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Episode #2: Funny Money

Original Broadcast Date:  1955-10-08
Show Plot:
This episode begins showing three people making counterfeit money. Ziggy enters the room and tells the boss that he left a suitcase with $50,000 in counterfeit money on a bus. The boss calls the bus company to ask how a person would go about claiming a lost suitcase. The response is that if they can accurately describe the contents, the will get the suitcase back. They do not want to claim counterfeit money, so they ask what happens if nobody claims an item. They are told in that if nobody claims the item within 30 days, the person who found the item is permitted to keep it. The criminals decide to wait 30 days, and track down the person who found it.

Scene 2 starts showing Alice fixing a chair in her apartment. Alice's mother arrives for a visit. After a minute of conversation Ralph comes home with a suitcase in hand. He tells Alice that he found it a month ago, and since nobody claimed it, the suitcase was now his. Alice asks what is in it, and Ralph replies that there cannot be anything of value, otherwise it would have been claimed by now. Ralph asks Alice if she can give him some money for his lodge dues. He begs and pleads when she refuses. Alice will not give in, and she leaves to go to Trixie's apartment. Norton enters the apartment and convinces Ralph to open the suicase. Both men are speechless when they see all of the money. Alice returns and knows that something is wrong, but Ralph does not listen.

The next scene starts showing a worker installing a telephone in the Kramden apartment. The first call that Ralph makes is to his boss, Mr. Marshall, with Ralph telling him that he quits. The apartment is completely redone with brand new furniture. When Alice returns from running her errands, she scolds Ralph for spending too much money.

Scene 4 begins showing Ralph on a telephone call with a boat salesman. Alice enters the apartment and interrupts his conversation. She says that Tommy Doyle (a person Ralph paid $100 to take clothes to a dry cleaner) was in jail for passing a counterfeit $100 bill. Alice tries to persuade Ralph to go to the police and simply explain the problem. Ralph says he will do no such thing, fearing that he will be put in jail for a long time. Alice leaves to go visit Tommy Doyle's mother to explain what happened. As she leaves, Norton enters the apartment asking Ralph if he should put the car in the garage. Ralph replies, "Jst fill it with gas and point it toward Mexico!" As Ralph is explaining what happened, there is a knock at the door. Ralph decides to destroy the evidence by putting the money in the oven and setting it on fire. The two people are the criminals who want their counterfeit money back. Ralph thinks that the two are detectives. Finally, the real cops show up and take everybody to jail.

The final scene shows Ralph apologizing to Alice. Ralph explained to the cops how he came in possession of the money, and no charges were files against him. He did however, have to return all the items he bought with the counterfeit money.

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