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03x04 - Go Packers!

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Life with Louie". Aired: September 2, 1995 – March 2, 1998.*
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Based on the childhood of Anderson, growing up with his family in the fictional town of Cedar Knoll, Wisconsin during the early 1960s, although Anderson himself was actually from Saint Paul, Minnesota, also situated in the Midwestern U.S.

03x04 - Go Packers!

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right let me tell you about my family

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every family has its own Traditions

outdoor barbecues summer vacations by

the lake Uncle Monty wearing golf pants

at Thanksgiving dinner at my house the

most sacred of all these Traditions was

Sunday football games with the Green Bay

pack and everyone loved watching

them you call that defense if I would

have defended my country like that we'd

all be eating scar C for breakfast

on that note when's lunch what kind of

Packer fan are you hungry one you know

Li you'll never make the team with an

attitud like that make the team do what

make the team play football become a

packer Lou going to be a packer you got

that right a linebacker like Mitch did

Andy he's only eight years old nonsense

you got to get him when they're young

who was that kid who was playing piano

there when he was

three moart yeah that's the guy moart

was a packer the point is I've got

tickets to next week's game and it's

your turn to come with me this

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year can I come too now Tommy you know

your father can only afford two tickets

a year I'll bring you next year son

you're next in line hey that's not fair

just because I'm older doesn't mean I

should get to do all the fun things

maybe Tommy should stay up later and get

a bigger

too you think of that K like I always

say go Packers that's the spirit Lou

just remember the rules Andy two

Anderson go to the game two Andersons

come home from the game what are you

talking about Sid came home thanks to

that kindly parking attendant what

happened your father was so determined

to get on the field and meet coach Vince

that he left poor little Sid all alone

alone stadium was packed the worst part

is your father didn't even realize he'd

left him behind no the worst part is I

never got to meet coach

V interception oh no I should never take

my eyes off that TV it was then I

realized the Packer game with Dad was

inevitable pass the potatoes please Dan

that was a heck of a game oh reminds me

of my own days on the field

did I ever tell you boys about the

Anderson riffle there was one second on

the clock we were down by six come on

kids I want to show you how it's done oh

Andy not in the house that's the problem

with this got no Spirit what am I going

to tell coach Vince and my own flesh and

blood doesn't even give a h about Packer

football but Dad you've never even

gotten close to coach Vince did General

Patton ever surrender no did Marthur

ever

retreat no am I going to give up on

trying to meet Vince not on your life

Lou now watch closely boys I've got it

all set up for the anders and rep off go

go

down see works every time all right

Dad wow Lou where' you get the Packer

program my dad who wants me to memorize

everything in it it's just Nam numbers

and stats huh like there's stuff in

there you don't already know you know

Bart Star number 15 61 200 lb 57%

completion percentage how do you guys

know all this stuff they're the Packers

what's so great about the Packers anyhow

other than Bart Star there's coach Vince

Paul Hornick Ray nitki bless you very

funny Lou you're talking about a

football team how ridiculous and this is

a dog who solves crimes you don't sound

like you're much of a Packer fan Lou I

have no choice my dad's taking me to the

game Sunday wow really you are so lucky

Lou just think you'll be at the game

with the real fans while the rest of us

stay home and watch it on TV fine rub it

in let's go Lou it's game

day D it's freezing

freezing with the wind chill it's only

30 below you're happy about this of

course it's Packer weather the

lightweights from Chicago are probably

used to only 15 below you're going to

get

ice what about us don't worry about a

thing L I got something for the C thanks

where's the lining Come On Son let's see

what you look

like you look great kid I wish I had a

camera

all right let's get down to

breakfast so roughly speaking mom when

do you think we'll be home well dear the

game usually takes three to four hours

come on Lou we better hit the road hey

Lou if you don't come back can I have

your room here you go my little Packer

fans I packed you a lunch sandwiches

cookies potato chips it was the first

Ray of Hope in an otherwise Grim looking

Expedition chocolate to keep you and Dad

warm and toasty

happy day I have an idea we could just

stay

home oh hi Dina yeah let's go Soldier

pick up your rations and move it

out go soak your

hand remember this face I'm with him

I'd never seen anything like it people

greeting each other with open arms and

plates full of food suddenly I felt like

a Packer

fan H up

it's there's barbecued pork over here

it's

free Hey kid don't forget to enter the

punt pass and kick contest who where do

I sign up

and I think our seats are up there stick

with me kid I'll teach you a thing or

two never let a ticket come between you

and a great seat look the Invincible one

Lou that man is a legend one day they're

going to name a trophy after him dad

you're not going to try and meet him

again this year are you are you kidding

all I have to catapult over the railing

sneak past the guards crawl under the

bench and then Ambush on uh good plan

dad may I see your tickets

please I'm sorry sir you're going to

have to move your seats are up

there sorry about that Mrs nich here you

go this is outrageous this is an

American here we are dad the Andersons

have landed might as well be sitting in

Fr excuse me pardon me Packer fence

coming

through P down Slaughter come to think

of it I might be safer wandering the

parking lot great seats Dad I can't see

a thing here try these always work for

spot in the

enemy come here let me help you

kid oh that's okay Dad you can use them

besides I need both hands to keep warm

what are you talking about the sun's

out oh man you got to be kidding

me

hey looking up this

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dance of the

better there's this is

fun whoops I lost another one I don't

know how those French women managed to

make a meal out of this speaking of the

French did I tell you what happened to

my mother-in-law yesterday Oh you mean

the one that lives in Memphis she was at

the Piggly wigly when who should she

spot but Elvis Presley Elvis Presley oh

my there he was stuffing his cart full

of peanut butter and bananas he ought to

learn to eat better or mark my words

that man's going to blow up like a

balloon

Elvis

never come on boys hit them harder

looking good dad

here peanuts here oh popcorn over

here the players Lou what for I have no

idea what's going on all right son you

see the two end zones at either end of

the

field think of those as two huge donut

stores do they have jelly filled they've

got everything that's why all the

players are trying to get in but you

can't get in without the key and the key

is the football

that's football that's football come on

Packers crush them Potter them deep fry

them glaz them

jelly he drops back

loose Jers for achd

Chicago the Bears they're eating our

donut you're right Li you got to do

something where you going I've got to

get down teach Vin how to run the

Anderson riffle you Ain here to pull out

of their to get back in

game two clubs three hearts four clubs

five Hearts you know Dena you're not the

only one to know someone who saw someone

famous once really yeah Earl and I were

in Las Vegas a few years back suddenly

he heard this voice he turned around and

who should it be but an

Margaret you mean the lady who works at

the dairy freeze no not her go on Kitty

tell me more well there they are and

Margaret and my Earl together can you

believe

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it came back for me of course not we got

more guards down there this year

attention all participants in the punt

pass and kick competition please report

to the field we better get down there

Louie it's time to show them what you

got what frostbite you're going to enter

the

contest but Dad don't worry Lou you were

born for this you're an Anderson Well

that puts me at ease here come F sorry

Bale kids only I'm a kid at heart yeah

nice try Junior back to your SE

hi hey your dad put you up to this yeah

mine too tell me about it Packers this

Packers that driving me crazy well good

luck you

too uh there's an interesting

throw oh man that was

beautiful well folks file that one under

a nice try there's the kick look

fly next we have Place

kicking oh through the gold

post I believe we have a ringer in the

house

congratulations let's give a big hand to

our

winner hey

congratulations thanks but I don't know

how I'm ever going to tell my dad I

don't want to play pro ball you don't

no I want to be a flutist musicians are

good but I doubt you could throw a flute

that far you should think about it think

so hands off that one's for the coach

hey you bring water to coach Vin uh yeah

I'm a water boy that's what water boys

do that was good great attention the

owner of a beat up green Rambler your

lights are on and your tires flat

look out okay troop so we're surrounded

but we're not giving up because I've got

a plan now bring it in let's see I'm

need your hat and your camera

and bunch cake anyone did I ever tell

you what happened to me when I visited

my sister in California I'll just go

percolate some coffee I was at the Brown

Derby when who should sit down in the

next to M but John

Wayne is he as handsome as El absolutely

dreamy I wonder if Aura has ever met

anyone famous well I don't know let's

ask coffee Aura you've been very quiet

this afternoon surely someone in your

family has had a brush with a celebrity

no I don't believe so although I have

chatted with an Margaret from the dairy

freeze move all right I report her here

hold it right there pal where do you

think you're going just doing my job

doing your job huh yeah funny I never

seen you here before tell me who's the

Packers alltime leader in receptions Don

Hudson with 488 how many points did Paul

horing score in 61 he's a

146 what's Ray nich's favorite movie ah

the new rockney

staring sorry Bale sound the music let's

get you back to your real seat okay

come Poor Dad once again he failed to

get the riffle to coach Vince I thought

perhaps I could give it a

shot looking a little tired there buddy

what do you want can I give it a go yeah

right I've got the new night

sniffer one a pce don't spill okay

that's enough for

you this is time to find out what you're

made of time to send those beers back to

shy toow with their tails between their

legs time to back off boys Co needs

water hey that's my kid next to Vince

he's going to give him the play he's

going to give him the play little H2O

coach thanks kid look I know I'm only

the water boy actually not even the

water boy I'm just filling in anyway the

truth is get to the Point kid the game's

almost over and I'm down by six I think

you should try the Anderson riffle did

you say the Anderson riffle you heard of

it I'll say 20 years ago I coached high

school ball some kid named Crazy Legs

Anderson use the riffle to beat me I've

been trying to figure it out ever since

well I'm crazy legs Junior and I know

how it

works okay H up I H up H up H up snap to

it and listen to the kid he's got a

great play great play that's a kid who

came in last in the pump passing kick

competition great coaches aren't

necessarily great players listen up

here's how it goes is down

by

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the boils this folks drop back Chicago

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oh no what is he doing hon is stopping

to tie his sh it's my play It's My

Play It's the ri look he's going it's

that's it now

R wa it's a fake hon look at go there he

is at the

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crazy leg Anderson in the flash good

let's go coach wants to see you extra

point it's

up thank that was a little warm from all

the

excitement

w v Crazy Legs Anderson I've been

waiting to meet you for years how bet

you have you're just lucky my kid begged

me to disclose the riffle more coffee

now Aura you must at least know someone

who knows someone who met someone

famous I have an idea why don't we see

how the Packers are doing you know

they're playing the monsters of the

Midway looks like coach V has found is

that your

husband oh my star I don't think no

she's right and he has his arm around

coach V look gracious me it is Andy

good this is so exciting oh for heaven's

sakes we look so happy together they

must be old friends don't you think they

look like old friends well actually I i'

like come on come on come on stop

closing at

on I'm proud of you son even if I um

never become a packer just because you

won't be a packer doesn't mean you can't

be a

hero hey I'm the hero of the game game

come back

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here

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run

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it Anton that Vince is a genius genius

did I ever tell you about the Statue of

Liberty play I invented that play that's

right it first came to me as I

approached Ellis Island as a youth from

my homeland how

sweet nothing more fun than watch a

little pig skin with de

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