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| October 29, 1977 host: Charles Grodin | | October 29, 1977 host: Charles Grodin |
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| Season 3: Episode 4
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| * Samurai Futaba…..John Belushi
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| * Female Customer…..Gilda Radner
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| * Male Customer…..Charles Grodin
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| [ open on interior, dry cleaners, Futaba standing behind open press ]
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| Announcer: And now, another episode of…
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| [ Futaba slams the press down and yells as steam pours out ]
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| Announcer: “Samurai Dry Cleaner”.
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| [ Futaba holds up the pressed obi and admires his work, as a couple enters ]
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| Female Customer: Uh — excuse me, uh — we’re here to pick up our shirts? You said you’d have them ready by today.
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| Futaba: [ grunts ]
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| Female Customer: Oh, uh, yes — Dear, do you have the ticket?
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| Male Customer: Uh — yes. [ he reaches into his pocket ] Here.
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| Female Customer: There yo go.
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| Futaba: Ah!
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| [ Futaba glances at the ticket, then begins to thrust his samurai sword at a rackful of clothes hanging ]
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| Charles Grodin: [ breaking character, impressed ] Look how he handles the sword.
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| Gilda Radner: Yeah. Shhhhh.
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| [ Futaba grunts as he crooks the shirt on the sword and carries it to the counter ]
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| Female Customer: Oh, that’s wonderful! You did a great job! [ she looks over the shirt ] Oh, wait a minute, look at that spot.
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| Futaba: [ grunts ]
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| Right there! Look at that! I mean, you said you could get that out!
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| Futaba: [ grunts ]
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| Female Customer: I mean, you PROMISED! I was COUNTING on it!
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| [ Futaba screams and holds his hari-kari in front of his chest ]
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| Female Customer: NO, NO, NO, NO, WAIT A MINUTE!!
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| [ Futaba holds his pose and looks up at her with a worried expression on his face ]
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| Female Customer: It’s not that important!
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| [ Futaba pulls the sword away and wipes his brow in relief ]
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| Futaba: [ grunts a question ]
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| Female Customer: Oh, yeah, that’s a great idea! We’d love it in a box!
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| Charles Grodin: [ leaning in ] How do you understand what he’s saying?
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| Gilda Radner: Shhhh!
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| [ Futaba chuckles, then grabs the shirt and a disassembled box, throws them into the air and thrusts his sword at them with a yell. He then reaches behind the counter to pick up a giftwrapped box with the shirt inside. ]
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| Charles Grodin: [ studying the scene ] That was pre-arranged, wasn’t it?
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| Gilda Radner: Shhhhh!
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| Futaba: Hmm?
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| Charles Grodin: No, I mean, it had to be. You had to have it propped down there, because… it’s a GREAT gag, but it had to be placed down there and brought up to you, right?
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| [ Grodin retreats as Radner and Belushi give him dirty looks before proceeding with the scene ]
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| Female Customer: Um — listen — I’d like to know, how much do you charge for bedspreads?
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| Charles Grodin: Uhhhh… [ he attempts to read Belushi’s line on the cue cards ]
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| Gilda Radner: Chuuuuuck! Chuck! Those are John’s lines!
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| Charles Grodin: Oh. [ reading ] “John”. Oh, I’m sorry. You know, John, it’s such an INCREDIBLE character that… I’m sorry! You’re very, very good at this character! It’s just that… it’s terrific make-up, it’s very authentic. Excuse me. I’m sorry. Go ahead.
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| Gilda Radner: [ to Belushi, as her character ] Thank you. Thank you very much. [ she turns to Grodin ] Come on. Let’s go, Chuck.
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| Futaba: [ grunts ]
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| Charles Grodin: It’s a funny idea, John. It’s an excellent scene.
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| Gilda Radner: Come on, let’s go…
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| [ Radner shuffles Grodin out the door, as a disgusted Futaba raises his sword and slices the counter in two ]
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| Announcer: Tune in next week for another episode of… “Samurai Dry Cleaner”!
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| [ the camera shakily pans upward into the audience and zooms in on a woman with SUPER: “Prime Time Audience Reject” ] [ fade ]
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| [[Category: Television]] | | [[Category: Television]] |
