good evening i am organizing a key club
it seems to be the thing to do for the uninitiated
a key club is one which members can enter only if
they possess a key these clubs are terribly
exclusive since membership is limited to men
my club is completely different it is for women
inside the club is everything a woman could want
including me you see i am the club's only bunny
but enough of my troubles this evening story has
little to do with keys or clubs it is about
gambling and is called a piece of the action
however before we proceed with that part of
our show we bring you this paid announcement
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it opens for two bump it too
dead he ain't it
you know you're the kind of guy i love a dealer
sits cozy for two raises and then sandbags
like well
culminate
pegs god
one one give me three
taylor takes two
nice trick
you should have practiced more i was wondering
why he won the last four hands he dealt
cash me in you okay this chisler sure the
same way i'll cage you on the credit rating
that was stupid of you ally and clumsy now
you're gonna deal from the bottom of the deck
do it like this eighteen thousand
i'll go either dude what are you gonna do
duke it's the first time i swear i'll pay off
to tell you you know me i do now where
do you think you're going it's the office
duke talk to them talk to them
why don't you let them go ed yeah i heard
that before let him go ed i'm not that
charitable i lost all the other times yeah
but this time you try to win the hard way
please duke please i'm sorry ally there's nothing
i can do about it you dealt the hand play it
i've been waiting two days
to hear you say that boss
what day is it monday
hours never left the hotel room how's the
track clear and fast keep away from the rail
now you tell me you call the
house yeah what did my wife say
that's it she didn't say nothing just hung up
um maybe you ought to stop off someplace and buy
a little something hey duke later the office first
good morning miss kelly do you want coffee a pill
or the mail anything important a letter from your
brother chuck and wires from two businessmen
asking for consultations you know what i mean
did you check their credit rating they're
both a why don't those guys go to vegas
and lose their money like the common people
some businessmen can't afford public vices it
makes their stockholders nervous i got something
here that's going to make you nervous looks like
john b marsden the investment counselor
may be needing a marriage counselor
rumor has it that mrs marsden formerly
socialite alice stoneham is packing for reno
hmm
when were you home last friday it is
now monday morning yeah i'm surprised
all she wanted to do was see a lawyer i'd
have been at the missing persons bureau
you don't quit on a winning streak
you're always on a winning streak
she's waited a long time duke what is it four
years friday will be our fifth anniversary
don't worry i'll square it with what a
full-length mink she's had full-length
mink ever since she was born and what do i do
if some reporter calls about that item deny it
i want to make a phone call then bring your book
in chemo this is mr mars and is mrs marsden home
oh yes uh tell her i'd like to speak to
her not to speak anybody today where is she
down by pool oh chemo if she should ask tell
her i'm stopping off at the club for a shave
and a steam that i'm coming home thank you is this
household oh she's still there to go to anchorage
alaska oh she's sunbathing i want to send a wire
congratulations to chuck on his prospects no money
order no i sent one last month when he graduated
how much you gotta go on the books ten thousand
well he's just out of law school if he's
gonna practice law i'm gonna look like a
successful lawyer i need a little money you've
been saying that ever since i can remember
chuck needs a little money oh who should i give
it to if not my kid brother don't look now but
that kid is years old what do you want him to
do you got a pick and shovel job it's been done he
graduated with honors he's going to be a cr*cker
jack lawyer he swore he'd work hard and he did
now what do you want from him blood you're worried
aren't you duke about what well someday he could
find out that you're a professional gambler oh
he's never heard of duke marsden and he never will
just send the wire well you're the boss but
if i had a brother be glad you had a father
hmm
i had duchess i've asked you not to call me that
every duke needs one i hadn't noticed lately
don't the marsden charm doesn't work
anymore ah you've been reading those
ridiculous newspaper rumors but are getting a
divorce i'm perfectly serious duke perfect yes
serious no
hey you get out of the fish bowl and talk
to me all right baby i know you're a poker
widow i haven't been home in three days
but what's the hurry with the lawyer a bit
what are you a seal
glad to jump in this bathtub
to make you listen okay
you clown no you can't swim i know
but you wouldn't listen i had to
gamble that you wouldn't let me drown
because that's what i would do without
oh you how long how long would do i have to
wait for you to keep your promise and queen
you knew where i was you married me sure i was
still a starry-eyed debutant you were exciting
i can't live alone i'm afraid
afraid of what how easy it gets to mix
too many martinis when you don't come home
other lonely women know a place a quiet out of the
way bar where a lot of nice men stop for a drink
oh dude don't make me jump
into a pool i can't swim in
the bank of monte carlo baby
you mean that you quit i just
did then take me away someplace
damn it hawaii away when how about
friday that's our anniversary
hey wait a minute friday's the th
it'll be the luckiest day of our lives
but be here dude i'll be here
i'll be here i'll be here
you ought to try eating a salad sometime but i'm
a rabbit yeah what did you do with allie saxon
why pay for this sack how come i don't
like bucks better unbeaten that does on you
well maybe we have different tailors
say what you mean it ain't it taylor
i get the best shark skin italian soap they don't
matter i still look like i come from the dock
and you know something
marsden i come from the doctor
you don't like me do you how come i never get
lucky like you do you know something crutcher
you take losing too personally it eats you like
an ulcer that's not good for a gambler well
what can we play tomorrow we're not that's
what i came to talk to you about i'm quitting
you just took me for g's well that's poker
and you pay to learn friday's my anniversary my
wife and i are going to hawaii on my door at the
moment it's mine ready for dessert mr crutcher um
i want a chance to get even
dude you'll never get even hit
you're a pigeon you know how much a
plaster cast can itch especially in warm
climate like hawaii i haven't been scared since
i was in a haunted house at coney island at
i was five years old at the time name your game
anytime any place tomorrow afternoon i'll take
every nickel you bring with you but remember
i'm quitting this is your last chance at me
you'll sh**t craps the billiard room my
house one o'clock i'll see you then pigeon
here we are
eight looking for a .
see who that is money maybe it's your old lady
she's at the beauty parlor how long can that take
you ever see my wife she'd be there for midnight
no it's nader frankie portugal hey frankie hi
you guys seen this they found ali saxon
sh*t
so frankie some chips smiley where'd they find
him in front of the rescue mission and what was
allie doing in front of the rescue mission maybe
was waiting to be saved sh**t your point's ten
scotch water
just got in from the east a lot of
rain back there no no not in florida uh
i was on sort of a vacation must have
been nice i got lucky games huh no cars
well that's life i never even learned to play
checkers fellow in florida told me that uh if
i wanted to get in on some west coast action
this was a place to look for look mac all i
know about florida is they ship grapefruits
you're careful i i like that no i do really
what are the chances am i getting in on a game
slim and none i've got a bundle that says that
i can b*at anybody in town uh-uh you might lose
it'd be my hard luck no it'd be mine then you
wouldn't like me anymore hardly anybody does
so let's quit while we still like each other
okay friend it's your deal but i'm
staying at the hotel windsor room .
gotta have a drink first
hello big brother
fat brother why didn't you tell us oh i just
thought i'd slip in quietly and try to steal
your wife oh fat chance fat chance let's
see what they turned out at your law school
all right yeah that's good enough for the
supreme court well i'll let you and the
chief justice get reacquainted while i brief
chemo on dinner oh i asked danny to bring
out a couple of drinks will you please
what would you like uh was he sorry fine
let's talk about the law business oh what
about that uh firm in boston you wrote about
oh yeah leland ward and
merrick yeah that's the one
yep i contacted them after graduation
they offered me a job so i was hoping for
listen jack i'm really grateful about the ten
thousand you sent me ah forget it when did
you start uh i haven't made up my mind yet why
not well see i met leland through his daughter
jack she's a fabulous girl fabulous she's like
alice you know what i mean yeah i'm trying
well she's used to things like this
jack a law clerk job sounds like the beginning of
a long long road yeah what are you trying to tell
me that she's interested in you only if you've
got money i didn't say that it sounds like it
look chuck you've got an education
that's worth more than money
i thought you i'd find out exactly what this
girl is thinking before i made any definite plans
look jack i owe you a lot but i can make
my own decision you can what i said i can
wait here
what is it danny could you come
inside for a second i can't wait
something important come up
let's go i'll be right out
what is it danny you're uh
interrupting a family reunion
that guy you're talking to coming to pete's
couldn't if he's my brother you know he said
he was from florida looking for a game
he's got a bundle you're sure i'm sure
your local stations have been
clamoring for a piece of the action
so we are rewarding them with the following
segment to identify themselves this should
be enough time unless some of them
have extraordinarily long call
letters
jack i'm sorry i snapped at you like that so am
i i'm not a kid anymore i've got to live my own
life you put her right in the line don't you yes
just like you did with the money i sent you it's
a nice tan you've got did you get it in boston
or florida you've been having me followed no
you sent me ten thousand dollars jack
i didn't know there were any strings
at that keep your voice down all right all
right i took the money i went to florida
and i sat in on a game a big game they're
all big games right from the first little one
and i made a big score jack grand and
they're all big scores right from the first
easy buck don't lecture me i'm not lecturing
everybody gambles jack your business investments
it's legal it's slow respectable but it's
gambling and you know it who's talking about
my business oh jack jack i'm sorry i'm sorry but
we're just different that's all we always were
you're like mom a worrier i'm more like the old
man what do you know about the old man you were
seven years old when he d*ed i know he knew
how to live and he k*lled everything around
him including mom she's the one who kept us alive
i should have known better than a company now you
listen to me punk maybe you were too young to
know or too dumb where we used to get thrown
out of one cheap dump after the other
you sang that to me in high school
i never went to high school i had a shoe shine
box when i was because the old man threw all
of his dough away gambling but you don't remember
that you only remember the few times he won the
trips of coney island the cotton candy the
ferris wheel i like coney island jack sue me
you better get out of here before i
do something we'll both be sorry for
you know you're just forgetting one little
thing the old man was a born loser but i'm not
then quit while you're ahead all gamblers die
broke my uh apologies to alice for the dinner
can a lady get a drink here on escort
a lady can get anything she wants here
if she's unescorted right where's chuck
changing for dinner you had to leave
what happened john we had a little row that's all
about what did he find out about you no he didn't
find out about me it's uh an old family thing
i'm family name's marsden i like it that way
what was it darling about his plans that's all
do you mind if we don't talk about it all right
hiya duchess mr friday
to hawaii us
am i gonna keep you busy tomorrow mister
you're gonna make like a husband tomorrow
we've got shopping last minute things i
have to go to town for a while not the
office i have to close that too don't i get
the plane tickets square things with chuck
oh what's our flight time friday one o'clock
then we'll have to leave for the airport by noon
hmm i can hardly wait there you are
until noon friday i'll be here
well the secretary said minutes it's
been . yeah game salon for tonight yeah ed
i know it's july but i'm going to give you
a christmas present like what well there's
a young kid in from florida looking for a game
i want him cleaned what's in it about .
how come you're so good to me dude well you're
the heavy loser i thought i'd throw it your way
why don't you give them the bath
yourself i'll be busy packing
what's your piece of the accident nothing i'll
probably be gone before the game's over yeah
i'm gone you know well this fish is beginning
to have a little ogre dude this fish is so fresh
it's pathetic how do i get in touch with this
guy windsor hotel room but uh pete'll's
do you tune we're set up with the colonial arms
o'clock keep the change though it's on me ed
are you catching a train darling watch keep
looking at it oh man's loose what time is it
almost . should we have a coffee inside no or
out here at the bottom of the pool brian oh honey
i might as well be in china ah sorry baby
i'm back now i'll get the coffee oh don't go
this is a new and funny feeling what asking me to
stay mrs yahweh you were always anxious to leave
me nobody's ever going to leave anybody again
everybody stays just like this where they belong
straight to the king that does it
who is it florida
come on in kid my name's ed
okay here grab it that's the hot seat it will be
what are they playing this year in florida
this isn't florida we play dealer's choice
for money twenty thousand first buy white's
a hundred reds five and lose a thousand
hello hello duke ed crutcher wait a minute
i told you not to call my home especially not in
the middle of the night well it's the middle of
the night here too and you better get over here
in a hurry and i'm not kidding i told you i'm
quitting i don't care about you it's that fish you
sent us dookie boy it's beginning to stink he's
taking a grand in four hours you don't know
how to pluck a chicken when it's handed to you
no but i know how to stuff one and your christmas
present may just end up at the rescue mission
danny get the car out meet me by
the side of the house right away
look i thought i came here
to play cards play solitaire
i might try quitting that i wouldn't try well then
what are we waiting for let's play cards waiting
for fresh blood who the guy who steered you here
duke i told you i don't know anybody named duke
he's the one who phoned me little
boy blue he don't know anything
i know a girl like that once innocent
diamonds up to here minutes pretty quick
head shark
what is this big brother watching over me
i thought you didn't know him like he said and
his brother well you forgot to mention that luke
duke
you you heard the man uh a
fish from florida he says
is that what you told him luke you being
funny oh i'm just waiting for the lecture
me a stick there's no lecture on the evils of
gambling big brother no lecture just a lesson
my big square successful brother
now you're a bigger phony
than the old man ever was
you gonna talk or play with you i
wouldn't miss it i smell a frame
this was a frame i wouldn't be here this is
between him and me yeah on our money i'll
get it back for you couldn't take it away from
me with a g*n oh i could you're playing or not
you're gonna trust me i trust everybody
especially brothers ed play or get out
yeah well i'll be watching you all you'll see
is what you pay to see when you call auntie
jacks are better
investments
you were my investment
your eye
check to the possible flush
five blues five
and five again
three shy cash i haven't got any
more on me well i owe you grand
remember you better save those i
don't seem to need them anymore dude
oh
ace wide hold it how do you know he ain't got
the flush because he didn't raise well we'll see
don't ever do that again ed i just wanted to
make sure you weren't folding the flush to him
nobody sees my cards unless they pay for them
no wonder you're giving lessons tonight how'd
you like a wrap in the mouth oh uh big brother
wouldn't let you do that come on knock it off
you need some food and a couple of fresh decks
of cards these are getting soggy from handling
no room service between midnight and seven
danny's waiting in my car the desk
can send someone out to tell him
and get the cards at the all-night
drugstore and the food at tinies
i'm going to take a shower why
shower you're still taking a bath
a desk the chauffeur waiting outside in a car
would you ask him to come into the phone please
mr marston's office oh no mrs marston uh no
i just got in myself it's just nine o'clock
will you have him call me if he does
or danny if you hear from him call
two and three more
you're slowing down
pull
last cut
bet the kings i check
check
five grand
boom
five again fold let's try that
again you're five and up you .
all right i call you three nines
i knew you improved and i knew you knew but you
just didn't know how much that hurt didn't it
just shut up and deal oh getting emotional that
means scared do you mind that the rest of us play
low hmm you know i hate the
game ed you're not dealing
smiley find pet
you do too that's right i come out betty
i call all right and raise five
oh
call
you're five
ten better
good idea there's a ten i'll raise it
twenty twenty thousand dollars to call
call only got . save it i'll
tell you from your next hand
you're bluffing i can read you
i call .
too shy
ed i'll make you a side bet just
in case his dumb luck comes back
okay
i'm in king's full
well let me see here
four little deuces
looks like you came in third little brother
you want another stack i've got plenty
i'm broken you know it you wouldn't listen you
thought it was all cotton candy in coney island
open the door smiley
i get out
we've got to go and keep the money split
it any way you like you're a big man duke
why it was a great act i've been
waiting a long time for the finish
i'm glad you enjoyed it i didn't i just
said it was great eight of diamonds
jack of spades a mark that i sent
you a pigeon you couldn't take them
i had to cure him in a hurry it didn't cost
you anything not this time there were a couple
of other pitches that didn't pay off for us
like this one yeah i'm thinking about that
maybe it's because of your brother you're
making this generous gesture you sent your
driver for the cards the night we played at the
grover now yeah and you win big that night duke
and those other nights all those other nights
all those games are on the level were they
look at i don't care what you think and i'm
not ali saxon you're not leading me out of
here like a lamb so get out of my way i got
a plane to catch go ahead see what you catch
hearing for me oh yes kimo bring my car around
to the front and put my luggage in the trunk
just mine mr mazdan car just
come up drive do as i say please
hello mrs marsden goodbye you said no and it's
just known whatever the time is it's too late
i'm sorry baby i couldn't help it
we're always sorry you know i think that's what
i'm the most tired of a world full of sorry people
i'm leaving without you duke
look what is it darling
we must have to shut up danny
i had a little accident with a g*n
call a doctor quickly danny get help
you'll be all right darling i know
you will but only a tender one
now be a jump
those are good eyes
i figure
just making it feel folks home
was there enough of a camel
duke
oh no
never said a word just get him home by noon
in tonight's play everyone learned a lesson
ed and the boys learned that one shouldn't go
about sh**ting people the police took a hand
in teaching them that chuck learned that you
shouldn't gamble duke learned you shouldn't
cheat at cards and alice learned that you
shouldn't marry an investment counsellor
there is also sad news about my new key club
it has become even more exclusive than we planned
the sheriff is now our only member we've been
padlocked i shall be back next week with another
drama scenes of which will appear in just a
moment
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08x01 - A Piece of the Action
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