Rob discovers that Laura has a secret bank account.
Once again, it's important to remember the different value of money at the time. $378.16 doesn't sound like much, but it would be nearly $3,000 today.
DVD shows off his physical comedy ability in a scene in which he looks for his birthday present -- crawling, running, and jumping around the living room.
The sports car Rob covets is the "XKG-JFK-4000". Perhaps its nickname is "Tarantula" -- a sports car featured in a later episode of the series.
Quotes:
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Rob: “Just think, at this very moment, the mighty Niagara , harnessed to giant generators, its energy surging along 400 miles of copper wire, just to heat our toaster. All we have to do is wait.”
Laura: “ Don’t we have to plug it in?”
Rob: “You’d think with that 400 mile running start it could jump the last two feet by itself.”
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Buddy: “For years, my wife kept throwing quarters into a cookie jar. Drove me nuts! Finally, I found out what she was saving for.”
Rob: “What was it?”
Rob: “What was it?”
Buddy and Sally: “Cookies!”
Would even the BEST movie projector cost the equivalent of $4000 in 1962 dollars?
ReplyDeleteI agree, seems unlikely. And Rob was even giving her more money for the leather case!
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