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01x16 - The Short Life of Lolo Knopke

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.

01x16 - The Short Life of Lolo Knopke

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I just don't want to be a shrimp the

rest of my life without the 51st

hi there this is Brenda games hey wait a

minute where you going

don't move an inch the powerhouse g*ng

will be right back

expected

he's been through

there's really nothing to

happens to

Jun slowly

you find out there's really nothing to

you can do

happens to everyone

we'll find the wrong girls I feel

self-conscious how do I get girls to

like me

I like someone that make me that

if you just tell the girl do you like

guys things like changing them to be

nice understand you and listen

they're not scared to go out and you

know to do something with a star I'm

doing

they're standing still the home

situation

just relax a little actually she's just

another boy

ask questions and get answers another

way

me

guess so and what are you doing I got

you down here 450 pounds this is 80 so

so don't push it

first things first you can't benchpress

80 pounds without being able to bench

press 50 first

where you going to the darkroom what did

I say forget it maybe I should talk to

him give him a few minutes to cool off

I'll go

yeast won't make you rise no no hi you

want to talk bring up just starting to

be a shirt for the rest of my life

who says you will be everyone grows at

different rates you don't know what it's

like to always be the smallest no it's

not how big your body is it's what you

are inside I mean look at all the people

whose lives are better because of me

like who remembered owned the

ambassador's son how scared he was at

first you made him feel right at home at

powerhouse

look our house isn't exactly the ivory

palace of Malaga but you you know about

the ivory palace so as a professional

know-it-all so get used to it

come on let me show you the place

anybody can be friendly Brenda even a

shrimp

how about gutsy oh sure that's a laugh

oh yeah what about the time those

corporate creeps attacked your

grandfather you don't think it took

courage to hit their leader with a can

of paint

I don't remember being brave just scared

it was you guys who showed me not to be

afraid of the Cobras that made at the

pool

the shows about to be

I'm a member of that [ __ ] Church you

want to visit you know the one on 4th

Street

easy you want to go to the Puerto Rican

street dance tonight I can't offer you a

formal invitation just look at them no

no they're not nearly so scary and

curtains are they really are you'll be

sorry you too

powerhouse

what's Carlos find out I think you've

got guts

hey Sam come out and get some Chinese

food we're going to a restaurant

remember

a salute to the 4-h clubs in North

Carolina for a first rate first aid

project stay tuned

powerhouse we'll be right back

good luck sweetheart

get hold yourself that's the first thing

you do thanks mister I mean

I think was the pineapple Luca

we'll do that too

an emergency call for help that's the

way to be a powerhouse

dad about wrapped it up personal

achievement of the field of health team

award

you never wonder about smoking

cigarettes

Boys and Girls Club

in a big slowdown

hundreds of people every year

here we have two pigs lungs one of them

is infected with cigarette smoke and the

other one isn't that's what happens when

you smoke

to the boys and girls of Camarillo for a

great anti-smoking campaign

sometimes

any word from the police yeah lots of

suspects but

no hard

then let's hope evidence works

we're here today because all of us are

were friends of lolo kenobi

he was as you know a remarkable young

man

and we'd like to take this opportunity

to share with you

his friends some of our memories of lolo

how he affected each of us personally

in my case well if it weren't for lolo

i wouldn't be here today

well i know she missed her lunch

yesterday yeah the caddies

oh i know where she buys her groceries

at uh halls on 18th street

house brenda doctor she'll be all right

won't she we're doing the best we can

for her but your best isn't good enough

is it

now look all of you the red eye of ours

probably comes from an isolated area

maybe a jungle we can't fight it until

we know where it comes from

but doctor there's got to be something

we can do to help yeah there is

you can make a list of all the things

that miss gaines did this past week

give it to miss jordan and then you can

hope we find the person who brought this

disease to the city

monday lunch shrimp salad white bread

and fresh cream

one day dinner boiled chicken beets

and a cantaloupe tuesday breakfast eggs

juice

toast tuesday morning she ran first aid

classes here

tuesday night we've been through this a

thousand times

dr holcomb checked everything out so you

got any better ideas

brenda's worse already and the doctor

said she might die hey wait a second

we told the doctor that brenda didn't

eat lunch yesterday she didn't the cat

ate her sandwich

not all of it i'm sure i remember she

couldn't have gotten more than one bite

lola that could be enough to make her

sick

hold it if brenda got sick from eating

one

bite the one who'd really be sick is

without lomo's persistence and his

ability to think things through

the cause of my illness might never have

been discovered

jennifer

lola was a good friend because he cared

about other people

he treated them fairly

he was my friend

without him a friend of mine might not

have had the chance to show how capable

she really is

jennifer did you ever think that maybe

she's just not good enough she's done

fine writing for other trainers tony

but have you ever seen wow have you ever

seen any girl riding a horse race

there are plenty of women jockeys well

that doesn't mean they're any good

oh

all i know is peterson is doing

everything he can to make angie look bad

good luck thanks

red pepper

gp george peterson

stop it right there jennifer you want it

back a little bit

stop right there right there all right

lolo and look

yeah i see it i see it

hey there's someone on the other side of

the track is there any way to make that

shot bigger

so the little kid was right the drugs

the pepper you could have injured that

horse

come on boss i want big devil to win

today

that girl never could have done it

you're fired

get out of here and leave those silks

where as you can find them

i'm riding today i haven't got anybody

else

i gotta get myself okay

lolo kenobi was many things

he was proof that size is not the

measure of a man

he was brave resourceful persistent

kind and perceptive

he often saw things that many of us

missed

about a year ago we were down in the

powerhouse basement we were visited by a

sports writer

at least that's what he said he was

folks this is chuck lacey

a reporter from boxing news sorry my

boxing news

hey did you cover the fight last night

which fight was that

you know the championship fight oh yeah

yeah sure sure

mr lace is here to do a story on a

fighter who used to train here at

powerhouse and grandpa was running a gym

his name was diamonds o'toole diamonds

how to get a name like

are you sure you don't have any

reporters named lacy

okay no it was definitely lazy chuck

lacy

try charles chuck lacy lied to us he's

not a reporter from boxing news

and diamonds o'toole is alive

because of lolo chuck lacy alias shark

gilbert was captured

and o'tooled got his diamonds back

brenda would everyone please

remain in receipt the police would like

all of us to help them conduct a little

experiment

lolo had an understanding of the

criminal mind

in fact he had a pet theory that there's

a certain criminal

mentality that can't resist seeing the

result of his actions

and it's for this reason that we believe

the person who planted the b*mb at

powerhouse

is here today

small piece of cloth was found at the

scene of the crime and the police

believe that it may lead us to discover

the identity of the guilty person

sergeant

oh

everyone please calm down let's let the

police handle this

but everybody step outside we'll resume

the service

your theory was right but your friends

needed you to make it work

i swore i'd get even with powerhouse and

i did

you just happened to be there when the

white cobra

struck back tough break kid

exactly sergeant

i got it all on tape lolo you did it

again

how are you feeling a little stiff

our friends at the boys and girls clubs

want you to know how important it is to

give your heart a regular checkup

stay tuned powerhouse we'll be right

back

participation is

tips

and stretch

wanna lose weight try running in place

it burns up calories and the more

calories you burn up the more weight you

lose

so get those feet going try it get your

whole foot on the ground not just your

toes

breathe in and run breathe out and run

get six

inches off the ground you can do it

anytime anywhere

so don't just sit there and do something

uh

if you want to get in shape get moving

run a little more every day

don't just sit there do something

lola you are truly one of the kinds yeah

it's called a shrimp

let's not stop that again oh no don't

worry yesterday lola told us that he was

through rushing his time clock

you're content with being a master

strategist right right

but a strong one and the lucky one

because that furnace shielded you from

the expl*si*n

and shot gilbert agreed to cooperate

with us 40 pounds okay

you're not rushing your time clock nope

just exercising it

got it yep

come out it's better than anything that

money can buy

we all have a powerhouse deep down

inside

our house

is

you