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01x08 - Cheers

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Powerhouse". Aired: December 12, 1982 – January 3, 1983.*
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Set in Washington, D.C., Powerhouse is focused on the adventures of a racially and ethnically diverse group of three teenagers two kids and one adult from the inner city, based at a former boxing and sports gym hangout turned into a youth community center.

01x08 - Cheers

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[Music]

je are you okay somebody must have stol

them but I find a little stink Thief he

or she is in B trouble drinking does

strange things to people nobody hates

you man just come over here I can jump

anywhere here you don't jump I can jump

anywhere

don't

a thing that we're talking about it's

always you got to let it come out it's

better everything money can buy we all

have a power

[Music]

inside know what you can do you hold

still you keep on working

until the

powerhouses the power

[Music]

the hi there this is BR the games so

wait a minute where you going don't move

an inch the PowerHouse g*ng will be

right back it's celebrity

[Music]

organ will our guest sign in

please welcome LS will you tell us what

you do we breathe that's it there's no

time for anything else you know how many

times we breeded last year

[Music]

9,467 192 and a half a half yeah well

the year ended on an inhale Oh Hey

listen you got to breathe or you don't

get one oxygen two energy or three the

big one life I see well can you give our

viewers some advice on taking care of

their lungs of course never sleep under

water and never put anything in your

mouth that's unfine like cigarettes

that's right I could take your breath

away what else Eat Right sit straight

walk talk cuz good pasture hopes keep

you cool and helpes your lungs were

better well I think I know whose lungs

you are no names weren't you on Happy

Days come on admit it don't hold your

breath huh take care of your lungs

another swell way to be a Powerhouse and

whistling

big we're here to test the effects of

three different kinds of alcohol on

three equal Runners Runner number one is

filling up on beer Runner number two

whiskey and number three

one and the r decision making

poor vision

blurry balance awful all three drinks

have the same effect on all three

runners so if you're thinking about

drinking get the

facts attention pleas all boing on TR 17

train number

104

12

pepper hey how are you you doing look at

you you got

tall hey you like a watch i w all the

time really but come on uh we got a

milli things to talk

[Music]

about get to meet these guys you're

going to love

them he

do

[Music]

boring l b o r r i n g one R pepper you

spell boring with one R wrong LOL you

spell it with two L's two o's and four I

hey guys I got a buddy I want you to

meet is that our son this is Peter Peter

that's

L hi hi

sunglasses this here is pepper hey come

on this is the guy Uh Kevin how you

doing

I hear you play some ball that's try

that's Jennifer hi how you doing nice to

meet you and this guy's land how you

doing we got a game Okay who wants to

show Peter around power house I don't

mind oh okay oh W so your

B must be in having as a policeman well

I don't get to see him much oh yeah

that's right hey every welcome what next

MTH this one

NOP this is mine I meant to take one of

those you can see why I never use my

locker yeah you can break your

foot you're going to love him Brenda

kid's a real champ and he's good at

everything everything everything he just

like his old man I got to get back to

work okay I'll see you yeah aren't you

expecting a

thought ah you'll

see I take it up to 60 M hour was gosh

does your mom know about it my mom are

you

kidding hey uh do you have any money no

what F some beer beer yeah don't you

drink beer yeah but I like wine better

myself oh yeah I think my dad's got some

in his house but I only like one kind of

wine oh yeah

what chiss chiss I think they call it sh

sh sh what's the difference right well

let's go to my house and get some right

sure why

[Music]

not Cheers Cheers

too

wow I guess I liked it too much

good

huh

mhm here some

more watch out

[Music]

theair you get some wi for your

everything all

right

up it's my Dad what's my dad doing here

not your dad my dad my

dad cheers

cheers you

home hi Dad oh there you are I just

looking for somebody help me with the B

well I was cleaning up you know oh 10

again bro I know Peppa what's with this

Lieutenant gambo we're getting very

formal AR

we I I got to go Al oh listen why don't

you go home stay for dinner I'm making

sausage Gambino sausage well maybe some

other night uh Peppa's got to go home

now her mother wants her I got to go

home to my

[Music]

house little pepper

and little pinch it up

F smell that now come on huh that's a

talian huh yeah bet I can never teach

your mother those didn't one to other

things you're all set for the game

tomorrow a you I don't know if I'm going

to play

dad come you got to play come on I'm

been telling everybody out terrific you

are should be told him that D I'm not

terrific you talking about you were

doing bra though what's the matter with

you it doesn't mean I'm

hey we've never had a no good gambin in

his family well I'm

not give me the one for

[Music]

myself which one dad the bottom sh for

myself don't tell me you're not going to

play ball tomorrow I don't want to hear

it but Dad I spent too many years a hard

work teaching you to play like a champ

well Dad maybe you wasted your time hey

come back here you sound like I

lose hi how you doing all right listen I

wanted to buy some vodka for my father

it's his birthday tonight understand you

yeah I understand what you mean but I

wish I could help

you hi Miss listen it's my father's

birthday tonight and I wanted to get him

some vodka you know to celebrate just

kind of

celebrate trust me I can pull off no

problem what if someone calls the police

what am I doing wrong I'm not doing

anything wrong I'm just asking someone

to buy you for my father my

friend I hear that you have something of

a problem uh as a matter of fact we do

uh I'm I'm trying to buy a b vodka for

my father it's his birthday oh it's his

birthday

yeah it' be an awful shame not to have a

Gil yes it would it certainly would

wouldn't it I wonder if we could work

out some kind of business

[Music]

proposition here we are princess welcome

to the castle what about your basketball

G ah I can drink and play basketball

anytime I don't believe it I know we can

this gu Tony want some lose some you

know be cool yeah

hey what happened to you man I thought

you were supposed to be the big

Superstar hey look I'm sorry some B I

can't even walk and dribble at the same

time Peppa you don't look too good have

you got enough

moon no no I'm just tired you wake up

it's 5: in the

afternoon maybe if I take a show off

feel

better what's going on here like four

five bucks since when did you have four

or five bucks no I'm not kidding man

somebody must have stolen

well if you want money for the machine

alone you snap this

[Music]

point my money's gone too it's going on

come on let's take of

you hey forget

it don't you want to get cleaned up uh

no no uh I'm going to sit here and think

for a

[Music]

while

Powerhouse camera okay oh no Tony yes

cinko Finn $5 L $3 in my new

calculator Jennifer $7 and a

wallet Kevin

$10 okay Archie took my tape

recorder my lunch box has been missing

for a month oh that's probably in your

locker yeah Peter Well I didn't want to

say anything but uh I guess someone

stole my watch what I didn't say

anything cuz I knew you'd get mad you're

done right I'm mad that's it that's it

I've had it I'm going to get to the

bottom of this and when I find the

little sneak Thief somebody's going to

be in big trouble big trouble yeah but

there are 50 or 60 people around this

place every day any one of them well

first tomorrow we get everyone together

and check this thing out all right

gotcha night little

[Music]

[Music]

byebye pepper

this is Kevin I'd like to take a quick

time out to say hi to the forage Club in

Montgomery County we're going to take a

break now so you sit tight and be cool

cuz the show is not over yet this week

accident of the week goes to Roxberry

New Jersey where August magro theii is

about to climb Hazard

Peak have you checked for hidden dangers

aie I have studied the clip

now Auggie checks his

equipment good work

Auggie and he's

off uhoh

[Applause]

uhoh oh no

no looks like Augie never learned how to

climb the judges

scores and from Cuba you point the five

and now a word from our new

champion and there you have it this is

not

how when doing something risky always

check your skill a great way to be a

[Music]

[Music]

Powerhouse Bridget gray is getting her

tooth build if you just started the

dentist will help brid relax through

hypnosis and you love it out just close

your eyes you might be drifting off on a

nice warm day just open up your mind by

concentrating on Pleasant images Bridget

always recovers her pain enjoying the

day you take a nice deep breath and open

up your eyes there you go look around

hey wow we're all finished how do you

feel okay here you go hey Bridget you

know one of the reasons why you were

able to do so good because you have

developed the ability to control your

body medical hypnosis another way of

science is helping you become a

Powerhouse

no the doctor said this was gonna k*ll

me but he didn't say when you and Peter

should hitch a ride with me to

California

about your size riding his horse

bareback he was holding on to things

dearly life they were going so fast like

the damage

she okay

I think so pepper okay okay we're gonna

tell me about it

mmm this and the batter of wine uh-huh

and you know just have to see what it's

like and what was it like that was fun

at first

you never asked

I guess this one I can't believe

everything not just about the drinking

either how do you guys talk to me about

I'm talking about the stuff from your

locker no just tell us the truth

down give it time right

she even served this stuff well at least

Oh - pepper - check it out come on let's

go you've made it my business

everyone thinks I'm a thief Peter you

have to tell them the truth I can't I

will change it oh that's just what you

deserve

I know but drinking those strange things

to people

don't tell me to take it easy I'm gonna

find that kid Brenda and when I do he's

got some heavy explaining to do stay

calm people think well he's not the kid

I

come on

so much hate you man just come over here

Peter we want you to come back to power

house with us Peter look look I don't

play with a chip well I went as a son

I'm coming down

I stopped at your table kills

brother to our friends at the Potomac

campfire in Washington DC who did a

great job it's a real friend

I'm glad your flower with you we've got

a choice take Lester's play around I'm

sure to get some help

lady chocolate for the first time

listen good for you now listen people

want to give us a call sometime

it's