07x05 - Richie's Job

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Hey, wait a minute, young lady.

What are you doing dressed like that?

Well, it's Saturday.

Well, I know it's Saturday, but that's not an excuse to
go around looking like something out of a girly magazine.

A girly magazine?

Thanks, Dad.

Not dressed like that, you won't.

Aw, Dad.

Your robe, young lady.

I'll get it.

My tongue is tired anyway.

I'm getting worried about that young lady.

And you have every right to be.

She takes after your side of the family.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, 100.

Good morning, Mr. C.

Good morning, Chachi.

How's it look?

Oh, that just looks very intimidating.

Thanks.

Oh, time to work on the other one.

Hey, Mr. C.

Chachi.

Hey, is Rich around?

He told me he'd loan me his barbells.

I think he's bringing them down now.

Oh, hi, Chachi.

Hey, thanks for loaning the barbells to me.

That's okay.

Keep working out.

You'll have a body like mine.

You sleep late, Richard?

Nope.

I've been upstairs pacing.

I've got an announcement to make.

You cleaned up your room.

Dad, this is very serious.

I'm gonna get a part-time job.

Hey, Rich, where's the power flexor?

Upstairs in my bedroom.

All right.

Now, about the job.

Look, I've rearranged my schedule at college.

I got all my classes in the morning so I
can work in the afternoon.

And, Dad, I just need to have some money of my own.

That's all.

Dad, I'm tired of having to ask you for money all the time.

Lori Beth and I wanted to go see the
Shirelles live in concert.

Could we afford to go?

No.

No?

So we wound up sh**ting baskets at the gym.

And I need a new raincoat.

The one I've got's embarrassing.

It's got little logs for buttons.

Dad, you've got all your own problems.

Joanie's going to be going to college next year, Dad.

Have you thought about that?

Not since six this morning when I woke up in a cold sweat.

Howard, why don't you put Richard on at the hardware store?

Well, I could use a new stock boy.

No, Mom.

A guy has got to be able to stand on his
own two feet sometime.

I don't want to.

I don't want help from my parents.

I'm going to go out on the open market,
and I'm going to get myself a job.

Good luck.

Wow.

Howard, just exactly where is the open market?

My dad wants me to be a box boy.

You want me to be a job as a bus boy.

I've been a paper boy.

I want a man's job.

I don't know, Rich.

You've got a lot of experience at being a boy.

My next job is a critical step for me.

It's got to be a career move.

My feet are in the starting blocks, Al,
and I'm ready to start my dash through life.

Boy, that's beautiful.

Well, I am a writer.

Starting blocks.

You know, with your feet in the starting
blocks, I'll be at the chopping blocks.

Not so beautiful.

Well, I'm not a writer.

Except those letters to Rosa Coletti.

That was writing.

Hey, man.

Richard.

Hey, guys.

You're Charlie Cardinal.

Not exactly.

But we're trying to be.

But there's only supposed to be one UWM mascot.

That's our gimmick.

Instead of just one Charlie Cardinal, there'll be two.

Yeah, one for each sideline.

Get a load of this.

Come here, Mal.

Ready?

Ready.

UWM!

Rah, rah, rah!

The Cardinals are here!

Rah, rah, rah!

Rah, rah, rah!

At least you're off to a flying start.

We'll meet lots of people, make great
contacts with Charlie Cardinal.

Right, we'll go to all the alumni meetings.

Get our pictures in the paper.

This is good for our future.

We'll be very, very popular.

Get a load of this.

Hi there.

How'd you like to join me in my nest?

Why don't you fly south for the winter?

We may fly south for the winter, Pots.

Let's fly out of here.

I don't know, it's such a nice day.

Why don't we walk?

Hey, guys.

Two worms to go.

Some people, some people are so silly.

How are my feathers in the back there, Pots?

What's the difference?

You'll never get off the ground.

Rich, look.

I want you to look at the classified.

I got for you here.

Look at that, huh?

Milwaukee Journal.

Yeah.

Seeks responsible mail.

Benefits and potential advancement.

It sounds terrific.

Al.

Al, this could be it.

Richie Cunningham, reporter.

Oh, wow.

Yes.

All right, cup reporter.

Oh, so I'm a copy boy.

What's the difference, Al?

It's the Milwaukee Journal, isn't it?

Oh, thanks a million.

Oh, come on, Rich.

It's nothing.

Hey, maybe in your first column,
you could review the food at Arnold's.

Yeah, I could.

I'd have to be honest, though.

Why?

Hey, Fonz.

Talk to me, Cunningham.

Oh, uh, Ralph and Potsie.

Please, say no more.

I need to have your food, Fonz.

Here, listen, I want you to meet Candy and Randy.

Watch this.

They're twins.

There's no putting anything over on you.

Hi, I'm Randy.

Hi, Randy.

And I'm Candy.

Hi.

I'm glad you did that.

I don't know myself.

Well, I'd love to stay and chat.

I'd love to stay and chat, but I gotta go.

I gotta go.

I gotta go.

I'm gonna miss the best part.

Take it.

Oh, Fonzie.

That's amazing.

Can I try that?

No.

Well, I gotta go to an important job interview anyway.

You got a job interview?

Yeah, it could be my big break.

It's for the Milwaukee Journal.

Well, you're great.

You're gonna do it.

Knock these socks off.

Yeah, I will, Fonz.

There's a station, Cunningham.

Oh, well, yeah.

How many job interviews have you had?

Not counting today?

Yeah.

None.

In my office.

Hey, Al, take care of my friends here, all right?

Let them sit down and rest their batons.

Cunningham, you're following me.

I thought you were gonna give me some tips, Fonz.

I am.

Get out.

Come in, knock.

All right.

Come in, interviewee.

What's with the shoulders?

Posture, Fonz.

You look like you're hung on a rack.

Am I natural?

Yeah.

All right, try it again.

Come in.

Hello.

Hello.

What are you trying to say when you say hello?

Hello?

Oh, you're saying, here I am.

Your problems are for me.

I'm it.

I never realized hello had so much going for it.

Yeah, we're talking sincerity, personality, teeth.

Show me those pearly whites.

Try it, Fonz.

Yeah, come in.

Yo.

Hello.

I can do with you.

All right.

Down here.

Step two.

Introduction.

Who are you?

What do you want?

My name is Richard Cunningham.

I'm here to apply for the job.

Why?

Huh?

Uh, well, uh, I'm a hard worker.

I'm always on time.

Yeah.

And, uh, I'm good to my mom.

Oh, Cunningham.

Good to have me.

I'll come in.

You was fine.

Exactly.

All right.

Hello?

Yeah, yeah.

Listen, I'm in the middle of an interview here, right?

Thanks so much.

Yeah, phone company, Ethel.

Hey, cutie.

Listen, hold my calls, will you?

Go see me.

I also want you to know that I'll be
graduating from college next year.

You're going to get your D.H.T.?

Uh, that's P.H.D.

You don't correct the boys.

No, it's Mr. Fonzie.

Mr. Fonzarelli.

Oh, right, Mr. Fonzarelli.

Here we go.

Third step, all right?

Final argument.

Take it away.

To sum it up.

Good.

I feel that I'm the man for the job,
and the job is for me, and vice versa.

Hey, that's a nice turn phrase.

In conclusion, I believe in the old Maxim.

For every man, there is a woman.

Hey, now you're getting to me, Cunningham.

And for every job, there is an employee.

Yeah.

I, sir, am that employee.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So, uh, what do you think, Fonz?

All right.

Thanks, Fonz.

Hello.

Welcome to the Milwaukee Journal.

I can't believe it.

I got the job?

Look at this.

Two phones.

Newsroom.

Hey, does this place have an on-the-job training program?

Oh, sure, sure.

Uh, Demba News.

Bundles, come down Dem Chutes,
we load them on Dem Trucks, boom!

That's the end of the training program.

Bundles, uh, Chutes, Trucks, boom!

I got it.

You're fast, kid.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this
opportunity, but I do have to tell you one thing.

It won't be long before I'm going to be upstairs writing.

Let me tell you something.

Any dimwit can write.

But without us to load the papers,
who's going to read them, huh?

I guess nobody.

Yeah.

Now, you take dear Abby.

I mean, she is a great writer.

She does, uh, you know, literature.

Does she load papers?

Uh-uh.

Who's he?

Now, that's Cunningham.

He's our new helper.

Hello!

I don't like him.

You don't like nobody.

I'm pretty likable.

I don't like you.

Look, will you knock it off, Frank?

All right, Cunningham.

You start at $2.25 an hour.

$2.25 an hour?

That's what I get, and I've been here nearly three years.

You know I've been trying to get you a raise.

He's been trying.

Well, maybe he's been trying, but he's not
trying hard enough.

I deserve it.

He deserves it.

Why don't you write to Congressman?

Now, there's an idea.

Listen, I am going to go across the street
to Eitan's and have a cold one.

You show Cunningham the ropes, all right?

See you around, Otis.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Heck of a guy.

Here, put this on.

Thanks.

Uh, where do I get one of those hats?

Make your own.

Those bundles look kind of heavy.

Where's a forklift?

Forklift?

Yeah.

Come here.

Do this.

You just found your forklift.

I think this place could use some,
uh, some time-saving devices.

You know, I'm gonna give it some thought and talk to Otis.

Hey, listen, smart college guy.

You think you're gonna come in here with a
lot of big ideas and jump over me for Otis's job?

You got another thing coming.

Frank, the only thing I'm thinking about
is how to get this on.

Understand?

Okay?

Hey, Cunningham.

Yeah?

You know how to file?

Oh, yeah, sure.

File?

Yeah.

File this.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Hurt my foot.

You got another thing coming.

You got another thing coming.

You got another thing coming.

You got another thing coming.

You got another thing coming.

You got another thing coming.

He fell asleep on his horn.

Are you all right, Rich?

Huh.

Boy, oh, boy.

Being a reporter really wears you out, doesn't it?

Oh, it's asking all those questions.

Yeah.

Get the job.

He got the job.

Uh, I think he's too tired to speak.

That's all right.

I speak tired.

Huh?

Hey.

He had a great day.

What's up?

You got a hand?

He's in circulation.

Hey.

Hey, sir.

Hey, hey.

Canceled circulation.

He's, uh, putting the bundles of papers on the trucks.

What's up?

Whoosh.

Okay.

He just loves it when the papers come down that chute.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

There's a guy named Frank that's bothering him.

All right, don't you worry about it.

I'm gonna come down tomorrow and check him out.

Hey.

Well, come on.

Let's have dinner.

All right, I'll see you guys later.

Huh?

Yeah.

Hey.

He's too tired to eat.

Oh, well, let him sleep.

Arthur, why don't you have dinner with us?

What are you having?

Hey, uh, meatloaf.

Oh, yeah.

Frank, I know how we can make this whole
operation run a lot smoother.

See, instead of having a separate delivery
sheet for each location, why, we'll have

one master delivery sheet, and then we'll
only have one sheet to file.

Oh, you crushed your sandwich.

Forget about the sandwich.

Cunningham, I warned you when you started here.

Don't rock the boat.

I'm not rocking the boat.

I'm only seeing if we can paddle a little faster.

Not only are you trying to steal my job, you're a comedian.

I'm not trying to steal your job.

You know, I've had it up to here with all you
smart college guys always trying to change things.

Well, you watch what you're doing for crying out loud.

Them drivers ought to have training wheels on them troughs.

I'm not through with you.

Listen, I got to go up to circulation.

Why rush off, Otis?

I mean, uh, don't you want to stick around
and chew the fat a little?

I'll be back.

I'll be back.

Frank, I think we ought to be able to
discuss this, you know?

I'm through talking, Cunningham.

Hey, hey, hey.

Take it easy, Frank.

Listen, Frank, I just want to tell you something.

Look, I don't want your job.

Hey, Cunningham, is somebody out here to see you?

Come on in, Fonz.

You're in trouble now, bucko.

Hey, what are you guys doing here, huh?

We came to warn you that the sky is falling.

Sign a petition, Rich.

Yeah, if we get a hundred names,
we're on the Cardinal pep squad.

All right, here you go.

Hey, birdies, out!

Who's he?

Frank.

Well, he signed a petition?

Well, I don't know.

Do you want to sign it?

You know, they're trying to be mascots
with the outfits, the beaks.

Call, call, one-on-one field.

He doesn't want to sign it.

He's very serious about his movie.

But if you guys go up to the editorial department,
I think you can get a lot of signatures up there.

Great idea.

Maybe they'll do a story on us.

The Charlie Cardinal story.

Pictures, interviews.

Yeah, but first we have to figure how
we're going to get upstairs with these bird feet.

Yeah, why don't you try walking?

Just walk up the stairs.

See you later.

See you, guys.

Hey, Cunningham, why didn't you get your
birdie buddies to g*ng up on me?

Well, because I thought we could talk it
out like, you know, mature adults.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, you figured wrong, buddy.

All right, now wait a minute, Frank.

Come on, man, this is crazy.

No, it's going to make me feel real good.

I'm going to stick your nose in your left ear.

I just figured I'd come down and see how you are, Richie.

Those guys in circulation are driving me crazy.

Come on in here, the doc.

I need you, Frank.

I don't think them guys can read much less
talk, for crying out loud.

I am glad you showed up.

You got problems?

Problems, you might say that.

The man is talking hitting.

Details.

Oh, well, I'm trying to make this place
run a little bit efficient, you know?

So I've got some ideas.

I've got some ideas, but Frank thinks I'm
trying to steal his job.

So I just wish you'd talk to him, Fonz.

No.

Ah, thanks.

I... No?

Why'd you take this job?

Well, you know why I took it.

I was trying to make some extra money.

You know, I wanted to buy that neat coat.

Why do you think Frank is here?

Well, I... Food.

Rent.

Maybe he's got a wife at home with babies.

Yeah, but Fonz... Hey, look,
this could be his whole life, right?

You're making him nervous.

I'd be nervous, too, if some
bright-eyed, bushy-tailed college

kid came in here and tried to change everything right away.

Well, I'm only trying to make things better.

If a man is hanging from his fingertips, you
don't want some guy walking over his cuticle.

Maybe I was being a little pushy.

Yeah, and he's pushing back.

What can I do about it now?

You show him that you can be a team member
before you're a star?

Now, you see what I'm talking about, Frank?

I'd just like to get a hold...

Hold it, hold it.

What is this?

Master delivery.

Machine, huh?

Who done this?

I did, Otis.

I thought that one sheet would save time
and cut down on filing.

You did this, Frank?

Yeah, sure.

It was my idea.

What are you, some kind of an idiot?

How am I supposed to file it?

This goes to editorial, this goes to distribution,
this goes to supply... Oh, yes, Otis, it was my idea.

Frank was just sticking up for me because
I'm the new kid around here.

Well, if you want to stick around long enough to be
the old kid, don't do anything without checking first.

Boy, what a mess.

This whole thing has to be done over here now.

Hey, uh, Cunningham, you're a writer, right?

Right.

Then write.

Why'd you do that?

Because it was my fault.

That's right, it was.

I think I'm starting to get the idea.

I think you're doing great.

Hey, Fonz, would you come over and meet Frank?

Yeah, lead the way.

Frank, I'd like you to meet a good friend
of mine, the Fonz.

Fonz, this is Frank.

I read your paper.

Thanks, don't you work at Bronco's Garage?

Yeah, that's right.

What do you drive?



Hey, I never knew that.

I've been needing a fuel pump lately,
but I'm a little short.

You can always work something out.

Oh, yeah, yeah, you can always work something out.

Thanks, if you ever need your newspaper a
little early, I can do it.

I can dig it, I can dig it.

Listen, you guys got some work to do,
I'm going to take off, right?

Pretty soon you're going to be upstairs right in the store.

Thanks, Fonzie.

A lot of work.

Hey, Cunningham.

I still think you're a little wacky, but I made you a hat.

My own hat?

Hello!

Oh, Dad.

Richard.

I got to show you something.

My first real paycheck.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

They also took out real federal taxes, real
state taxes, and real social security taxes.

There's not much real money left in this thing.

Welcome to the real world.

Hello, Richard.

Hi, Mom.

Ready for dinner?

Oh, listen, I had an idea.

I thought maybe that, uh, well, you know,
I could take the whole family out to dinner.

Oh, that is so sweet of you, Richard.

But dinner's already in the oven.

Oh.

Uh, Marion.

Uh, let Richard take us out to dinner.

It's important to us.

He wants to pay for it.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Look, I forgot to turn the oven on.

Oh, Marion.

How could you do... Richard.

Is that dinner invitation still open?

You got it.

Oh, Joanie, come on.

Your brother's gonna take us out to dinner.

All right, big spender.

Forgot to turn on the oven?

Thanks, Dad.

Oh, Dad.

You think I've got enough here for dinner?

Let me see.

I'll take care of the tip, Richard.

Thank you, Dad.

Happy Days Blue-eyed gray sky,
hello blue There's nothing can hold me

when I hold you It feels so right,
it can't be wrong Rockin' and rollin' all

week long These days are ours Happy and
free Oh, happy days These days are ours.

Tell them with me Oh, baby These
happy days are yours and mine.

These happy days These days are yours and mine Happy days.