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Oh, good evening.

I bring good news
to those of you who

are plagued with
faulty television sets.

I am prepared to
repair your set.

It only stands to reason
more can be accomplished

working from the inside-out,
than from the outside-in.

Let's see. Perhaps I
should tighten this a bit.

On second thought,
it looked very
good the way it was.

Oh, here's the trouble.
We can't have loose
wires hanging around.

Tonight's playlet is
called "The Percentage",

and it's about a professional
hoodlum named Big Eddie,

who meets up with
a television repair man.

As you see,
it has exciting prospects.

Someone has sent me the bird.

But let's go on with the show.

Perhaps we
should get some ideas

Perhaps we
should get some ideas

I phoned that shop
over an hour ago.

Oh, keep your shirt on.

Hundreds of TV
repair shops in Manhattan,

and you phone for
one way out in Queens.

So?

So how dumb do you think I am?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

No? I'm talking how
this set was working

fine until you
began fiddling with it.

Then,
bingo, it goes on the blink.

Next thing,
you phone for a repair man

miles and miles
away in Queens.

Shut up.

Okay, I'll shut up.

Hey, stop frowning.

Maybe I have reasons.

You got reasons? For instance?

Ain't I good to you?

(SIGHS)

Yeah, you're good to me.

Then what's wrong?

Eddie,
you just not in this world.

Talking to
yourself all the time,
and drinking too much.

Getting those dizzy spells.

Something's going
on inside of you. And

it's been going on
for a long, long while.

You're eating sawdust.
I'm okay.

(DOORBELL RINGING)

That's the repairman now.
He'll fix that
TV set in a jiffy.

Leave us alone, baby.

Okay.

Hi, Sarge.

Pete, how's the boy?
Put it there. Come on in.

You don't seem
surprised to see me.

The minute
the boss gave me the call,
I knew it was you.

I read in the papers
how you lived here.
You're a famous guy.

I even saw you on
television during

that anti-crime
committee thing.

How did I look?

Best dressed guy in the room.

(CHUCKLING)

Oh, there it is.

Say, isn't it
a coincidence you calling our

shop way out in
Queens to do a repair job?

It was no coincidence.
I wanted to see you.

I've been looking
for you for years.

Yeah?

I even hired detectives.

No kidding.

I couldn't find you.
You sure did
drop out of sight.

How was I to know
you'd changed your name
from Wyzonski to Williams?

It's easier for business.

Say, this is some
place you got here.

Yeah, this is...
This is real fancy.

Boy, you really got it made.

(DOOR OPENING)

I said leave us alone.

I need a cigarette.

Meet Pete. This is Faye.

Hi.

A pleasure.

You acquainted with Eddie?

Look, go inside and...

And jump in the lake.

How long have you known Eddie?

We were in Korea together.

Thanks.

Oh,
by the way, it's just a tube.

Eddie broke it
himself on purpose.

Did you think you fooled me?

That dame's too smart.

Sure nice.

Say,
you went to a lot of trouble
finding me. Why?

Do you know what I owe you?

Oh, sure. This visit here will
set you back five bucks,

and the tube,
if that's what it is,
will cost another buck.

Leave that set alone.

Tell me what I owe you.
Name it.

I don't dig you.

Boy, you really
did bust this tube.

Say it.

Huh?

Go on, say I was a coward.

Say I was the kind of sergeant
that went chicken.

Say I got scared and ran away.
Go on. Say it.
Say you covered up for me.

So it's that patrol
that's bugging you?

(CHUCKLES)

Forget it.
I haven't thought about that
in years.

I've never forgotten,
not for one day.

You think I could
forget how you kept them
from knowing I was chicken?

Look, so for
a minute you went chicken.
We all could have.

All of us was gonna
get killed if somebody

didn't do something.
So I knocked you out.

But the patrol came through
okay.
So what's the difference?

I got the credit.

What's wrong with that?

I don't like it that way.

Hey, what's the matter?

Just dizzy for a minute.
It'll go away.

I've been getting
them spells ever since
this whole thing started.

Trying to find you,
so I could fix the percentage.

I wanna pay you
for shutting up,
for saving my life.

Pay me?

How much you make a week?

Pretty good.

How much is pretty good?

$110 a week.

Don't make me laugh.

$110 suits me fine.

I say it's peanuts.
You got a wife?

The best.

Don't she want a fur coat,
a new car, a nice house?

You think
a woman's happy to spend

her life cooking and
washing your socks?

I want to make you rich,
so you can buy

your wife
everything she wants.

It's certainly a temptation,
Sarge.

Stop calling me Sarge.

Look, Eddie. I can't let you
hand me a lot of dough.

I owe it to you.

You don't owe me nothing.

The whole thing's screwy,
it's not even
worth discussing.

There, now.

Let's see if it works.

You got
a mortgage on your house?

Don't have a house.
Hope to someday.

How much dough do you need?

(WESTERN MUSIC ON TV)

Look, Eddie,
I'm not taking that kind

of dough, and that's
all there is to it.

There,
your set's working okay.

Isn't there anything you want?

Yeah. It would take me an hour
to tell you everything I want.

But I intend getting them
on my own steam.

What's the angle? You got
something on me.
I was a coward.

Why didn't you tell
the world I was chicken?

You're talking nuts.

I don't let nobody have
a percentage on me.

I got to pay you back!

Hey,
let go with the fingers, huh?

(SIGHING)

Name it.
Name something I can do!

Okay.

Louise likes to go
out to fancy places.

So, if you wanna
take us out on the town

some night,
that much I'd like you to do.

On account of my
wife would get a kick
out of going to a fancy place.

A measly hundred
bucks for food,

drinks,
cover charges, so what?

I'm talking about
handing you thousands.

Eddie,
I told you, it's no use.

Now,
you want to go out with us,
or don't you?

Okay, okay. When?

Well, tomorrow's my night off.

I'll show you the town.

Okay. Here's the repair bill.

$6.43 cents.

Six bucks.

You got something
on me nobody knows.

Sooner or later,
I'm gonna pay you back
and you can't keep saying no.

(CHUCKLING)

Oh,
gee, that's a beautiful fur.

Thank you.

(CHUCKLING)

Well,
here we are, the four of us.

(GIGGLING)

Just like a dream,
ain't it, Pete sweetheart?

Sure is, hon.

Oh, boy. To think I'm sitting
with Eddie Slovak.

I mean,
you read the papers, and

every day there's
Eddie being indicted

or something
important like that.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

Say, why don't you
take a spin around
with Eddie, huh?

Yeah. I'd love to.

Oh, you don't mind, do you?

Oh, no, not at all.

How about it, Eddie?

You bet.

Eddie sure is a great guy.

Yes, he is.

(GIGGLING)

You dance wonderfully.

(CHUCKLING)

Thanks.

What did Pete say about me?
I mean, way back.

Oh, he said you was a big hero
in Korea.

He said that?
Yeah.

I bet you was, too.
A real hero, I mean.

(CHUCKLES)

How would you like to put
a lot of dough in Pete's way?

What do you mean?

You got to help me
talk Pete into letting me

stake him to
a shop of his own.

His own?

I'd be the silent partner.

He buys the equipment,
makes the place
look real fancy.

I'd pay him,
let's say, $300 a week.

$300?

(EXCLAIMING)

What's the catch?

There's no catch.

I don't get it.
Why should anybody
want to pay Pete...

What's the matter?

Come here.

Pete can make a fortune.

I know ways to pull the wool
over customer's eyes...

No. Pete wouldn't like that.
He's got what he
calls scruples.

Don't you want him rich?
Sure, you do.

Then you got to
make him say okay.

I'll try.

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Hello?

Boy,
am I glad to hear from you.
What do you think, baby?

Sure, we'll be glad to.
What time?

7:00? Swell.

Give my regards to Pete.

Yeah, we'll see you then.
Goodbye.

That was Pete's wife, Louise.

I thought as
much from the sounds
you were making.

Meaning what?

Eddie, I'm not jealous.

But I think it's rotten
for you to make a play
for your own friend's wife.

Don't worry.
She don't mean nothing.

Playing both of us now?

What are you talking about?

Listen, tomorrow night we go
to Pete's house for dinner.

Not me.
I've rehearsal. Are you glad?

Now, you can show off
for your washed-out blonde.

But don't hurt that
little guy, Eddie.

Pete thinks the sun
rises and sets with her.

Stop worrying. She's doing
Pete and me a great favor.

(DOORBELL RINGING)

Eddie,
oh, I'm so glad to see you.

You're early.
Yeah.

Where's Pete?

He's getting ice
cream for dessert.

(GIGGLING)

Sit down.

Go on, sit down.
Gosh,
you're sure a nervous guy.

I don't know.

But I guess when
a man's as important as

you are, you get
nervous after a while, huh?

Did you talk to him?

Pete?
Who else?

Yeah, I talked to him,
the chowder head.
He's a stubborn chowder head.

He said no?

In spades.

"I can't let a guy hand me a
lot of dough
for doing nothing.

"I'd feel dishonest," he says.
Imagine, dishonest.
Did you ever?

He's crazy about you.
He'd do anything
you asked him to.

Yeah, except this.
We had an awful fight
over it, believe me.

He's so stubborn and proud.

Why don't you
take off your coat,
and make yourself comfortable?

You should have persuaded him.
You must have said
the wrong things.

Well, don't get sore, Eddie.

I counted on you.

(GIGGLES)

The dope. He was nice looking
in his uniform, wasn't he?

I thought you'd get a kick
out of seeing
him all dolled up

the way you
remember him back in Korea.

You got a drink?

Yeah, sure. On the table.

Don't you feel good?

I'm okay.

Hey, where's Faye?

Rehearsing at a musical.

(CHUCKLES)

Then she'll be
busy for a while, huh?

Yeah.

Well, maybe if you and me met
someplace kind of private,

you could think of
some clever way to make
Pete let you back him.

Yeah. That's an idea. When?

Maybe tomorrow?
He'll be at work
until late at night.

I'm crazy about you,
Eddie, and you know it.
So, you be nice to me.

You keep at Pete
to take the dough,
understand, honey?

Yeah, sure, sure.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hi, folks.

The flavor of the month.
Chocolate Peppermint.

I tell you,
Eddie, people want too much.

I say, when you got
yourself a fine job,

a little dough in the bank,
a place to live.

A gal who loves you.

Then, like the song says,
"Why ask for anything more?"

Hey, Louise, leave
finishing the dishes until

later.
Come on out and be sociable.

LOUISE: I'll be
finished in a minute, honey.

Leave her out there.

I happen to
like Louise around.

Look, Pete,
if you're so crazy about her,

don't you want
her to have a maid
to wash the dishes?

Move out of here to
a better neighborhood?

Just for once, Eddie,
talk about
something else, will you?

Now,
try and feel at home here.

Home?
You call this dump a home?

Listen. I like it fine, see.

It's a breadbox.

It suits me fine.

Yeah,
and my jalopy suits me fine.

This suit I got on,
maybe it costs 50 bucks
but I like it fine, too.

You lunkhead.
You could live on Park Avenue.

Real paintings on the wall,
furs and clothes for Louise.

I'm the one who says what goes
in this family.

Now,
you stop talking to Louise.

Either quit making
trouble or stay away
from here, Eddie, I mean it.

Look at this.
Nickel and dime stuff.

Okay. Get out of here,
once and for all.

Oh, Pete, I didn't mean it.

Get out. You're going nuts.

Here, this will pay for it.

I don't want your dough.
Not a dime.
Just get out of here.

What's all the shouting
and yelling in here?

Where's Eddie?

He's gone.

What happened?

He flipped his lid.

Oh, look.

(EXCLAIMING)

Leave that money alone.

He sure is generous.

I said leave it alone.

But there's 50
bucks or more here.

Yeah.

And I'm sending it back,
every dollar.

PASSIO: Hello, Eddie.

Sit down, Eddie.

The boys tell me you get hot
under the collar these days.

And when the boys get sore,
they don't work well with you.

I've been a little shook up.

You let the Lexington Avenue
number bank get overloaded.

How was I to know
some jerk could get

a hunch on
a number and clean up?

Why all this drinking?
Who is this mosquito
who repairs TV sets?

Just an old
buddy from the war.

You've a couple of
million dollars worth
of assets to take care of.

I will not have you
ruin those assets.

You will stop
visiting old buddies
who live in neighborhoods

where people ask questions.

You will stop seeing him.

And his woman.

Boss, you don't understand.
I've got to see
him and convince him.

I'm taking the concessions
away at Third and at Harlem.

Gordo will handle them.

He can't clean my shoes.

Good night, Eddie.

Boss.

I don't appreciate
people touching me.

Hello, Beacon TV?

Is Pete Williams there?

Yeah.

Hello, Pete, this is Eddie.

Look,
yesterday I put twenty grand
in your account.

Oh, you know about it.
That's great.

No, it's nothing.

You did what?
You sent it back?

Oh, you can't.
Pete, don't hang up.

Pete,
I know you got work to do,
but this is more important.

Pete, don't hang up.

I wanna talk to you.
Pete, don't...

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

Hello, Eddie.
I want to see you.

No, the boss just
called him out on an

emergency.
He won't be home for hours.

Well, then dress and shave
and get over here, honey.

I get kind of lonely
sitting here all by myself.

I got ideas about
how to make Pete

change his mind
about taking the dough
you want to give him.

I will get over
there as soon as I can.

(CHUCKLING)

Attaboy.

(GIGGLING)

Yeah.

Right away, Eddie.

(GIGGLING)

Oh, no. You've had enough.

It's nice, you and me
together like this alone.

You sure about Pete?

I tell you, he had to take the
subway to Brooklyn Heights.

You know,
he's crazy about you.

Yeah, I know,
that's what makes it easy.

I mean,
he believes everything.

He thinks I'm
in love with him.

But I really fell in
love with his uniform.

You're so different
from Pete, Eddie baby.

You're so strong
and successful.

Fuss over me, please.

Tell me you like me
more than that Faye.
Fuss over me.

You said you had ideas
about how you could get Pete

to change his mind
about taking the dough.

I was only kidding.

Your fingers,
they're so strong.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Eddie, you're hurting me.

(SCREAMING)

You dirty cheat.

(GROANING)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

MAN: Mrs.
Williams? Mrs. Williams,
are you all right in there?

WOMAN: Let's call the police.

MAN: I'll be right back.

WOMAN: Oh, Mr. Williams,
something's
happened to your wife.

(GASPING)

We're even now.

She made a play for me,
and I let her have it.

I did the best thing I knew.

For your sake,
Pete, all for you.

She was no good, a cheat.

It's even now, Pete.
The percentage, I mean.

Pete,
don't look at me like that.

We'll tell them
a prowler came in.

We'll make a good story,
you and me,
like we did in Korea.

MAN: This is the apartment,
Officer.
That's it. That's it.

OFFICER: Open up, police.

Don't forget to
tell them about the

prowler.
You know how to do it.

A good story,
make it good story, like

you did for me before.
Please, Pete.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

OFFICER: I said, open up.

People have been
phoning that there's...

Hey?

Pete,
tell him how we found her.

Look,
officer, this is his wife.

We just found her dead.
A prowler must've killed her.

We just come in, him and me.

Is that your story, too?

My name is Pete Williams.

He's Eddie Slovak.

He killed her.

(DOORBELL RINGING)

Who is it?

It's me, Pete.

Oh, Pete.

Come on in.

I wanted to tell
you Louise is dead.

Oh, no.

Eddie killed her.
The cops have taken him
down to headquarters.

Things are going to
be all right, Faye.

From now on.

Well, that's the way
the old body bounces.

I can't seem to find
out what's the matter
with your set.

What's this?

No wonder so many
television tubes are broken.

If you don't care for
the program, turn off

the set.
Don't throw your shoes at it.

Of course,
I realize that there are some

of you who
can't turn the knob.

Your present tube seems to be
in fine shape, however.

Oh, well, I'm afraid
you'll have to wait
until next time

when we shall be back
with a new story
and a new tube.

Until then, good night.