it behind a curtain
backstage just a few minutes ago.

Last time I saw it, it was in my
dressing room.

You're Dennis Blake, aren't you?

Yeah. My wife's a big fan of yours. Oh,
that's nice.

In fact, she's a little upset this
morning. She heard on some talk show

you'd just been fired. Is that true?

Yeah.

Who fired you, Mr. Blake?

Well,

the executive producer, Larry Fisher.

Maybe we should continue this discussion
downtown.

Mr. Matlock, Dennis is no killer.
Please, you've got to help him.

Oh, I don't know. No, please.

He can pay your fee. Oh, easily.

He makes a pretty good wage.

And he's innocent.

Dennis is the most gentle man I know.

Um, this apple pie and mom thing, does
he say that after every show?

Has for 15 years.

Hey, Bob.

Wait a minute.

Maybe I'll bum a ride downtown.

No, they look much better short.

Yeah? Oh, they're great.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy to
announce that there is life after Larry.

Everybody in this room is still
employed, and It's About Time is still

production. What are you, Alexander
Haig? You got it, babe. I'm in charge

It's About Time belongs to me. It's part
of my brother's estate.

Ann. Before any of you wonders what
Dennis is doing here, he's here because

want him here.

Now, getting down to business.

Item number one.

It's about time questions.

The police have agreed to remove them
from Larry's office and give them to me.

At least that way we won't have to be
showing out a small fortune to the

research company for at least another
month.

Item number two.

The dentster.

Not only did I bail him out, but I
unfired him. He's back in the saddle for

good.

Welcome back, Dennis.

See what I tell you? They love you,
babe.

Nobody could believe it. I mean, this
guy had become a clone of his brother

practically overnight.

You gonna have trouble taking orders
from him? Nah.

Norm can't be any worse than Larry was.

What's the matter?

Marge, I gotta ask you some questions.

Go ahead.

Ben and I figured that whoever really
killed Larry was someone on the show.

There's just no other explanation for
the blackout in that peeler.

Yeah, that makes sense.

Which means we need to find out who else
on the show had a motive.

Am I a suspect?

Dennis says a friend of yours used to
work on this show.

Todd Delquist?

And I'm sure that Dennis has told you
that he was considerably more than a

friend.

He says Larry fired him.

That was quite a few months ago, Conrad.

He says it made it impossible for him to
find work on another show.

That was the rumor.

Dennis seems to think that what happened
to your ex -boyfriend had something to

do with you.

Larry kept propositioning me. I kept
refusing.

So instead of firing me, he fired Todd.

The only other job Todd could get was a
job at a radio station down in...

Boy, it's the Idaho.

Larry did all that just to get back at
you?

Being a vindictive SOB was his life.

How could you work for somebody like
that? Why didn't you just quit? I didn't

realize it was so late. I gotta get
going. You were afraid if you quit, he

blacklisted you too, weren't you?

I would have taken him to court, Conrad.

It would have been a lot more satisfying
taking his money than his life.

Please take your seats.

Hi, I'm Marjorie Wood. I'm the talent
coordinator for It's About Time.

The good news is that all 20 of you have
passed our preliminary screening and

have met our eligibility requirements.

The bad news is that not all of you will
actually become It's About Time

contestants. I'm going to meet with two
other groups, just like this one, and

we're going to split you into trios.

And then we're going to see how well you
do in a mock game if it's about time,

shortly after which you will be notified
whether or not you've made the cut.

Now, Michael, now I'm going to call your
name. Please stand up, but do remain by

your seats, okay?

Michelle Thomas.

Michelle Thomas.

Hi, Michelle.

It says here, Michelle, that you're
single, you're an attorney, and it looks

like your strengths are history,
mythology, and sports.

Um, I just want to ask you one more
thing, Michelle.

Why do you want to be a contestant on
our show?

Well, to learn things.

You know, about myself under pressure,
about other people.

But mostly because it would just be so
much gosh darn fun.

Have a seat, Miss Thomas.

Um, okay, Mr. Edward Price.

Miss Summers?

Miss Summers?

Miss Summers?

Hi. Hi.

I'm Ben Matlock, Dennis Blake's lawyer.

Miss Summers is busy.

Oh, no, no, that's okay. Dennis is a
friend of mine.

If you're his lawyer, you're a friend of
mine, too.

Well, could we, I mean, would it be all
right if we talked?

Sure.

Could we, could we slow down a little?

How's this?

Wonderful.

You go ahead. I'll catch up to you.

Ben here will protect me if the need
arises.

Won't you, Ben?

Yeah. I'll give it my best shot.

Well.

Well.

You have the prettiest smile.

You're sweet.

No, it's wonderful.

I bet you get offers to do toothpaste
commercials all the time.

Actually, I get all kinds of offers.

Oh, I bet you do.

Oh, no, no.

But I'm under contract. It's about time.

You can't do anything else?

Well, Larry always said being
underexposed is far better than being

Oh, you and Larry were close?

Symbiotic is more how I describe it.

I use... I use Larry to get what I
wanted, and he used me to get what he

We're both very happy.

So it was just business?

Just business.

Van, I can feel my gastrocnemius muscles
tightening up. You can? Yeah.

I really should pick up the pace.

Oh, sure, sure. I wouldn't want anything
to happen to your gastrocnemius

muscles, whatever they are.

My calf muscles. Oh. I learned that on
the show. Oh.

See ya.

See ya. Yeah, see ya.

What can I

tell ya? I hated him.

But he was your brother.

So? He was still a slime bucket.

Dennis said he was the only one you ever
worked for.

Yeah, he produced some of the most
successful game shows on television. I

to see how he did it.

In case you ever had to step into his
shoes like now.

In case I ever felt like creating and
producing my own show.

Excuse me.

Hello, people.

Hi. I'm Norm Fisher.

I'm executive producer and, at least
temporarily, the director of It's About

Time as well.

Now, as I'm sure Marge has explained,
you're about to play a mock game of It's

About Time. Now, your performance will
be videotaped and reviewed by Marge and

myself before we make our final
decision.

Remember, television is a visual medium.

We'll be looking for a bounce, an
energy, enthusiasm, a bing and a bang

boom and a... Now, who really wants to
be a contestant on It's About Time?

Get out in front of those cameras and
prove it. Before we tape our next trio,

we're going to take a ten -minute break.

You're free to stand up, stretch your
leg, but please be back by 1025.

Sure, no problem.

startled me what are you doing i was
just looking for a soft drink machine

oh gosh i'm so excited i must have just
missed

it i'll see you inside

Okay, people, here's the next question.

The first human heart transplant
operation was performed by what South

doctor? Rita.

DeBakey? No, that's incorrect.

Michelle? Christian Barnard. Correct.

For $300.

Okay.

Jane Austen originally called this
famous novel First Impressions. Under

title was it published?

Rita. Fright and Prejudice.

Correct, for $200.

In a novel by Bram Stoker, the Hampstead
Horror is also known as?

Michelle, it's yours?

Dracula. That's correct, for $900.

Here's the final question.

What was the name of the second man to
set foot on the moon?

Take it, Sheldon. Neil Armstrong.

No, that's incorrect.

Michelle, it's yours.

Buzz Aldrin.

Right again for $800.

All right, that'll do it. And cut.

Well done, everyone.

Michelle, that's the highest anyone has
ever scored in a qualifying match.

Okay, you three can take your seats and
let's have... Well, there goes private

school for my kids. You probably just
ruined their lives.

Congratulations.

Well,

Miss Fisher.

Mr. Matlock, what are you doing here?

Well, to tell you the truth...

My investigator's been following.

When he called and told me that you were
visiting Daryl Colburn, I had to just

see for myself.

Yeah, well, um, now's not a good time
for me. I'm busy.

Uh, Daryl Colburn was your brother's
biggest competition in the game show

business, wasn't he? Yeah.

What were you talking with him about?

Seems to me that's none of your beeswax.

I just wondered if it had anything to do
with that file you stole from your

brother's office this morning.

You've got the wrong guy, babe. I don't
know what you're talking about.

The police don't like it when people
steal things from offices they've

Especially when that office is the scene
of a murder.

Are you trying to accuse me of stealing
evidence?

You were seen in that office.

My brother had an idea for a new game
show. So I figured I'd bring it to

Colburn while we were here in Atlanta.

No big deal.

Well, it belongs to me anyway.

I'm the sole heir.

Is Mr. Colvin by?

Lawyers are drawing up the papers as we
speak.

It's going to be bigger than It's About
Time. The biggest game show ever.

But you knew the idea. Why'd you need
the file?

I didn't know the idea.

Larry didn't give me any details.

He didn't give details to anybody.

What a...

Guarding it with his life, huh?

You.

How's this?

Yeah, I think it's going to work out
good.

Hello.

I was told to report here to someone
named Doreen. Oh, yeah, that's me. Come

right on in, hon. I'll be with you in a
minute.

You're Carrie Summers.

Hi. You a new contestant? Yeah, just got
to work. Well, congratulations.

Thanks. They seem to think I dress like
an insurance salesman.

Welcome to showbiz, darling.

Oh, boy.

Fabulous dress.

Hello. Thanks.

I'll tell the designer.

Oh, is the designer a friend of yours?

He likes to think he is.

Han, phone's for you.

All righty. Let's have a look at you.

Hello.

Are you from Atlanta?

Honey, you okay?

Oh, yeah.

Larry, you're dead.

There's nothing around here.

Bitten by a little dose of stage fright,
huh?

Yeah, I can see it a mile away.

Okay. Okay, I'll do it right now. You
know, a little deep breathing right

you go on usually does the trick.

Like this.

I'll call you, but I have to tell you
where it is.

And use your brain, will you?

Don't call me here again.

I'm sorry, Rini. Something's come up and
I've really got to go.

I'll change in my dressing room, okay?
Okay. Keep going.

Nice meeting you.

Would it be all right if I use your
phone?

Sure.

Are you feeling better?

Much.

Nikola Tesla.

Correct again, Walter.

I'm moving right along to the next
question.

Who said that government is best which
governs least?

You were first, Walter.

Thomas Jefferson.

Oh, I'm sorry. That's wrong.

Michelle at seven seconds.

Henry David Thoreau.

That is correct for $700, and we have a
new leader.

But we also have one more question,
which will determine which one of you

on to tonight's final countdown, so
listen very carefully.

He was 26 years old. He was 3 feet 7
inches tall, and his name was Eddie

Goodell. What professional sport did he
play?

Walter.

Baseball. That is correct.

You've done it again, Walter.

Terry, would you please escort Walter to
the winner's circle?

And we'll be right back after this.

Let's say goodbye to the other
contestants and set up for the final

Dennis, the big question's on its way,
babe.

Nice job, guys.

Go right over there.

Boy, you put up a terrific fight.

Quiet, please. We're rolling.

Now, remember, Walter, that for each
full second remaining on the clock, you

will receive $1 ,000.

Are you ready for your final countdown
question?

I'm ready, Dennis. Then let's go.

Former Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, John Marshall, attended what law

school?

Huh? Harvard Law.

I'm sorry, Walter.

I'm afraid that's wrong.

John Marshall didn't attend any law
school.

Mark says Larry kept all the questions
and answers in the briefcase.

Well, let's see. The briefcase was over
there.

Let's see. The lights in the studio went
off.

Door opened.

Stabbed.

And walked over here to the briefcase.

Picked it up.

Opened it, got out.

The answer, yeah.

Got a piece of paper.

Jot them down.

fired Dennis the day before.

Proof.

We've been carrying it around with us
all day.

Gary, your smile could make a sick man
well.

Thank you.

But more than your smile and your other
attributes, you're educated. You have a

college degree, don't you? That's right.

From where?

University of Texas at Austin.

In what?

Communications, television production.

And before Larry Fisher hired you, where
were you working?

I was working with a floor crew at a TV
station in Milwaukee.

Did you ever do any lighting while you
were there? Lots. I did it all.

So you were able to use your... your off
-screen knowledge before Larry came

along and put you in front of the
camera.

Right.

Did he sign you to an exclusive
contract?

Yes. So you weren't allowed to do any
ads or commercials or movies or other

projects outside of It's About Time?

If the project had Larry's approval, I
could.

Approximately how many projects were you
offered last year?

About a dozen or so.

And to how many did Larry give his
approval?

None.

Huh.

Well, if Larry had given his approval,
how much would you have made?

A few thousand dollars.

I really don't know.

Carrie, you're the most popular woman in
daytime television today.

Don't you think a couple of...

100 ,000 would be closer to the truth.

Objection. The question is
argumentative. And this whole line of

irrelevant. The state believes that my
client is guilty largely

because he had opportunity and motive,
Your Honor. How can this guy object

when I'm just trying to establish that
somebody else did too?

Overruled.

This contract that he had you sign, how
much did you make?

$500 a show.

How many shows a year?

About 160 or so.

So you grossed $80 ,000 a year.

That's right.

I bet that sounded like a lot of money
back in Milwaukee.

But now it's...

As big a star as you are, it's peanuts,
isn't it?

No, I don't think so.

You never resented Larry for locking you
into a contract like that?

No.

But you did find a way to make up for
that extra income that he had denied

didn't you?

I don't know what you mean.

You recognize this?

No. Well, maybe you'll recognize what's
inside.

That is your handwriting, isn't it,
Carrie?

And those are the questions and answers
that were used on It's About Time,

aren't they?

You were selling them to Walter Belden.

We intercepted this envelope that you
left for him at the hotel.

And what he eventually got was an
envelope that we left for him. That's

he lost.

We fed him the wrong answer.

He appreciates all the money you helped
him make, but he's not appreciative

enough to commit perjury.

All right, it's true.

I saw an opportunity, and I took it.

And Larry found out about you, didn't
he?

And that's what you and he were arguing
about just before my client

showed up.

You knew if he exposed you, your career
would be just about over.

And so you attached a timing device to
the lighting board before the next show

so the lights would go out during the
taping. And when they went out,

Nobody could see anything. You left the
stage and went to Larry's office and

stabbed him with something that would
look like my client had done

it. But then you saw his briefcase and
you couldn't help yourself.

You grabbed the paper and you scratched
out the question and

the answer that Larry kept in his
briefcase one more time.

Didn't you?

That's not true. I didn't do any of
that. I wasn't even in his office that

I wrote down those questions and answers
a week ago.

No.

No.

And this stationery proves it.

Look, it's about time.

And look at the masthead starring Lance
McCormick.

Larry moved fast, didn't he?

The same day.

He fired Dennis. He ordered new
stationery with his new star's name on

masthead. And according to the records
at the print shop, they delivered this

stationery just moments before the
lights went out.

The only time you could have written
down these questions and these answers

after Larry was dead.

Harry, I'm sorry to have done all this
to a person as pretty as you and with

that smile, but I had to.

Happy guy.

You got you two to thank for it. Yeah,
you wouldn't say that if you knew how

close I came to blowing it. Blowing
what?

That stupid game show.

I came this close to hitting my buzzer
on that Gaydell question.

It was a reflex. If I hadn't stopped
myself, we'd never have known for sure

Walter and Carrie were in cahoots.

Do you know the answer?

Well, of course.

Eddie Gaydell came to bat once in 1951
for the St. Louis Browns and walked on

four straight pitches.

You guys didn't know that?