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01x09 - Name of the Game

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.

01x09 - Name of the Game

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it's supposed to be fun

i suppose you want some more of these

uh

the powerhouses

hi there this is brenda gaines hey wait

a minute where you going

don't move an inch the powerhouse g*ng

will be

right back meet cookie duncan who

decided to go on a diet

the first week she went on the all grape

fruit diet then brown light sent

pre-digested protein next week the oil

egg diet

followed by bird seed garlic

snails and finally the blended fish

diet

wow what's good about losing

i think that losing makes me appreciate

winning more

win or lose is playing the game that

counts

you gotta learn what it feels like to

take some losses they don't want to

admit it but everyone does lose

hope you lose you know you can learn

from your mistakes you lose

and learn it's the way to be a

powerhouse

i always say you just wait till next

time but i'll get you

let's play our game let's play loose

come on

approximately 1 minute and 48 seconds

maybe he can't take the pressure

what are you doing here william sizing

up the competition

i wouldn't call powerhouse competition

brandon not remotely

don't count on any last-minute heroics

to save you next week

the director of frockton mr t william

phelps all right hey come on

tony anybody could have a bad day man

we won the game didn't we

just leave me alone

tony what's wrong

it's just something i have to work out

for myself okay

hey look tony we can get together monday

if you want goers and footwork drills or

hey look you haven't even thanked me for

that fantastic plate that saved your

skin

i hurt my foot i couldn't push off the

whole second half

why didn't you say something

hey it's no big deal i'll take it home

i'll soak it it'll be fine

now relax forget we're playing

throttling

they're only the best team in the league

it's only the championship

it is just games right yeah yeah yeah

just the game

let's see

see how the wings cross over

fun doesn't fill a trophy case

concentrate on the goalie

you see you keep it low and then up on

your knees okay

hey don't you learn to do that in south

america

south america

my name is tony by the way

elgato the cat for my soccer style

hey what team do you play for team

nothing no team you know

okay we do it again

chart we're down to rock bottom who's

missing tony but he's probably just

laden

a terry and dwayne have the flu

they don't look like much but they can

play i'm sure they don't

hey what kind of a game plan did you all

use down there

hey it's about time footstool bothering

you

oh yeah yeah it is as a matter of fact

great now we're down to 10 people in one

question hey wait a minute wait a minute

i want you to meet somebody who might be

able to help us elgato meet powerhouse

meet our new secret weapon hello

i'm kevin elgato

else just been in this country a few

months he was one of the stars of his

team back home

right the start

well i guess it won't hurt if he

practices with us but what we need is a

goalie

can't hurry mother nature you know

right well let's set up the indirect

free kick so mr elgato can show us what

he can do

yes hey

tony what's wrong with your leg oh i

just twisted my ankle the other day

are you gonna be all right yeah yeah i

hope it'll be okay by saturday i

wouldn't want you to miss out on the

game yeah i know

who is that guy only the key to beating

throcked

yes

if you ask me

how did it go being

good i suppose you want some more of

these

oh

why because i got the best let's start

over and over again hey tony

your friend looks better yeah yeah a

little bit

oh

yeah harder than i thought

the point is i have to get the lineup

set before mr phelps and the league

director get here

which will be any minute

come on what's the matter with you

talk to me do we add the boy to the

roster or not

yes

he's good brenda he's real good don't

worry he's good

tony jennifer brockton's tough

with elgato on the team we do stand a

better chance but it's not the same team

in fact i'm not even sure we have a team

anymore

i sure wish your foot would heal that

chance

what's that supposed to mean you know

what it means you know what i'm talking

about why don't you say it huh

why don't you say what you're thinking

you think i'm faking don't

that's enough

what's the matter with you we're talking

about a game

a game you play it because you want to

it's supposed to be fun

beyond my comprehension how brenda

manages to keep powerhouse approach

under such

limited circumstances i do hope this

meeting won't take too long

much as i always enjoy chatting with

miss gaines

okay what we have to figure out is where

this game is going to be played

and when as far as i'm concerned

thrusting is willing to play brendo's

team and i use the term loosely

at any time and at any place

the langley cup has been in uh topton's

trophy case for five straight years

i don't intend to see

and of course you don't have a trophy

case do you dear

no i had to dismantle it to fix the

gymnasium floor

uh how about brantleyfield 9 o'clock

fine any lineup changes

no

i have one rafael lopez

here's to our pendeville 4-h neighbors

in fairfax county virginia

keep up the great work on your newspaper

recycling drive stay tuned

powerhouse will be right back

it's celebrity organ

well just sign in please welcome lungs

can you tell us what you do yeah we

breathe

that's it there's no time for anything

else you know how many times we breed

last year

nine million four hundred and six

thousand seven hundred ninety two and a

half

a half

i see well can you give our viewers some

advice on taking care of their lungs

of course never sleep underwater and

never put anything in your mouth it's on

fire

that's right it could take your breath

away what else eat ray

sit straight walk tall cause good

posture helps keep you cool and helps

your lungs work better well i think i

know whose lungs you are no names where

are you on happy days come

take care of your lungs another swell

way to be a powerhouse and that guy in

whistling

this week accident of the week goes to

wheeling wisconsin where beverly bravo

oh

and there you have it folks this is not

how it goes when doing something risky

always check your equipment that's the

way to be a powerhouse

how does it go

you're so

it's not gonna make it easy

what's the matter elle you are a dragon

are ya

oh

that i don't trust that's all so why not

check it out

it's not tony hey hey wait a second

this

be an addict is

something that's not what i said i just

want to talk to a pharmacist that's all

you wanna come along

yeah

well that's an impediment and a strong

one

i thought so i hope your friends are

taking this stuff

oh no just doing some research thanks a

lot mr owens you've been a big help huh

say hello to your grandfather for me

i wish i knew this guy williams is

william there's no

give me use

that's it

um

oh

yes

hey come here look at this

star dismissed from aztecs

why

to make us lose the game

huh

a bad shot here i'm up past there

and get everybody on the team arguing

and pretty soon mr phelps has another

trophy for his case huh

and he did it through

nice puppy

okay we gotta be calm

we gotta sit down

and we gotta think

just think

okay

it's all because i was afraid to lose

no

i don't get it i mean tony i can

understand he's been disappearing all

week

with pepper and lola 30 minutes to gain

let's go one more please

just shut up

i'm so stupid why didn't i think of it

before

breakfast yeah but not for us

hey what are you doing with those i hope

you like to eat who

our host

breakfast news sir

sleeping pills i'll give you five

minutes

boys

the director of powerhouses just asked

me for a perspective

some nonsense about missing children

naturally i refuse

they either play

or they forfeit

just like that

so we play the game now and worry about

pepper and lolo later

look i'm sorry but that's the way it is

three

two

one

i want you to go out there and do the

best you can

remember it's a game so go on out there

and have a good time

okay

headquarters for questioning

and i didn't want any arguments

here's to all our boys club friends in

camarillo california for your fantastic

anti-smoking campaign

stay tuned powerhouse we'll be right

left now back your right

is

exercises before any sport but just for

fun come on stretch with me

put your hands up and stretch

you can do it

don't just sit there do something

so warm up whenever you exercise

do something

i just want to congratulate you on a

great team victory

listen

even if we'd lost you'll still be wounds

in my book

i want to remind you just in case anyone

forgot

that tomorrow is cleanup day

starting

i feel it my ankle is given out again

is

until

what you can do

until